The 1948 olympic games were (2) really (3) memorable because they were the first games after world war 2. People had not had games for 12 years. In 1948 the London (4) government didn't have money or (5) necessary materials to build a new olimpic stadium. Instead, sports events took place wherever (6) possible: in parks, sports grounds and halls around the city. The (7) famous athletes and just the (8) olympians stayed in dormitories in (9) unused military camps or in college rooms but in spite of all the (10) difficulties the games were very (11) successful and more than 4,000 athletes from 54 countries participated in them.