Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke

The men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1948 Olympic Games took place between 4 and 6 August, at the Empire Pool.[1] This swimming event used the backstroke. Because an Olympic-size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.

Medalists

GoldAllen Stack
 United States
SilverBob Cowell
 United States
BronzeGeorges Vallerey
 France

Results

Heats

The fastest two in each heat and the four fastest third-placed from across the heats advanced.

Heat 1

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Jackie Wiid (RSA)1:08.5QQ
2 Kees Kievit (NED)1:10.8QQ
3 José Vegazzi (ARG)1:13.8
4 Francisco Calamita (ESP)1:14.2
5 Eric Jubb (CAN)1:14.3
6 Per-Olof Olsson (SWE)1:14.6
7 Khamlillal Shah (IND)1:19.9

Heat 2

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Bruce Bourke (AUS)1:11.3QQ
2 Ilo da Fonseca (BRA)1:11.9QQ
3 Jiří Kovář (TCH)1:12.9
4 Carlos Noriega (URU)1:15.0
5 Martin Lundén (SWE)1:15.6
6 Tonatiuh Gutiérrez (MEX)1:15.6
7 Jaffar Ali Shah (PAK)1:30.2

Heat 3

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 John Brockaway (GBR)1:09.2QQ
2 Mario Chávez (ARG)1:09.7QQ
3 Clemente Mejía (MEX)1:09.8qq
4 Lucien Zins (FRA)1:10.9qq
5 Mário Simas (POR)1:12.8
6 Fritz Zwazl (AUT)1:13.5
7 Nikolaos Melanofeidis (GRE)1:22.0

Heat 4

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Allen Stack (USA)1:06.6QQ
2 Bert Kinnear (GBR)1:09.7QQ
3 Paulo Silva (BRA)1:10.0qq
4 Tony Summers (GBR)1:11.2
5 Gyula Válent (HUN)1:11.8
6 Manuel Guerra (AUT)1:14.8
7 Prahtip Mitra (IND)1:24.5

Heat 5

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Bob Cowell (USA)1:06.9QQ
2 René Pirolley (FRA)1:11.4QQ
3 Donald Shanks (BER)1:17.1
4 Dorri El-Said (EGY)1:19.0
5 Guðmundur Ingólfsson (ISL)1:19.4

Heat 6

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Georges Vallerey, Jr. (FRA)1:07.4QQ
2 Howard Patterson (USA)1:09.3QQ
3 Hélio Silva (BRA)1:10.5qq
4 Federico Neumayer (ARG)1:10.8
5 Peter Mingie (CAN)1:13.2
6 Hans Blumer (SUI)1:18.5

Semifinals

The fastest three in each semi-final and the fastest from across the semi-finals advanced.

Semifinal 1

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Allen Stack (USA)1:07.3QQ
2 Georges Vallerey, Jr. (FRA)1:08.3QQ
3 John Brockaway (GBR)1:09.1QQ
4 Clemente Mejía (MEX)1:09.6qq
5 Mario Chávez (ARG)1:09.8qq
6 Paulo Silva (BRA)1:09.8
7 Kees Kievit (NED)1:11.3
8 Bruce Bourke (AUS)1:11.4

Semifinal 2

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Bob Cowell (USA)1:08.5QQ
2 Bert Kinnear (GBR)1:09.2QQ
3 Jackie Wiid (RSA)1:09.2QQ
4 Howard Patterson (USA)1:09.9
5 Hélio Silva (BRA)1:10.1
6 Lucien Zins (FRA)1:11.5
7 Ilo da Fonseca (BRA)1:11.6
8 René Pirolley (FRA)1:12.9

Key: Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place

Final

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
Allen Stack United States1:06.4
Bob Cowell United States1:06.5
Georges Vallerey France1:07.8
4Mario Chávez Argentina1:09.0
4Clemente Mejía Mexico1:09.0
6Jackie Wiid South Africa1:09.1
7John Brockway Great Britain1:09.2
8Bert Kinnear Great Britain1:09.6

References

  1. "Swimming at the 1948 London Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
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