Swimming competitions at the 1948 Summer Olympics were held in the Imperial Basin, both among men and women.
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Overall medal standings
| A place | A country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | USA | eight | 6 | one | 15 |
| 2 | Denmark | 2 | 2 | 0 | four |
| 3 | Netherlands | one | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| four | Australia | 0 | 2 | 2 | four |
| five | Hungary | 0 | one | 3 | four |
| 6 | France | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | Great Britain | 0 | 0 | one | one |
Medalists
Men
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 100 m freestyle | Walter Rees USA | Alan Ford USA | Geza Kadash Hungary |
| 400 m freestyle | William Smith USA | James mclain USA | John Marshall Australia |
| 1,500 m freestyle | James mclain USA | John Marshall Australia | György Mitro Hungary |
| 100 m on the back | Allen Stack USA | Robert Cowell USA | Georges Vallere France |
| 200 m breaststroke | Joe Verdure USA | Keith Carter USA | Robert Sol USA |
| 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay | USA Walter Rees James mclain Wally Wolf William Smith | Hungary Geza Kadash György Mitro Imre Nieki Elemer Satmari | France Joseph Bernardo Rene Cornu Henri Padou Alexandre Jeani |
Women
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 100 m freestyle | Greta Andersen Denmark | Anne Curtis USA | Marie-Lauise Linssen-Wassen Netherlands |
| 400 m freestyle | Anne Curtis USA | Karen Harup Denmark | Katherine Gibson Great Britain |
| 100 m on the back | Karen Harup Denmark | Susan Zimmerman USA | Judy Joy Davis Australia |
| 200 m breaststroke | Petronella Nel van Vliet Netherlands | Beatrice Lyons Australia | Eva Novak Hungary |
| Relay race 4 × 100 m freestyle | USA Marie Corridon Thelma Kalama Brenda Helser Anne Curtis | Denmark Eva Riis Karen Harup Greta Andersen Frits carstensen | Netherlands Irma Hayting-Schumacher Margot Marsman Marie-Lauise Linssen-Wassen Hanni Termelen |
Links
- Results of the competition on the website sports-reference.com