| Swallow at the Games of the XIV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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 Gold medalist | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Torbay | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 3–12 August | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 38 from 12 nations | ||||||||||||
| Teams | 12 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Sailing at the 1948 Summer Olympics | |
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| Firefly | Open |
| Star | Open |
| Swallow | Open |
| Dragon | Open |
| 6 Metre | Open |
The Swallow was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1948 Summer Olympics program in Torbay. Seven races were scheduled. 38 sailors, on 14 boats, from 14 nations competed. [1]
 Rank | Helmsman (Country) | Crew [2] | Yachtname | Race I | Race II | Race III | Race IV | Race V | Race VI | Race VII | Total Points [3] | Total -1 [4] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | ||||||
 |  Stewart Morris  (GBR) | David Bond | Swift | 3 | 770 | 1 | 1247 | 3 | 770 | 1 | 1247 | 2 | 946 | 4 | 645 | 5625 | 5625 | ||
 |  Duarte de Almeida Bello (POR) | Fernando Pinto Coelho Bello | Symphony | 1 | 1247 | 4 | 645 | 4 | 645 | 1 | 1247 | 5 | 548 | 1 | 1247 | 6129 | 5579 | ||
 |  Lockwood Pirie (USA) | Owen Torrey | Margaret | 5 | 548 | 9 | 293 | 5 | 548 | 3 | 770 | 1 | 1247 | 2 | 946 | 4558 | 4352 | ||
| 4 |  Stig Hedberg (SWE) | Lars Matton | Change | 2 | 946 | 3 | 770 | 8 | 344 | 4 | 645 | 12 | 168 | 6 | 469 | 3443 | 3342 | ||
| 5 |  Johan Rathje (DEN) | Naalli Petersen | NN | 8 | 344 | 7 | 402 | 1 | 1247 | 9 | 293 | 10 | 247 | 7 | 402 | 3103 | 2935 | ||
| 6 |  Dario Salata (ITA) | Achille Roncoroni | Entoria | 6 | 469 | 10 | 247 | 2 | 946 | 9 | 293 | 4 | 645 | 9 | 293 | 3061 | 2893 | ||
| 7 |  John Robertson (CAN) | Dick Townsend | Scaup | 7 | 402 | 2 | 946 | 2 | 946 | 11 | 206 | 14 | 101 | 11 | 206 | 2807 | 2807 | ||
| 8 |  Øivind Christensen (NOR) | Knut Bengtson K. Heje Oivind Thommessen | Nora | 4 | 645 | 10 | 247 | 12 | 168 | 6 | 469 | 6 | 469 | 3 | 770 | 2901 | 2768 | ||
| 9 |  Jacques Lebrun (FRA) | Henri Perrissol Jean Peytel | Red Indian | 6 | 469 | 5 | 548 | 10 | 247 | 3 | 770 | 9 | 293 | 7 | 402 | 2935 | 2729 | ||
| 10 |  Victorio Walter Dos Reis Ferraz (BRA) | Carlos Borchers | Andorinha | 9 | 293 | 11 | 206 | 9 | 293 | 8 | 344 | 2 | 946 | 5 | 548 | 2798 | 2630 | ||
| 11 |  Wim de Vries Lentsch (NED) | Flip Keegstra | St. Margrite | DNF | 0 | 133 | 6 | 469 | 4 | 645 | 13 | 133 | 8 | 344 | 3 | 770 | 2494 | 2494 | |
| 12 |  Carlos Sáez (URU) | Juan Bidegaray J. Gamenara | Nortazo | 10 | 247 | 8 | 344 | 7 | 402 | 7 | 402 | 6 | 469 | 8 | 344 | 2376 | 2208 | ||
| 13 |  Alf Delany (IRL) | Hugh Allen E. Macnally David Sullivan | The Cloud | DNF | 0 | 12 | 168 | 8 | 344 | 13 | 133 | 5 | 548 | 11 | 206 | 1500 | 1500 | ||
| 14 |  Gastón Cibert (ARG) | M. Lawrence Silvio Merlo Horacio Monti | Antares | 11 | 206 | 14 | 101 | 13 | 133 | 7 | 402 | 10 | 247 | 10 | 247 | 1336 | 1336 | ||
DNF = Did not finish, DNS= Did not start, DSQ = Disqualified
= Male, 
= Female
A total of three race area's was positioned by the Royal Navy in Torbay. Each of the classes was using the same kind of course and the same scoring system.
The 1948 Summer Olympics were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus caused by the outbreak of World War II, these were the first Summer Olympics held since the 1936 Games in Berlin. The 1940 Olympic Games had been scheduled for Tokyo and then for Helsinki, while the 1944 Olympic Games had been provisionally planned for London. This was the second time London had hosted the Olympic Games, having previously hosted them in 1908, forty years earlier. The Olympics would again return to London 64 years later in 2012, making London the first city to have hosted the games three times, and the only such city until Paris and Los Angeles host their third games in 2024 and 2028, respectively. The 1948 Olympic Games were also the first of two summer Games held under the IOC presidency of Sigfrid Edström.
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