| Swimming at the Games of the XIV Olympiad | |
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| Venue | Wembley Arena |
| Dates | 30 July – 7 August 1948 |
| No. of events | 11 |
| Competitors | 249 from 34 nations |
| Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Freestyle | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | women | |
| 4 × 200 m | men | |
At the1948 Summer Olympics inLondon, 11swimming events were contested, six for men and five for women.[1] All swimming events took place at theEmpire Pool. There was a total of 249 participants from 34 countries competing.[2]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  United States | 8 | 6 | 1 | 15 |
| 2 |  Denmark | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 |  Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 |  Australia | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 |  Hungary | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 |  France | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 |  Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 | |
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| 100 m freestyle details | Wally Ris United States | 57.3(OR) | Alan Ford United States | 57.8 | Géza Kádas Hungary | 58.1 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Bill Smith United States | 4:41.0(OR) | Jimmy McLane United States | 4:43.4 | John Marshall Australia | 4:47.7 |
| 1500 m freestyle details | Jimmy McLane United States | 19:18.5 | John Marshall Australia | 19:31.3 | György Mitró Hungary | 19:43.2 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Allen Stack United States | 1:06.4 | Bob Cowell United States | 1:06.5 | Georges Vallerey France | 1:07.8 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Joe Verdeur United States | 2:39.3(OR) | Keith Carter United States | 2:40.2 | Bob Sohl United States | 2:43.9 |
| 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay details | United States Wally Ris Jimmy McLane Wally Wolf Bill Smith | 8:46.0(WR) | Hungary Elemér Szatmári György Mitró Imre Nyéki Géza Kádas | 8:48.4 | France Joseph Bernardo René Cornu Henri Padou, Jr. Alexandre Jany | 9:08.0 |
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| 100 m freestyle details | Greta Andersen Denmark | 1:06.3 | Ann Curtis United States | 1:06.5 | Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen Netherlands | 1:07.6 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Ann Curtis United States | 5:17.8(OR) | Karen Harup Denmark | 5:21.2 | Catherine Gibson Great Britain | 5:22.5 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Karen Harup Denmark | 1:14.4(OR) | Suzanne Zimmerman United States | 1:16.0 | Judy-Joy Davies Australia | 1:16.7 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Nel van Vliet Netherlands | 2:57.2 | Nancy Lyons Australia | 2:57.7 | Éva Novák Hungary | 3:00.2 |
| 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay details | United States Marie Corridon Thelma Kalama Brenda Helser Ann Curtis | 4:29.2(OR) | Denmark Eva Arndt Karen Harup Greta Andersen Fritze Carstensen | 4:29.6 | Netherlands Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher Margot Marsman Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen Hannie Termeulen | 4:31.6 |
249 swimmers from 34 nations competed.[2]
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