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The men's 400 metre freestyle event at the 1948 Olympic Games took place between 31 July and 4 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 metres long, this race consisted of eight lengths of the pool.
Gold | Bill Smith United States |
Silver | Jimmy McLane United States |
Bronze | John Marshall Australia |
Key: OR = Olympic record, Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Géza Kádas | Hungary | 4:47.8 | Q |
2 | William Smith | United States | 4:48.4 | Q |
3 | Jimmy McLane | United States | 4:49.5 | Q |
4 | John Marshall | Australia | 4:50.0 | Q |
5 | György Mitró | Hungary | 4:50.8 | q |
6 | Alex Jany | France | 4:51.3 | q |
7 | Jack Hale | Great Britain | 4:51.4 | q |
8 | Alfredo Yantorno | Argentina | 4:57.3 | q |
9 | Bill Heusner | United States | 4:57.4 | |
10 | Marjan Stipetić | Yugoslavia | 4:58.6 | |
11 | Janko Puhar | Yugoslavia | 4:58.7 | |
11 | Miroslav Bartůšek | Czechoslovakia | 4:58.7 | |
13 | Branko Vidović | Yugoslavia | 4:59.4 | |
14 | Don Johnston | South Africa | 4:59.5 |
Key: Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bill Smith | United States | 4:41.0 | OR | |
Jimmy McLane | United States | 4:43.4 | ||
John Marshall | Australia | 4:47.4 | ||
4 | Géza Kádas | Hungary | 4:49.4 | |
5 | György Mitró | Hungary | 4:49.9 | |
6 | Alex Jany | France | 4:51.4 | |
7 | Jack Hale | Great Britain | 4:55.9 | |
8 | Alfredo Yantorno | Argentina | 4:58.7 |
Key: OR = Olympic record
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