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Monday, July 30, 2012

Slideshow of Photos of the 1948 Olympics

Decathalon at the 1948 London Olympics

Talking Points Memo has another great slideshow of vintage Olympics photos, this time for the 1948 London Games. It include the above shot of Yugoslavia's Oto Rebula, Iceland's Örn Clausen, and eventual winner Bob Mathias of the U.S.A. during the decathlon.

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