Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics

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Swimming
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
VenueWembley Arena
Dates30 July – 7 August 1948
No. of events11
Competitors249 from 34 nations
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Swimming at the
1948 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
100 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
200 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mwomen
4 × 200 mmen

At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, 11 swimming events were contested, six for men and five for women. All swimming events took place at the Empire Pool. There was a total of 249 participants from 34 countries competing.

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)86115
2 Denmark (DEN)2204
3 Netherlands (NED)1023
4 Australia (AUS)0224
5 Hungary (HUN)0134
6 France (FRA)0022
7 Great Britain (GBR)0011
Totals (7 entries)11111133

Medal summary

Men's events

Games Gold Silver Bronze
100 m freestyle
 Wally Ris
 United States		 57.3 (OR) Alan Ford
 United States		 57.8 Géza Kádas
 Hungary		 58.1
400 m freestyle
 Bill Smith
 United States		 4:41.0 (OR) Jimmy McLane
 United States		 4:43.4 John Marshall
 Australia		 4:47.7
1500 m freestyle
 Jimmy McLane
 United States		 19:18.5 John Marshall
 Australia		 19:31.3 György Mitró
 Hungary		 19:43.2
100 m backstroke
 Allen Stack
 United States		 1:06.4 Bob Cowell
 United States		 1:06.5 Georges Vallerey
 France		 1:07.8
200 m breaststroke
 Joe Verdeur
 United States		 2:39.3 (OR) Keith Carter
 United States		 2:40.2 Bob Sohl
 United States		 2:43.9
4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
  United States (USA)
Wally Ris
Jimmy McLane
Wally Wolf
Bill Smith		 8:46.0 (WR)  Hungary (HUN)
Elemér Szatmári
György Mitró
Imre Nyéki
Géza Kádas		 8:48.4  France (FRA)
Joseph Bernardo
René Cornu
Henri Padou, Jr.
Alexandre Jany		 9:08.0

Women's events

Games Gold Silver Bronze
100 m freestyle
 Greta Andersen
 Denmark		 1:06.3 Ann Curtis
 United States		 1:06.5 Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen
 Netherlands		 1:07.6
400 m freestyle
 Ann Curtis
 United States		 5:17.8 (OR) Karen Harup
 Denmark		 5:21.2 Catherine Gibson
 Great Britain		 5:22.5
100 m backstroke
 Karen Harup
 Denmark		 1:14.4 (OR) Suzanne Zimmerman
 United States		 1:16.0 Judy-Joy Davies
 Australia		 1:16.7
200 m breaststroke
 Nel van Vliet
 Netherlands		 2:57.2 Nancy Lyons
 Australia		 2:57.7 Éva Novák
 Hungary		 3:00.2
4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
  United States (USA)
Marie Corridon
Thelma Kalama
Brenda Helser
Ann Curtis		 4:29.2 (OR)  Denmark (DEN)
Eva Arndt
Karen Harup
Greta Andersen
Fritze Carstensen		 4:29.6  Netherlands (NED)
Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher
Margot Marsman
Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen
Hannie Termeulen		 4:31.6

Participating nations

249 swimmers from 34 nations competed.

Gallery of the medalists

Some of the Olympic medalists in London:

References

  1. ^ "Olympedia – Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
  2. ^ a b "Swimming at the 1948 London Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2016.

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