After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), the former All-China Sports Federation was changed to the All-China Sports Federation to exercise the rights of the Chinese Olympic Committee. But before this Olympic Games, the people of China and the Olympic Committee were not recognized by the International Olympic Committee.
Thanks to the support of some countries that have established diplomatic relations with the people of China, the people of China finally got the qualification to participate in this Olympic Games at the annual meeting of the International Olympic Committee.
However, due to the lateness, when the 40-member delegation from New China arrived in Helsinki, the conference had been going on for 10 days, so it only caught up with a men's swimming competition and the final closing ceremony.
1952, 17 In July, the annual meeting of the International Olympic Committee finally passed a resolution with 33 votes to 20 votes: athletes from the All-China Sports Federation (that is, the Chinese Olympic Committee) and the Olympic Committee of Taiwan Province Province, China can participate in the 15 Olympic Games, but their participating events must be approved by the international individual sports associations. Taiwan Province province protested against China people's participation and withdrawal from the competition.
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1952 On July 7, 2007 17, the International Olympic Committee held its 47th session in Helsinki, and adopted a resolution to invite China athletes to participate in this Olympic Games by a majority of 33 votes to 20 votes. However, due to repeated obstruction by the representative of Jiang Fang, when the All-China Federation received the invitation letter, it was only a few hours before the opening of the Olympic Games. On July 19, Premier Zhou Enlai issued a decisive instruction: "Let's go"!
And pointed out: "You can't participate in the official competition, but you can compete with Finnish athletes and do more friendly work. You should promote the new China through the work of the delegation and the mental outlook of the athletes. " New China competed for the Olympic Games for the first time. When it arrived in Xinjiang, many activities had already ended.
Three teams from China played four games against teams from Finland. Wu Chuanyu participated in 100 meter backstroke, with the score of 1 min 12.3. This is the first record written by new China athletes at the Olympic Games.
This Olympic Games is an unprecedented successful Olympic model. 1952 The Olympic Games was held by a rapidly rising sports power. The Olympic Games held in Finland are full of passion, and Helsinki, the capital, warmly received nearly 5,000 athletes from 69 countries around the world. The competitive level of the competition is higher than that of previous Olympic Games, so Helsinki is generally highly praised.
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