Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
| 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 women's 4×100 metre freestyle relay event at the 1948 Olympic Games took place on 4th and 6 August at the Empire Pool.[1] This swimming event used freestyle as a relay, with swimmers typically using the front crawl. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, each of the four swimmers completed two lengths of the pool. The first swimmer had to touch the wall before the second could leave the starting block; timing of the starts was thus important.
Medalists
Results
Heats
- Heat One
| Place | Swimmers | Time | Qual. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Eva Arndt-Riise, Karen Margrethe Harup, Greta Andersen, Fritze Carstensen and Elvi Svendsen (DEN) | 4:33.5 | |
| 2 |  Marie Corridon, Thelma Kalama, Brenda Helser, and Ann Curtis (USA) | 4:34.1 | |
| 3 |  Patricia Nielsen, Margaret Wellington, Lillian Preece, and Cathie Gibson (GBR) | 4:36.1 | |
| 4 |  Josette Arène, Gisèle Vallerey, Colette Thomas, Ginette Jany-Sendral and Marie Foucher-Creteau (FRA) | 4:50.0 | |
| 5 |  Enriqueta Duarte, Liliana Gonzalias, Adriana Camelli and Eileen Holt (ARG) | 4:59.5 | |
| 6 |  Kay McNamee, Joyce Court, Vivian King and Irene Strong (CAN) | 5:04.5 |
- Heat Two
| Place | Swimmers | Time | Qual. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher, Margot Marsman, Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen and Hannie Termeulen (NED) | 4:31.3 | |
| 2 |  Gisela Thidholm, Elisabeth Ahlgren, Marianne Lundquist and Ingegerd Fredin (SWE) | 4:38.5 | |
| 3 | .svg.png){kind=small} Mária Littomeritzky, Ilona Novák, Judit Temes and Éva Székely (HUN) | 4:47.5 | |
| 4 | .svg.png){kind=small} Eleonora Schmidt, Maria da Costa, Talita Rodrígues and Piedade Coutinho-Tavares (BRA) | 4:51.4 | |
| 5 | .svg.png){kind=small} Maria Huybrechts, Maria Oeyen, Maria Van Den Brand and Fernande Caroen (BEL) | 4:54.9 |
References
- ↑ "Swimming at the 1948 London Summer Games: Women's 4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay". Sports Reference. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
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