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.

[edit] Medal summary

[edit] Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Walter Ris United States (USA)	57.3	Alan Ford United States (USA)	57.8	Géza Kádas Hungary (HUN)	58.1
400 m freestyle	William Smith United States (USA)	4:41.0	James McLane United States (USA)	4:43.4	John Marshall Australia (AUS)	4:47.7
1500 m freestyle	James McLane United States (USA)	19:18.5	John Marshall Australia (AUS)	19:31.3	György Mitró Hungary (HUN)	19:43.2
100 m backstroke	Allen Stack United States (USA)	1:06.4	Robert Cowell United States (USA)	1:06.5	Georges Vallerey France (FRA)	1:07.8
200 m breaststroke	Joseph Verdeur United States (USA)	2:39.3	Keith Carter United States (USA)	2:40.2	Robert Sohl United States (USA)	2:43.9
4×200 m freestyle relay	United States (USA) Walter Ris James McLane Wallace Wolf William Smith	8:46.0	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

[edit] Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Greta Andersen Denmark (DEN)	1:06.3	Ann Curtis United States (USA)	1:06.5	Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen Netherlands (NED)	1:07.6
400 m freestyle	Ann Curtis United States (USA)	5:17.8	Karen Harup Denmark (DEN)	5:21.2	Catherine Gibson Great Britain (GBR)	5:22.5
100 m backstroke	Karen Harup Denmark (DEN)	1:14.4	Suzanne Zimmerman United States (USA)	1:16.0	Judy-Joy Davies Australia (AUS)	1:16.7
200 m breaststroke	Nel van Vliet Netherlands (NED)	2:57.2	Nancy Lyons Australia (AUS)	2:57.7	Éva Novák Hungary (HUN)	3:00.2
4×100 m freestyle relay	United States (USA) Marie Corridon Thelma Kalama Brenda Helser Ann Curtis	4:29.2	Denmark (DEN) Eva Riis 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

[edit] Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	8	6	1	15
2	Denmark (DEN)	2	2	0	4
3	Netherlands (NED)	1	0	2	3
4	Australia (AUS)	0	2	2	4
5	Hungary (HUN)	0	1	3	4
6	France (FRA)	0	0	2	2
7	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	1	1

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