Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics

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At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, 11 swimming events were contested, six for men and five for women.

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[edit] Medal summary

[edit] Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m freestyle Image:US flag 48 stars.svg Walter Ris
United States (USA)
57.3 Image:US flag 48 stars.svg Alan Ford
United States (USA)
57.8 Image:Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg Géza Kádas
Hungary (HUN)
58.1
400 m freestyle Image:US flag 48 stars.svg William Smith
United States (USA)
4:41.0 Image:US flag 48 stars.svg James McLane
United States (USA)
4:43.4 Image:Flag of Australia.svg John Marshall
Australia (AUS)
4:47.7
1500 m freestyle Image:US flag 48 stars.svg James McLane
United States (USA)
19:18.5 Image:Flag of Australia.svg John Marshall
Australia (AUS)
19:31.3 Image:Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg György Mitró
Hungary (HUN)
19:43.2
100 m backstroke Image:US flag 48 stars.svg Allen Stack
United States (USA)
1:06.4 Image:US flag 48 stars.svg Robert Cowell
United States (USA)
1:06.5 Image:Flag of France.svg Georges Vallerey
France (FRA)
1:07.8
200 m breaststroke Image:US flag 48 stars.svg Joseph Verdeur
United States (USA)
2:39.3 Image:US flag 48 stars.svg Keith Carter
United States (USA)
2:40.2 Image:US flag 48 stars.svg Robert Sohl
United States (USA)
2:43.9
4×200 m freestyle relay Image:US flag 48 stars.svg United States (USA)
Walter Ris
James McLane
Wallace Wolf
William Smith
8:46.0 Image:Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg Hungary (HUN)
Elemér Szatmári
György Mitró
Imre Nyéki
Géza Kádas
8:48.4 Image:Flag of France.svg France (FRA)
Joseph Bernardo
René Cornu
Henri Padou Jr.
Alexandre Jany
9:08.0

[edit] Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m freestyle Image:Flag of Denmark.svg Greta Andersen
Denmark (DEN)
1:06.3 Image:US flag 48 stars.svg Ann Curtis
United States (USA)
1:06.5 Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen
Netherlands (NED)
1:07.6
400 m freestyle Image:US flag 48 stars.svg Ann Curtis
United States (USA)
5:17.8 Image:Flag of Denmark.svg Karen Harup
Denmark (DEN)
5:21.2 Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Catherine Gibson
Great Britain (GBR)
5:22.5
100 m backstroke Image:Flag of Denmark.svg Karen Harup
Denmark (DEN)
1:14.4 Image:US flag 48 stars.svg Suzanne Zimmerman
United States (USA)
1:16.0 Image:Flag of Australia.svg Judith Davies
Australia (AUS)
1:16.7
200 m breaststroke Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nel van Vliet
Netherlands (NED)
2:57.2 Image:Flag of Australia.svg Nancy Lyons
Australia (AUS)
2:57.7 Image:Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg Éva Novák
Hungary (HUN)
3:00.2
4×100 m freestyle relay Image:US flag 48 stars.svg United States (USA)
Marie Corridon
Thelma Kalama
Brenda Helser
Ann Curtis
4:29.2 Image:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark (DEN)
Eva Riis
Karen Harup
Greta Andersen
Fritze Carstensen
4:29.6 Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands (NED)
Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher
Margot Marsman
Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen
Hannie Termeulen
4:31.6

[edit] Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Image:US flag 48 stars.svg United States (USA) 8 6 1 15
2 Image:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark (DEN) 2 2 0 4
3 Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands (NED) 1 0 2 3
4 Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia (AUS) 0 2 2 4
5 Image:Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg Hungary (HUN) 0 1 3 4
6 Image:Flag of France.svg France (FRA) 0 0 2 2
7 Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain (GBR) 0 0 1 1
de:Olympische Sommerspiele 1948/Schwimmen

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