Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics

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

Medal table

Medal summary Men's events 100 m freestyle 57.3 (OR) 57.8 58.1 400 m freestyle 4:41.0 (OR) 4:43.4 4:47.7 1500 m freestyle 19:18.5 19:31.3 19:43.2 100 m backstroke 1:06.4 1:06.5 1:07.8 200 m breaststroke 2:39.3 (OR) 2:40.2 2:43.9 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay Wally RisJimmy McLaneWally WolfBill Smith 8:46.0 (WR) Elemér SzatmáriGyörgy MitróImre NyékiGéza Kádas 8:48.4 Joseph BernardoRené CornuHenri Padou, Jr.Alexandre Jany 9:08.0

Women's events 100 m freestyle 1:06.3 1:06.5 1:07.6 400 m freestyle 5:17.8 (OR) 5:21.2 5:22.5 100 m backstroke 1:14.4 (OR) 1:16.0 1:16.7 200 m breaststroke 2:57.2 2:57.7 3:00.2 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay Marie CorridonThelma KalamaBrenda HelserAnn Curtis 4:29.2 (OR) Eva ArndtKaren HarupGreta AndersenFritze Carstensen 4:29.6 Irma Heijting-SchuhmacherMargot MarsmanMarie-Louise Linssen-VaessenHannie Termeulen 4:31.6

Participating nations 249 swimmers from 34 nations competed.

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