| Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
 | ||
| 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 | |
The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 1948 Olympic Games took place on 2 and 3 August at the Empire Pool. The relay featured teams of four swimmers each swimming four lengths of the 50 m pool freestyle.
Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|
 United StatesWally Ris Jimmy McLane Wally Wolf Bill Smith |
 HungaryElemér Szatmári György Mitró Imre Nyéki Géza Kádas |
 FranceJoseph Bernardo René Cornu Henri Padou, Jr. Alexandre Jany |
Results
Heats
- Heat One
| Place | Swimmers | Time | Qual. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elemér Szathmáry, György Mitró, Imre Nyéki, and Géza Kádas (HUN) |
8:53.6 | |
| 2 | Bob Gibe, William Dudley, Edwin Gilbert, and Eugene R. Rogers (USA) |
8:55.9 | |
| 3 |  Horacio White, José Durañona, Juan Garay, Alfredo Yantorno and Augusto Cantón (ARG) |
9:16.9 | |
| 4 |  Sérgio Rodrígues, Willy Otto Jordan, Rolf Kestener, and Aram Boghossian (BRA) |
9:19.9 | |
| 5 |  Jesús Domínguez, Manuel Guerra, Isidoro Martínez-Vela, and Isidoro Pérez (ESP) |
9:28.3 | |
| 6 |  Anwar Aziz Chaudhry, Iftikhar Ahmed Shah, Jaffar Ali Shah, and Sultan Karim Ali (PAK) |
12:25.8 | |
| 7 |  Walter Bardgett, Derek Oatway, Robert Cook, and Philip Tribley (BER) |
DQ |
- Heat Two
| Place | Swimmers | Time | Qual. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jo Bernardo, René Cornu, Henri Padou, Jr., and Alex Jany (FRA) |
9:08.8 | |
| 2 |  Vanja Illić, Ciril Pelhan, Janko Puhar, and Branko Vidović (YUG) |
9:12.4 | |
| 3 |  Martin Lundén, Per-Olof Östrand, Olle Johansson, and Per-Olof Olsson (SWE) |
9:12.9 | |
| 4 |  Ramón Bravo, Angel Maldonado, Apolonio Castillo, and Alberto Isaac (MEX) |
9:23.4 | |
| 5 |  Roy Botham, Jack Hale, Norman Wainwright, and John Holt (GBR) |
9:26.6 | |
| 6 |  Doug Gibson, Eric Jubb, Allen Gilchrist, and Peter Salmon (CAN) |
9:43.2 | |
| 7 |  Ali Ahmed Bagdadi, Ahmed Kandil, Taha El-Gamal, and Mohamed Abdel Aziz Khalifa (EGY) |
10:25.0 |
Final
| Place | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 |
Walter Ris, Wallace Wolf, James McLane, and Bill Smith (USA) |
8:46.0 | OR |
 |
Elemér Szathmáry, György Mitró, Imre Nyéki, and Géza Kádas (HUN) |
8:48.4 | |
 |
René Cornu, Henri Padou, Jr., Jo Bernardo, and Alex Jany (FRA) |
9:08.0 | |
| 4 | Martin Lundén, Per-Olof Olsson, Per-Olof Östrand, Olle Johansson (SWE) |
9:09.1 | |
| 5 | Vanja Illić, Ciril Pelhan, Janko Puhar, and Branko Vidović (YUG) |
9:14.0 | |
| 6 | Horacio White, José Durañona, Juan Garay, Alfredo Yantorno (ARG) |
9:19.2 | |
| 7 | Ramón Bravo, Angel Maldonado, Apolonio Castillo, and Alberto Isaac (MEX) |
9:20.2 | |
| 8 | Sérgio Rodrígues, Willy Otto Jordan, Rolf Kestener, and Aram Boghossian (BRA) |
9:31.0 |
References
- "Swimming at the 1948 London Summer Games: Men's 4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
