Flashback to 1948 London Olympics

William Harrison Dillard jumps a hurdle during training at the London Olympics in 1948. Dillard won gold in the 100 meters dash and 400 meters relay.

The Olympic Torch is presented at the 1948 Summer Olympic Games at Wembley Stadium in London.

Medalists of the decathlon smile to the camera at the London Olympics, Aug. 6, 1948. Bob Mathias, center, 17, won gold with 7,139 points, French Ignace Heinrich, left, took silver with 6,974 points and Floyd Simmons, right, won bronze with 6,950 points.

French athlete Micheline Ostermeyer is photographed at the London Olympics, Aug. 1, 1948. Ostermeyer won two gold medals in the women's discus throw and in the women's shot put. She also took bronze in the high jump.

Medalists of the women's discus stand on the podium at the London Olympics, Aug. 1, 1948. France's Micheline Ostermeyer, center, won gold while her compatriot Jacqueline Mazcas, right, won bronze and Italian Gentile Cordiale, left, took silver.

The Belgium training team holds exhausted athlete Gaston Reiff after he crossed the finish line in victory of the 5000 meters in the London Olympics, Aug. 3, 1948. Czech's Emil Zatopek took silver and Dutch's Willem Slijkhuis got bronze.

William Harrison Dillard in action during the 110 meters hurdles in the 1948 London Olympics. Dillard won gold in the 100 meters dash and 400 meters relay.

William Harrison Dillard faces the camera at the 1948 London Olympics. Dillard won gold in the 100 meters dash and 400 meters relay.

Dutch athlete Fanny Blankers Koen is seen at the London Summer Olympics in 1948. Blanker-Koen died on Jan. 25, 2004, at the age of 85.

Team Czech's Emil Zatopek, center, France's Alain Mimoun, left, and Swedish athlete Bertil Albertsson, pose on the podium during the medal ceremony for the Olympic 10,000 meters, July 31, 1948.

French athlete Ignace Heinrich in action during the Long Jump in the Decathlon French Championship, Aug. 7, 1949. Heinrich won the competition. Heinrich won silver in the Decathlon at the 1948 games.

French athlete Ignace Heinrich throws the discus during the Decathlon French Championship, Aug. 7, 1949. He won the competition. Heinrich won silver in the Decathlon at the 1948 games.

Hungarian Imre Nemeth throws a hammer at the Amateur Athletics Association Championships, in London, July, 18 1947. A year later, Nemeth, the world recorder of the category, won gold at the 1948 London Olympics.

Belgian athlete Gaston Reiff, gold winner of the Olympics 5,000 meters, in London, Aug. 2, 1948.

In this photo illustration, a torch from London's 1948 Olympics is displayed on Feb. 26, 2008, in London.

A 1948 London Olympic poster is displayed next to two London 2012 gold medals in The British Museum's "Winning at the ancient Games" victory trail, June 1, 2012, in London, England.

A man holds a 1948 London Olympics Official Report published by the British Olympic Association, April 5, 2012, in London, England.

Tommy Proffitt, left, and Ron Cooper, right, who both fought in the 1948 Olympics in London during the announcement of the first boxers named for the London 2012 Olympic Games, Dec. 2, 2011, in London, England.

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Lionel Price, the only surviving member of the 1948 Great Britain Basketball team - the last Great Britain Basketball team to compete in an Olympic Games -- poses for a picture, May 30, 2011, in London, England.

Ron Cooper, who fought in the 1948 Olympics in London, talks to Team GB during the announcement of the first Boxers named for the London 2012 Olympic Games, Dec. 2, 2011, in London, England.

Dutch athlete Fanny Blankers-Koen, known as the "flying housewife," bested all other competitors to win four gold medals at the 1948 Olympics in London. Blankers-Koen, who died in 2004, is seen here on April 9, 1998.

Yvonne Fritz, a viewing asistant at Christie's, takes a closer look at one of the torches from the 1948 London Olympics at Christie's auction house in London, July 3, 2000.

Christie's press officer Suzanne Trisk, left, holds a torch to be photographed from the 1948 London Olympics at Christie's auction house in London, July, 3 2000.

Double 1948 Olympic medal winner Tommy Godwin, 91, is joined by Olympic hopeful Amelia Benjamin, 14, as they hold aloft the 1948 Olympic Torch to mark Birmingham's commitment to the 2012 Olympic Games, Dec. 30, 2011, in Birmingham, England.

Four-time Olympic medal winner Sebastian Coe receives the Olympic Flame from 1948 British Olympic athlete Robert Geldard during the 2012 London Olympic Torch Relay, in Sheffield, northern England, June 25, 2012. Geldard was part of the Men's cycling 4,000m Team Pursuit team which won bronze at the 1948 Olympic Games in London. Coe holds four Olympic medals, including the 1500m gold at the 1980 and 1984 Olympics. He headed the bid to host the Olympics in London and is currently the Chair of LOCOG.

Lionel Price, who played basketball for the Great Britian Olympic Team at the 1948 London Olympics, carries the Olympic Torch on July 22, 2012, in London, England.