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

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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

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Gold Allen Stack
 United States
Silver Bob Cowell
 United States
Bronze Georges Vallerey
 France

Results

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Heats

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

Heat 1

Place Swimmer Time Qual.
1  Jackie Wiid (RSA) 1:08.5 QQ
2  Kees Kievit (NED) 1:10.8 QQ
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

Place Swimmer Time Qual.
1  Bruce Bourke (AUS) 1:11.3 QQ
2  Ilo da Fonseca (BRA) 1:11.9 QQ
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

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

Heat 4

Place Swimmer Time Qual.
1  Allen Stack (USA) 1:06.6 QQ
2  Bert Kinnear (GBR) 1:09.7 QQ
3  Paulo Silva (BRA) 1:10.0 qq
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

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

Heat 6

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

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1

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

Semifinal 2

Place Swimmer Time Qual.
1  Bob Cowell (USA) 1:08.5 QQ
2  Bert Kinnear (GBR) 1:09.2 QQ
3  Jackie Wiid (RSA) 1:09.2 QQ
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

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Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Allen Stack  United States 1:06.4
2 Bob Cowell  United States 1:06.5
3 Georges Vallerey  France 1:07.8
4 Mario Chávez  Argentina 1:09.0
4 Clemente Mejía  Mexico 1:09.0
6 Jackie Wiid  South Africa 1:09.1
7 John Brockway  Great Britain 1:09.2
8 Bert Kinnear  Great Britain 1:09.6

References

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  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.