Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle
The women's 400 metre freestyle event at the 1948 Olympic Games took place between 5 and 7 August at the Empire Pool.[1] This swimming event used freestyle swimming, which means that the method of the stroke is not regulated (unlike backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly events). Nearly all swimmers use the front crawl or a variant of that stroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 meters long, this race consisted of eight lengths of the pool.
| 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 | |
Medalists
| Gold | Ann Curtis.svg.png){kind=small} |
| Silver | Karen Harup |
| Bronze | Catherine Gibson |
Results
Heats
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cathie Gibson | | 5:26.9 | |
| 2 | Fernande Caroen | .svg.png){kind=small} | 5:29.2 | |
| 3 | Fritze Carstensen | | 5:29.4 | |
| 4 | Nancy Lees | | 5:29.6 | |
| 5 | Brenda Helser | | 5:30.0 | |
| 6 | Piedade Coutinho-Tavares | .svg.png){kind=small} | 5:30.0 | |
| 7 | Karen Margrethe Harup | | 5:31.7 | |
| 8 | Ann Curtis | | 5:32.0 | |
| 9 | Colette Thomas |  | 5:32.9 | |
| 10 | Gisela Thidholm |  | 5:34.5 | |
| 11 | Margaret Wellington | | 5:40.0 | |
| 12 | Patricia Nielsen | | 5:40.4 | |
| 13 | Denise Spencer |  | 5:40.9 | |
| 14 | Magda Bruggemann | .svg.png){kind=small} | 5:43.8 | |
| 15 | Eileen Holt |  | 5:44.9 | |
| 16 | Vivian King | .svg.png){kind=small} | 5:54.8 | |
| 17 | Kay McNamee | | 5:58.7 | |
| 18 | Enriqueta Duarte | | 6:14.4 | |
| 19 | Greta Andersen | | DNF |
Semifinals
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karen Margrethe Harup | | 5:25.7 | OR |
| 2 | Fernande Caroen | | 5:26.1 | Q |
| 3 | Ann Curtis | | 5:26.4 | Q |
| 4 | Brenda Helser | | 5:28.1 | Q |
| 5 | Fritze Carstensen | | 5:29.5 | Q |
| 6 | Cathie Gibson | | 5:31.0 | q |
| 7 | Piedade Coutinho-Tavares | | 5:31.1 | Q |
| 8 | Nancy Lees | | 5:31.9 | q |
| 9 | Colette Thomas | | 5:35.3 | |
| 10 | Denise Spencer | | 5:35.6 | |
| 11 | Margaret Wellington | | 5:38.2 | |
| 12 | Patricia Nielsen | | 5:39.5 | |
| 13 | Magda Bruggemann | | 5:42.4 | |
| 14 | Eileen Holt | | 5:52.4 | |
| 15 | Vivian King | | 5:52.7 | |
| 16 | Gisela Thidholm | | DNS |
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Ann Curtis | | 5:17.8 | OR |
 | Karen Margrethe Harup | | 5:21.2 | |
 | Catherine Gibson | | 5:22.5 | |
| 4 | Fernande Caroen | | 5:25.3 | |
| 5 | Brenda Helser | | 5:26.0 | |
| 6 | Piedade Coutinho | | 5:29.4 | |
| 7 | Fritze Carstensen | | 5:29.4 | |
| 8 | Nancy Lees | | 5:32.9 |
Key: OR = Olympic record
| 300 m | |
|---|---|
| 400 m |
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References
- "Swimming at the 1948 London Summer Games: Women's 400 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
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