Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay explained

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.^[1] The relay featured teams of four swimmers each swimming four lengths of the 50 m pool freestyle.

Medalists

Wally Ris Jimmy McLane Wally Wolf Bill Smith

Elemér Szatmári György Mitró Imre Nyéki Géza Kádas

Joseph Bernardo René Cornu Henri Padou, Jr. Alexandre Jany

Results

Heats

Heat One

Place	width=620	Swimmers	width=90	Time	width=90	Qual.
1		8:53.6	QQ
2		8:55.9	QQ
3		9:16.9	QQ
4		9:19.9	qq
5		9:28.3
6		12:25.8
7			DQ

Heat Two

Place	width=620	Swimmers	width=90	Time	width=90	Qual.
1		9:08.8	QQ
2		9:12.4	QQ
3		9:12.9	QQ
4		9:23.4	qq
5		9:26.6
6		9:43.2
7		10:25.0

Final

Place	width=620	Swimmers	width=90	Time	width=90	Notes
		8:46.0	OR
		8:48.4
		9:08.0
4		9:09.1
5		9:14.0
6		9:19.2
7		9:20.2
8		9:31.0

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming at the 1948 London Summer Games: Men's 4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165949/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1948/SWI/mens-4-x-200-metres-freestyle-relay.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 19 September 2016 . Sports Reference.