Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke

The men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1948 Olympic Games took place between 4 and 6 August, at the Empire Pool. This swimming event used the backstroke. Because an Olympic-size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.

Results

Heats

The fastest two in each heat and the four fastest third-placed from across the heats advanced.

Heat 1

Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 1:08.5 QQ 2 1:10.8 QQ 3 1:13.8 4 1:14.2 5 1:14.3 6 1:14.6 7 1:19.9

Heat 2

Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 1:11.3 QQ 2 1:11.9 QQ 3 1:12.9 4 1:15.0 5 1:15.6 6 1:15.6 7 1:30.2

Heat 3

Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 1:09.2 QQ 2 1:09.7 QQ 3 1:09.8 qq 4 1:10.9 qq 5 1:12.8 6 1:13.5 7 1:22.0

Heat 4

Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 1:06.6 QQ 2 1:09.7 QQ 3 1:10.0 qq 4 1:11.2 5 1:11.8 6 1:14.8 7 1:24.5

Heat 5

Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 1:06.9 QQ 2 1:11.4 QQ 3 1:17.1 4 1:19.0 5 1:19.4

Heat 6

Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 1:07.4 QQ 2 1:09.3 QQ 3 1:10.5 qq 4 1:10.8 5 1:13.2 6 1:18.5

Semifinals

The fastest three in each semi-final and the fastest from across the semi-finals advanced.

Semifinal 1

Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 1:07.3 QQ 2 1:08.3 QQ 3 1:09.1 QQ 4 1:09.6 qq 5 1:09.8 qq 6 1:09.8 7 1:11.3 8 1:11.4

Semifinal 2

Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 1:08.5 QQ 2 1:09.2 QQ 3 1:09.2 QQ 4 1:09.9 5 1:10.1 6 1:11.5 7 1:11.6 8 1:12.9 Key: Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place

Final Rank Athlete Country Time Notes Allen Stack 1:06.4 Bob Cowell 1:06.5 Georges Vallerey 1:07.8 4 Mario Chávez 1:09.0 4 Clemente Mejía 1:09.0 6 Jackie Wiid 1:09.1 7 John Brockway 1:09.2 8 Bert Kinnear 1:09.6

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