1908 Summer Olympics
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The 1908 Summer Olympics were the fourth modern Olympic Games, held in London, United Kingdom. They marked an important early milestone in establishing the Olympic Games as an international sporting event.
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The 1908 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the IV Olympiad and also known as London 1908) were an international multi-sport event held in London, England, from 27 April to 31 October 1908. The 1908 Games were originally scheduled to be held in Rome. On 28 January 1906, It was announced that the 1908 Games were relocated on financial grounds following the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1906. Rome eventually hosted the Games in 1960.
These were the fourth chronological modern Summer Olympics in keeping with the now-accepted four-year cycle as opposed to the alternate four-year cycle of the proposed Intercalated Games. The IOC president for these Games was Baron Pierre de Coubertin.