Admission ticket (swimming)

Category: Printed matter
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Year of prod.: 1951
Object number: 2549:004
Manuf. and place of prod.: Banknote printing house of the Bank of Finland
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Method of prod.: printed
Material: banknote paper
Measurements: height 9 cm; width 11.4 cm
Description: Red. The text: XV OLYMPIA HELSINKI 1952. Date: 28 VII 1952. Section: B 6. Rivi [row] 20, Paikka [seat] 23. II. lk [II class]. Picture: swimmer.
Other information: Ticket for the Olympic swimming competitions at the Swimming Stadium on 28 July. The only final of the day was women’s 100-metre freestyle, won by Katalin Szöke of Hungary.
A total of 1,376,512 admission tickets were sold for the Helsinki Olympic Games