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Also Known As David George Brownlow Cecil, 6th marquess of Exeter • Lord Burghley
Born February 9, 1905 • London • England
Died October 21, 1981 (aged 76) • London • England
Awards And Honors Olympic Games
Role In London 1948 Olympic Games
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David Hemery
English athlete
Fanny Blankers-Koen leaps over a hurdle ahead of other runners during the 80-metre hurdles race at the 1948 London Olympics, with a stadium crowd in the background.
Fanny Blankers-Koen
Dutch athlete
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Paavo Yrjölä: The Farmhand
Finnish athlete
Edwin Moses
Edwin Moses
American athlete
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John Walter Tewksbury
American athlete
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Glenn Davis
American track and field athlete
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Doug Lowe
British athlete
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Harrison Dillard
American athlete
Sally Pearson
Sally Pearson
Australian athlete
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
American athlete
Australian hurdler Shirley Strickland de la Hunty
Shirley Strickland de la Hunty
Australian athlete
Irena Szewińska
Irena Szewińska
Polish athlete
Emil Zátopek
Emil Zátopek
Czech runner
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Micheline Ostermeyer
French athlete and pianist
Liu Xiang
Liu Xiang
Chinese athlete
Irina Press
Irina Press
Soviet athlete
Alvin Kraenzlein.
Alvin Kraenzlein
American athlete
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Gail Devers
American athlete
Barney Ewell (left) with teammates Mel Patton (centre) and Harrison Dillard (right) during a practice session before the 1948 Olympic Games in London
Barney Ewell
American track and field athlete
Alice Coachman
Alice Coachman
American athlete

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