The anticipated
1940 Summer Olympics, which were to be officially known as
Games of the XII Olympiad and originally programmed to be celebrated between
September 21 and
October 6 1940 in
Tokyo,
Empire of Japan, were cancelled due to
World War II. The Games were retracted from Tokyo by the
IOC due to the outbreak of the
Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937. They were awarded to the runner-up
Helsinki,
Finland, and were scheduled to be celebrated between
July 20 to
August 4 1940. When
World War II broke out, the Summer Games were cancelled indefinitely - resuming in
London in
1948.
With the Olympics cancelled, the major international athletics event of the year turned out to be the annual
Finland-Sweden athletics international, held at the new
Helsinki Olympic Stadium, exceptionally held as a triple international between
Finland,
Sweden and
Germany.
Helsinki eventually held the
1952 Summer Olympics and Tokyo the
1964 Summer Olympics.
Despite the cancellation of the 1940 Olympics, the Tokyo organizing committee released its budget for the Games. In a departure from standard practice, the budget included all capital outlays as well as direct organizing costs. The total budget was
¥20.1 million, one-third of which would be paid for by the Tokyo metropolitan government.
[1]
See also
References
1.
^ Zarnowski, C. Frank (Summer 1992). "A Look at Olympic Costs". Citius, Altius, Fortius 1 (1): 16-32. Retrieved on 2007-03-24.
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