List of 1948 Summer Olympics medal winners

The United States team being awarded their gold medals for the Men's coxed fours

The 1948 Summer Olympics (also known as the Games of the XIV Olympiad) was an international multi-sport event held from July 29 through August 14, 1948, in London, United Kingdom.

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's 100 m details	Harrison Dillard   United States	Barney Ewell   United States	Lloyd La Beach   Panama
Women's 100 m details	Fanny Blankers-Koen   Netherlands	Dorothy Manley   Great Britain	Shirley Strickland de la Hunty   Australia
Men's 200 m details	Mel Patton   United States	Barney Ewell   United States	Lloyd La Beach   Panama
Women's 200 m details	Fanny Blankers-Koen   Netherlands	Audrey Williamson   Great Britain	Audrey Patterson   United States
Men's 400 m details	Arthur Wint   Jamaica	Herb McKenley   Jamaica	Mal Whitfield   United States
Men's 800 m details	Mal Whitfield   United States	Arthur Wint   Jamaica	Marcel Hansenne   France
Men's 1500 m details	Henry Eriksson   Sweden	Lennart Strand   Sweden	Wim Slijkhuis   Netherlands
Men's 5000 m details	Gaston Reiff   Belgium	Emil Zátopek   Czechoslovakia	Wim Slijkhuis   Netherlands
Men's 10000 m details	Emil Zátopek   Czechoslovakia	Alain Mimoun   France	Bertil Albertsson   Sweden
Men's 110 m hurdles details	Bill Porter   United States	Clyde Scott   United States	Craig Dixon   United States
Men's 400 m hurdles details	Roy Cochran   United States	Duncan White   Ceylon	Rune Larsson   Sweden
Women's 80 m hurdles details	Fanny Blankers-Koen   Netherlands	Maureen Gardner   Great Britain	Shirley Strickland de la Hunty   Australia
Men's 3000 m steeplechase details	Tore Sjöstrand   Sweden	Erik Elmsäter   Sweden	Göte Hagström   Sweden
Men's 4×100 m relay details	United States  (USA) Barney Ewell Lorenzo Wright Harrison Dillard Mel Patton	Great Britain  (GBR) Jack Archer Jack Gregory Alastair McCorquodale Ken Jones	Italy  (ITA) Enrico Perucconi Antonio Siddi Carlo Monti Michele Tito
Women's 4×100 m relay details	Netherlands  (NED) Xenia Stad-de Jong Nettie Witziers-Timmer Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs Fanny Blankers-Koen	Australia  (AUS) Shirley Strickland de la Hunty June Maston Betty McKinnon Joyce King	Canada  (CAN) Viola Myers Nancy Mackay Diane Foster Patricia Jones
Men's 4×400 m relay details	United States  (USA) Art Harnden Cliff Bourland Roy Cochran Mal Whitfield	France  (FRA) Jean Kerebel Francis Schewetta Robert Chef d'Hôtel Jacques Lunis	Sweden  (SWE) Kurt Lundquist Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt Folke Alnevik Rune Larsson
Men's decathlon details	Bob Mathias   United States	Ignace Heinrich   France	Floyd Simmons   United States
Men's 10 km walk details	John Mikaelsson   Sweden	Ingemar Johansson   Sweden	Fritz Schwab   Switzerland
Men's 50 km walk details	John Ljunggren   Sweden	Gaston Godel   Switzerland	Tebbs Lloyd Johnson   Great Britain
Men's marathon details	Delfo Cabrera   Argentina	Tom Richards   Great Britain	Étienne Gailly   Belgium
Men's long jump details	Willie Steele   United States	Theodore Bruce   Australia	Herb Douglas   United States
Women's long jump details	Olga Gyarmati   Hungary	Noemí Simonetto de Portela   Argentina	Ann-Britt Leyman   Sweden
Men's triple jump details	Arne Åhman   Sweden	George Avery   Australia	Ruhi Sarıalp   Turkey
Men's high jump details	Jack Winter   Australia	Bjørn Paulson   Norway	George Stanich   United States
Women's high jump details	Alice Coachman   United States	Dorothy Odam-Tyler   Great Britain	Micheline Ostermeyer   France
Men's pole vault details	Guinn Smith   United States	Erkki Kataja   Finland	Bob Richards   United States
Men's shot put details	Wilbur Thompson   United States	Jim Delaney   United States	Jim Fuchs   United States
Women's shot put details	Micheline Ostermeyer   France	Amelia Piccinini   Italy	Ine Schäffer   Austria
Men's discus throw details	Adolfo Consolini   Italy	Giuseppe Tosi   Italy	Fortune Gordien   United States
Women's discus throw details	Micheline Ostermeyer   France	Edera Cordiale-Gentile   Italy	Jacqueline Mazéas   France
Men's javelin throw details	Tapio Rautavaara   Finland	Steve Seymour   United States	József Várszegi   Hungary
Women's javelin throw details	Herma Bauma   Austria	Kaisa Parviainen   Finland	Lily Carlstedt-Kelsby   Denmark
Men's hammer throw details	Imre Németh   Hungary	Ivan Gubijan   Yugoslavia	Bob Bennett   United States

Source: ^[1]

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's tournament details	United States  (USA) Cliff Barker Don Barksdale Ralph Beard Lew Beck Vince Boryla Gordon Carpenter Alex Groza Wallace Jones Bob Kurland Ray Lumpp R. C. Pitts Jesse Renick Jackie Robinson Kenny Rollins	France  (FRA) André Barrais Michel Bonnevie André Buffière René Chocat René Dérency Maurice Desaymonnet André Even Maurice Girardot Fernand Guillou Raymond Offner Jacques Perrier Yvan Quénin Lucien Rebuffic Pierre Thiolon	Brazil  (BRA) Algodão Bráz Marcus Vinícius Dias Affonso Évora Ruy de Freitas Alexandre Gemignani Alberto Marson Alfredo da Motta Nilton Pacheco Massinet Sorcinelli

Source: ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Boxing

Rafael Iglesias knocking down Gunnar Nilsson in the men's heavyweight final

Main article: Boxing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight (-51 kg / 112 lb) details	Pascual Pérez   Argentina	Spartaco Bandinelli   Italy	Han Su-An   South Korea
Bantamweight (-54 kg / 118 lb) details	Tibor Csík   Hungary	Gianni Zuddas   Italy	Juan Venegas   Puerto Rico
Featherweight (-58 kg / 126 lb) details	Ernesto Formenti   Italy	Dennis Shepherd   South Africa	Aleksy Antkiewicz   Poland
Lightweight (-62 kg / 135 lb) details	Gerald Dreyer   South Africa	Jos Vissers   Belgium	Svend Wad   Denmark
Welterweight (-67 kg / 147 lb) details	Július Torma   Czechoslovakia	Hank Herring   United States	Alessandro D'Ottavio   Italy
Middleweight (-73 kg / 160 lb) details	László Papp   Hungary	John Wright   Great Britain	Ivano Fontana   Italy
Light heavyweight (-80 kg / 175 lb) details	George Hunter   South Africa	Don Scott   Great Britain	Mauro Cía   Argentina
Heavyweight (+80 kg/175 lb) details	Rafael Iglesias   Argentina	Gunnar Nilsson   Sweden	John Arthur   South Africa

Source: ^[5]

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
C-1 1000 m details	Josef Holeček   Czechoslovakia	Douglas Bennett   Canada	Robert Boutigny   France
C-1 10000 m details	František Čapek   Czechoslovakia	Frank Havens   United States	Norman Lane   Canada
C-2 1000 m details	Czechoslovakia  (TCH) Jan Brzák-Felix Bohumil Kudrna	United States  (USA) Steven Lysak Stephen Macknowski	France  (FRA) Georges Dransart Georges Gandil
C-2 10000 m details	United States  (USA) Steven Lysak Stephen Macknowski	Czechoslovakia  (TCH) Václáv Havel Jiří Pecka	France  (FRA) Georges Dransart Georges Gandil
K-1 1000 m details	Gert Fredriksson   Sweden	Johan Andersen   Denmark	Henri Eberhardt   France
K-1 10000 m details	Gert Fredriksson   Sweden	Kurt Wires   Finland	Eivind Skabo   Norway
K-2 1000 m details	Sweden  (SWE) Hans Berglund Lennart Klingström	Denmark  (DEN) Ejvind Hansen Jakob Jensen	Finland  (FIN) Thor Axelsson Nils Björklöf
K-2 10000 m details	Sweden  (SWE) Gunnar Åkerlund Hans Wetterström	Norway  (NOR) Ivar Mathisen Knut Østby	Finland  (FIN) Thor Axelsson Nils Björklöf

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
K-1 500 m details	Karen Hoff   Denmark	Alida van der Anker-Doedens   Netherlands	Fritzi Schwingl   Austria

Source: ^[6]

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual time trial details	José Beyaert   France	Gerrit Voorting   Netherlands	Lode Wouters   Belgium
Team time trial details	Belgium  (BEL) Lode Wouters Leon De Lathouwer Eugène Van Roosbroeck	Great Britain  (GBR) Bob Maitland Tiny Thomas Ian Scott	France  (FRA) José Beyaert Alain Moineau Jacques Dupont
Time trial details	Jacques Dupont   France	Pierre Nihant   Belgium	Tommy Godwin   Great Britain
Sprint details	Mario Ghella   Italy	Reg Harris   Great Britain	Axel Schandorff   Denmark
Tandem details	Italy  (ITA) Ferdinando Terruzzi Renato Perona	Great Britain  (GBR) Reg Harris Alan Bannister	France  (FRA) René Faye Gaston Dron
Team pursuit details	France  (FRA) Charles Coste Serge Blusson Fernand Decanali Pierre Adam	Italy  (ITA) Arnaldo Benfenati Guido Bernardi Anselmo Citterio Rino Pucci	Great Britain  (GBR) Alan Geldard Tommy Godwin David Ricketts Wilf Waters

Source: ^[7]

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's 3 metre springboard details	Bruce Harlan   United States	Miller Anderson   United States	Sammy Lee   United States
Women's 3 metre springboard details	Vicki Draves   United States	Zoe Ann Olsen-Jensen   United States	Patsy Elsener   United States
Men's 10 metre platform details	Sammy Lee   United States	Bruce Harlan   United States	Joaquín Capilla   Mexico
Women's 10 metre platform details	Vicki Draves   United States	Patsy Elsener   United States	Birte Christoffersen   Denmark

Source: ^[8]

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual dressage details	Hans Moser and Hummer   Switzerland	André Jousseaume and Harpagon   France	Gustaf Adolf Boltenstern Jr. and Trumf   Sweden
Team dressage details	France  (FRA) André Jousseaume and Harpagon Jean Saint-Fort Paillard and Sous les Ceps Maurice Buret and Saint Quen	United States  (USA) Robert Borg and Klingson Earl Foster Thomson and Pancraft Frank Henry and Reno Overdo	Portugal  (POR) Fernando Paes and Matamas Francisco Valadas and Feitiço Luís Mena e Silva and Fascinante
Individual eventing details	Bernard Chevallier and Aiglonne   France	Frank Henry and Swing Low   United States	Robert Selfelt and Claque   Sweden
Team eventing details	United States  (USA) Frank Henry and Swing Low Charles Anderson and Reno Palisade Earl Foster Thomson and Reno Rhythm	Sweden  (SWE) Robert Selfelt and Claque Olof Stahre and Komet Sigurd Svensson and Dust	Mexico  (MEX) Humberto Mariles and Parral Raúl Campero and Tarahumara Joaquín Solano and Malinche
Individual jumping details	Humberto Mariles and Arete   Mexico	Rubén Uriza and Hatuey   Mexico	Jean-François d'Orgeix and Sucre de Pomme   France
Team jumping details	Mexico  (MEX) Humberto Mariles and Arete Rubén Uriza and Hatuey Alberto Valdés and Chihuahua	Spain  (ESP) Jaime García and Bizarro José Navarro Morenés and Quórum Marcellino Gavilán and Forajido	Great Britain  (GBR) Harry Llewellyn and Foxhunter Henry Nicoll and Kilgeddin Arthur Carr and Monty

Source: ^[9]

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
épée details	Gino Cantone   Italy	Oswald Zappelli   Switzerland	Edoardo Mangiarotti   Italy
team épée details	France  (FRA) Henri Guérin Henri Lepage Marcel Desprets Michel Pécheux Édouard Artigas Maurice Huet	Italy  (ITA) Edoardo Mangiarotti Carlo Agostoni Dario Mangiarotti Gino Cantone Marco Antonio Mandruzzato Fiorenzo Marini	Sweden  (SWE) Sven Thofelt Per Carleson Frank Cervell Carl Forssell Bengt Ljungquist Arne Tollbom
foil details	Jéhan de Buhan   France	Christian d'Oriola   France	Lajos Maszlay   Hungary
team foil details	France  (FRA) André Bonin Jéhan de Buhan Jacques Lataste René Bougnol Philippe Christian d'Oriola Adrien Rommel	Italy  (ITA) Edoardo Mangiarotti Manlio Di Rosa Renzo Nostini Giuliano Nostini Giorgio Pellini Saverio Ragno	Belgium  (BEL) Georges de Bourguignon Henri Paternóster Édouard Yves Raymond Bru André Van De Werve De Vorsselaer Paul Valcke
sabre details	Aladár Gerevich   Hungary	Vincenzo Pinton   Italy	Pál Kovács   Hungary
team sabre details	Hungary  (HUN) Aladár Gerevich Tibor Berczelly Rudolf Kárpáti Pál Kovács László Rajcsányi Bertalan Papp	Italy  (ITA) Vincenzo Pinton Gastone Darè Carlo Turcato Mauro Racca Aldo Montano Renzo Nostini	United States  (USA) Norman Cohn-Armitage George Worth Tibor Nyilas Dean Cetrulo Miguel de Capriles James Flynn

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
foil details	Ilona Schachererné Elek   Hungary	Karen Lachmann   Denmark	Ellen Müller-Preis   Austria

Source: ^[10]

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's tournament details	India  (IND) Ranganandhan Francis Tarlochan Singh Bawa Akhtar Hussain Leslie Claudius Keshav Dutt Jaswant Rajput Kishan Lal Kunwar Digvijay Singh Reginald Rodrigues Pat Jansen Latif-ur Rehman Leo Pinto Randhir Singh Gentle Amir Kumar Maxie Vaz Balbir Singh Sr. Lawrie Fernandes Walter de Sousa G. Nandy Singh Gerry Glackan	Great Britain  (GBR) Dave Brodie George Sime William Lindsay Mickey Walford Frank Reynolds Robin Lindsay John Peake Neil White Bob Adlard Norman Borrett Bill Griffiths Ronald Davies	Netherlands  (NED) André Boerstra Henk Bouwman Piet Bromberg Harry Derckx Han Drijver Dick Esser Wim van Heel Roepie Kruize Jenne Langhout Ton Richter Dick Loggere Eddy Tiel

Source: ^{[11] [12] [13]}

Football

Main article: Football at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's tournament details	Sweden  (SWE) Torsten Lindberg Knut Nordahl Erik Nilsson Birger Rosengren Bertil Nordahl Sune Andersson Kjell Rosén Gunnar Gren Gunnar Nordahl Henry Carlsson Nils Liedholm Börje Leander	Yugoslavia  (YUG) Ljubomir Lovrić Miroslav Brozović Branko Stanković Zlatko Čajkovski Miodrag Jovanović Aleksandar Atanacković Zvonko Cimermančić Rajko Mitić Stjepan Bobek Željko Čajkovski Bernard Vukas Franjo Šoštarić Prvoslav Mihajlović Franjo Velfl Kosta Tomašević	Denmark  (DEN) Eigil Nielsen Viggo Jensen Knud Børge Overgaard Axel Pilmark Dion Ørnvold Ivan Jensen Johannes Plöger Knud Lundberg Carl Aage Præst John Hansen Jørgen Leschly Sørensen Holger Seebach Karl Aage Hansen

Source: ^{[14] [15] [16]}

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
All-Around, Individual details	Veikko Huhtanen   Finland	Walter Lehmann   Switzerland	Paavo Aaltonen   Finland
All-Around, Team details	Finland  (FIN) Veikko Huhtanen Paavo Aaltonen Kalevi Laitinen Olavi Rove Einari Teräsvirta Heikki Savolainen Aleksanteri Saarvala Sulo Salmi	Switzerland  (SUI) Walter Lehmann Josef Stalder Christian Kipfer Emil Studer Robert Lucy Michael Reusch Melchior Thälmann Karl Frei	Hungary  (HUN) Lajos Tóth Lajos Sántha László Baranyai Ferenc Pataki János Mogyorósi-Klencs Ferenc Várkői József Fekete Győző Mogyorossy
Floor exercise details	Ferenc Pataki   Hungary	János Mogyorósi-Klencs   Hungary	Zdeněk Růžička   Czechoslovakia
Horizontal bar details	Josef Stalder   Switzerland	Walter Lehmann   Switzerland	Veikko Huhtanen   Finland
Parallel bars details	Michael Reusch   Switzerland	Veikko Huhtanen   Finland	Christian Kipfer   Switzerland
			Josef Stalder   Switzerland
Pommel horse details	Veikko Huhtanen   Finland	none	none
	Heikki Savolainen   Finland
	Paavo Aaltonen   Finland
Rings details	Karl Frei   Switzerland	Michael Reusch   Switzerland	Zdeněk Růžička   Czechoslovakia
Vault details	Paavo Aaltonen   Finland	Olavi Rove   Finland	János Mogyorósi-Klencs   Hungary
			Ferenc Pataki   Hungary
			Leo Sotorník   Czechoslovakia

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
All-Around, Team details	Czechoslovakia  (TCH) Zdeňka Veřmiřovská Zdeňka Honsová Miloslava Misáková Věra Růžičková Božena Srncová Milena Müllerová Olga Šilhánová Marie Kovářová	Hungary  (HUN) Edit Perényiné Weckinger Mária Kövi-Zalai Irén Daruháziné Karcsics Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles Erzsébet Balázs Olga Lemhényiné Tass Anna Fehér Margit Sándorné Nagy	United States  (USA) Helen Schifano Clara Schroth Meta Elste Marian Barone Ladislava Bakanic Connie Caruccio-Lenz Anita Simonis Dorothy Dalton

Source: ^[17]

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's details	William Grut   Sweden	George Moore   United States	Gösta Gärdin   Sweden

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
single sculls details	Merv Wood   Australia	Eduardo Risso   Uruguay	Romolo Catasta   Italy
double sculls details	Great Britain  (GBR) Dickie Burnell Bert Bushnell	Denmark  (DEN) Ebbe Parsner Aage Larsen	Uruguay  (URU) William Jones Juan Rodríguez
coxless pairs details	Great Britain  (GBR) Jack Wilson Ran Laurie	Switzerland  (SUI) Hans Kalt Josef Kalt	Italy  (ITA) Felice Fanetti Bruno Boni
coxed pairs details	Denmark  (DEN) Finn Pedersen Tage Henriksen Carl-Ebbe Andersen	Italy  (ITA) Giovanni Steffè Aldo Tarlao Alberto Radi	Hungary  (HUN) Antal Szendey Béla Zsitnik Sr. Róbert Zimonyi
coxless four details	Italy  (ITA) Giuseppe Moioli Elio Morille Giovanni Invernizzi Franco Faggi	Denmark  (DEN) Helge Halkjær Aksel Bonde Helge Muxoll Schrøder Ib Storm Larsen	United States  (USA) Fred Kingsbury Stu Griffing Greg Gates Bob Perew
coxed four details	United States  (USA) Warren Westlund Bob Martin Bob Will Gordy Giovanelli Allen Morgan	Switzerland  (SUI) Rudolf Reichling Erich Schriever Émile Knecht Peter Stebler André Moccand	Denmark  (DEN) Erik Larsen Børge Raahauge Nielsen Henry Larsen Harry Knudsen Ib Olsen
eight details	United States  (USA) Ian Turner Dave Turner Jim Hardy George Ahlgren Lloyd Butler Dave Brown Justus Smith John Stack Ralph Purchase	Great Britain  (GBR) Chris Barton Michael Lapage Guy Richardson Paul Bircher Paul Massey Brian Lloyd John Meyrick Alfred Mellows Jack Dearlove	Norway  (NOR) Kristoffer Lepsøe Torstein Kråkenes Hans Egill Hansen Halfdan Gran-Olsen Harald Kråkenes Leif Næss Thor Pedersen Carl Monssen Sigurd Monssen

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Firefly details	Paul Elvstrøm   Denmark	Ralph Evans   United States	Koos de Jong   Netherlands
Star details	United States  (USA) Hilarious Hilary Smart Paul Smart	Cuba  (CUB) Kurush III Carlos de Cárdenas Carlos de Cárdenas Jr.	Netherlands  (NED) BEM II Bob Maas Edward Stutterheim
Swallow details	Great Britain  (GBR) Swift Stewart Morris David Bond	Portugal  (POR) Symphony Duarte de Almeida Bello Fernando Pinto Coelho Bello	United States  (USA) Margaret Lockwood Masters Pirie Owen Cates Torrey Jr.
Dragon details	Norway  (NOR) Pan Thor Thorvaldsen Sigve Lie Håkon Barfod	Sweden  (SWE) Slaghoken Folke Bohlin Hugo Johnson Gösta Brodin	Denmark  (DEN) Snap William Berntsen Ole Berntsen Klaus Baess
6 Metre details	United States  (USA) Llanoria Herman Whiton Alfred Loomis James Weekes James Smith Michael Mooney	Argentina  (ARG) Djinn Enrique Sieburger Sr. Emilio Homps Rufino Rodríguez de la Torre Rodolfo Rivademar Enrique Sieburger Jr. Julio Sieburger	Sweden  (SWE) Ali baba II Tore Holm Torsten Lord Martin Hindorff Karl-Robert Ameln Gösta Salén

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
25 metre rapid fire pistol details	Károly Takács   Hungary	Carlos Enrique Díaz Sáenz Valiente   Argentina	Sven Lundquist   Sweden
50 metre pistol details	Edwin Vásquez   Peru	Rudolf Schnyder   Switzerland	Torsten Ullman   Sweden
50 metre rifle prone details	Art Cook   United States	Walter Tomsen   United States	Jonas Jonsson   Sweden
300 metre rifle three positions details	Emil Grünig   Switzerland	Pauli Janhonen   Finland	Willy Røgeberg   Norway

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 m freestyle details	Wally Ris   United States	Alan Ford   United States	Géza Kádas   Hungary
400 m freestyle details	Bill Smith   United States	Jimmy McLane   France	John Marshall   Australia
1500 m freestyle details	Jimmy McLane   United States	John Marshall   Australia	György Mitró   Hungary
100 m backstroke details	Allen Stack   United States	Bob Cowell   United States	Georges Vallerey Jr.   France
200 m breaststroke details	Joe Verdeur   United States	Keith Carter   United States	Bob Sohl   United States
4 × 200 m freestyle relay details	United States  (USA) Wally Ris Jimmy McLane Wally Wolf Bill Smith Bob Gibe William Dudley Edwin Gilbert Eugene Rogers	Hungary  (HUN) Elemér Szathmáry György Mitró Imre Nyéki Géza Kádas	France  (FRA) Jo Bernardo René Cornu Henri Padou Jr. Alexandre Jany

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 m freestyle details	Greta Andersen   Denmark	Ann Curtis   United States	Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen   Netherlands
400 m freestyle details	Ann Curtis   United States	Karen Margrethe Harup   Denmark	Cathie Gibson   Great Britain
100 m backstroke details	Karen Margrethe Harup   Denmark	Suzanne Zimmerman   United States	Judy-Joy Davies   Australia
200 m breaststroke details	Nel van Vliet   Netherlands	Nancy Lyons   United States	Éva Gérard-Novák   Hungary
4 × 100 m freestyle relay details	United States  (USA) Marie Corridon Thelma Kalama Brenda Helser Ann Curtis	Denmark  (DEN) Eva Arndt-Riise Karen Margrethe Harup Greta Andersen Fritze Carstensen Elvi Svendsen	Netherlands  (NED) Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher Margot Marsman Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen Hannie Termeulen

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's tournament details	Italy  (ITA) Pasquale Buonocore Emilio Bulgarelli Cesare Rubini Geminio Ognio Gildo Arena Aldo Ghira Gianfranco Pandolfini Mario Maioni Tullio Pandolfini	Hungary  (HUN) Endre Győrfi Miklós Holop Dezső Gyarmati Károly Szittya Oszkár Csuvik István Szivós Sr. Dezső Lemhényi László Jeney Dezső Fábián Jenő Brandi	Netherlands  (NED) Joop Rohner Nijs Korevaar Cor Braasem Hans Stam Albert Ruimschotel Ruud van Feggelen Frits Smol Piet Salomons Hennie Keetelaar

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Bantamweight –56 kg details	Joe DePietro   United States	Julian Creus   Great Britain	Rich Tom   United States
Featherweight –60 kg details	Mahmoud Fayad   Egypt	Rodney Wilkes   Trinidad and Tobago	Jafar Salmasi   Iran
Lightweight –67.5 kg details	Ibrahim Hassanien Shams   Egypt	Attia Mohammed Hamouda   Egypt	Jim Halliday   Great Britain
Middleweight –75 kg details	Frank Spellman   United States	Pete George   United States	Kim Seong-Jip   South Korea
Light-heavyweight –82.5 kg details	Stan Stanczyk   United States	Harold Sakata   United States	Gösta Magnusson   Sweden
Heavyweight +82.5 kg details	John Davis   United States	Norb Schemansky   United States	Bram Charité   Netherlands

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Greco-Roman

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight (- 52 kg) details	Pietro Lombardi   Italy	Kenan Olcay   Turkey	Reino Kangasmäki   Finland
Bantamweight (- 57 kg) details	Kurt Pettersén   Sweden	Ali Mahmoud Hassan   Egypt	Halil Kaya   Turkey
Featherweight (- 62 kg) details	Mehmet Oktav   Turkey	Olle Anderberg   Sweden	Ferenc Tóth   Hungary
Lightweight (- 67 kg) details	Gustav Freij   Sweden	Aage Eriksen   Norway	Károly Ferencz   Hungary
Welterweight (- 73 kg) details	Gösta Andersson   Sweden	Miklós Szilvási   Hungary	Henrik Hansen   Denmark
Middleweight (- 79 kg) details	Axel Grönberg   Sweden	Muhlis Tayfur   Turkey	Ercole Gallegati   Italy
Light Heavyweight (- 87 kg) details	Karl-Erik Nilsson   Sweden	Kelpo Gröndahl   Finland	Ibrahim Orabi   Egypt
Heavyweight (+ 87 kg) details	Ahmet Kireççi   Turkey	Tor Nilsson   Sweden	Guido Fantoni   Italy

Freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight (- 52 kg) details	Lenni Viitala   Finland	Halit Balamir   Turkey	Thure Johansson   Sweden
Bantamweight (- 57 kg) details	Nasuh Akar   Turkey	Gerald Leeman   United States	Charles Kouyos   France
Featherweight (- 62 kg) details	Gazanfer Bilge   Turkey	Ivar Sjölin   Sweden	Adolf Müller   Switzerland
Lightweight (- 67 kg) details	Celal Atik   Turkey	Gösta Frändfors   Sweden	Hermann Baumann   Switzerland
Welterweight (- 73 kg) details	Yaşar Doğu   Turkey	Dick Garrard   Australia	Leland Merrill   United States
Middleweight (- 79 kg) details	Glen Brand   United States	Adil Candemir   Turkey	Erik Lindén   Sweden
Light Heavyweight (- 87 kg) details	Henry Wittenberg   United States	Fritz Stöckli   Switzerland	Bengt Fahlqvist   Sweden
Heavyweight (+ 87 kg) details	Gyula Bóbis   Hungary	Bertil Antonsson   Sweden	Joseph Armstrong   Australia

Multiple medalists

Fanny Blankers-Koen won the most gold medals of any athlete at the 1948 Summer Games.

Athletes who won at least two gold medals or three or more medals are listed below.

Athlete	Nation	Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Veikko Huhtanen	Finland  (FIN)	Gymnastics	3	1	1	5
Fanny Blankers-Koen	Netherlands  (NED)	Athletics	4	0	0	4
Paavo Aaltonen	Finland  (FIN)	Gymnastics	3	0	1	4
Ann Curtis	United States  (USA)	Swimming	2	1	0	3
Jimmy McLane	United States  (USA)	Swimming	2	1	0	3
Humberto Mariles	Mexico  (MEX)	Equestrianism	2	0	1	3
Micheline Ostermeyer	France  (FRA)	Athletics	2	0	1	3
Mal Whitfield	United States  (USA)	Athletics	2	0	1	3
Frank Henry	United States  (USA)	Equestrianism	1	2	0	3
Michael Reusch	Switzerland  (SUI)	Gymnastics	1	2	0	3
Karen Margrethe Harup	Denmark  (DEN)	Swimming	1	2	0	3
Barney Ewell	United States  (USA)	Athletics	1	2	0	3
Josef Stalder	Switzerland  (SUI)	Gymnastics	1	1	1	3
Ferenc Pataki	Hungary  (HUN)	Gymnastics	1	0	2	3
Walter Lehmann	Switzerland  (SUI)	Gymnastics	0	3	0	3
Edoardo Mangiarotti	Italy  (ITA)	Fencing	0	2	1	3
János Mogyorósi-Klencs	Hungary  (HUN)	Gymnastics	0	1	2	3
Shirley Strickland de la Hunty	Australia  (AUS)	Athletics	0	1	2	3
Gert Fredriksson	Sweden  (SWE)	Canoeing	2	0	0	2
Jéhan de Buhan	France  (FRA)	Fencing	2	0	0	2
Aladár Gerevich	Hungary  (HUN)	Fencing	2	0	0	2
Heikki Savolainen	Finland  (FIN)	Gymnastics	2	0	0	2
Vicki Draves	United States  (USA)	Diving	2	0	0	2
Wally Ris	United States  (USA)	Swimming	2	0	0	2
Bill Smith	United States  (USA)	Swimming	2	0	0	2
Heikki Savolainen	Finland  (FIN)	Gymnastics	2	0	0	2
Roy Cochran	United States  (USA)	Athletics	2	0	0	2
Harrison Dillard	United States  (USA)	Athletics	2	0	0	2
Mel Patton	United States  (USA)	Athletics	2	0	0	2

Source: ^[18]

See also

• 1948 Summer Olympics medal table

References

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External links

• "London 1948". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.