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4 unusual facts about 1940 Summer Olympics


1940 Olympics

The 1940 Summer Olympics, which were to be held in Tokyo, Japan, before moving to Helsinki, Finland, before being cancelled due to World War II

1940 Summer Olympics

A feature film was produced by the director Andrzej Kotkowski in 1980 called Olimpiada '40 telling the story of these games and one of the prisoners of war, Teodor Niewiadomski.

The Olympic Village was to be built on the present sites of Kinuta Park or Todoroki Gorge.

Tokugawa Iesato

Iesato is remembered for having recovered the political fortunes and reputation of the Tokugawa family, holding many senior government positions before his retirement, including a tenure as 6th head of the Japanese Red Cross Society, head of the Japan-America Society, and President of the national organizing committee for the 1940 Olympics.


Eugeniusz Lokajski

In 1937 he briefly appeared in the Polish national team and was appointed to the Polish team for the 1940 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, but then he finally withdrew from sports life and had to spend several months in various hospitals.


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