1940 Summer Olympics

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.

Helsinki eventually held the 1952 Summer Olympics and Tokyo the 1964 Summer Olympics.

See also

*1940 Winter Olympics
*1940 Summer Olympics
*1944 Winter Olympics
*1944 Summer Olympics

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