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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At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, 11 swimming events were contested, six for men and five for women.[1] All swimming events took place at the Empire Pool. There was a total of 249 participants from 34 countries competing.[2]

Medal table[edit]

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[edit]

Men's events[edit]

Games Gold Silver Bronze
100 m freestyle
details
Wally Ris
 United States
57.3 (OR) Alan Ford
 United States
57.8 Géza Kádas
 Hungary
58.1
400 m freestyle
details
Bill Smith
 United States
4:41.0 (OR) Jimmy McLane
 United States
4:43.4 John Marshall
 Australia
4:47.7
1500 m freestyle
details
Jimmy McLane
 United States
19:18.5 John Marshall
 Australia
19:31.3 György Mitró
 Hungary
19:43.2
100 m backstroke
details
Allen Stack
 United States
1:06.4 Bob Cowell
 United States
1:06.5 Georges Vallerey
 France
1:07.8
200 m breaststroke
details
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
details
 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[edit]

Games Gold Silver Bronze
100 m freestyle
details
Greta Andersen
 Denmark
1:06.3 Ann Curtis
 United States
1:06.5 Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen
 Netherlands
1:07.6
400 m freestyle
details
Ann Curtis
 United States
5:17.8 (OR) Karen Harup
 Denmark
5:21.2 Catherine Gibson
 Great Britain
5:22.5
100 m backstroke
details
Karen Harup
 Denmark
1:14.4 (OR) Suzanne Zimmerman
 United States
1:16.0 Judy-Joy Davies
 Australia
1:16.7
200 m breaststroke
details
Nel van Vliet
 Netherlands
2:57.2 Nancy Lyons
 Australia
2:57.7 Éva Novák
 Hungary
3:00.2
4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
details
 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[edit]

249 swimmers from 34 nations competed.[2]

Gallery of the medalists[edit]

Some of the Olympic medalists in London:

References[edit]

  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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