| 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 | |
The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 1948 Olympic Games took place on 2 and 3 August at the Empire Pool. [1] The relay featured teams of four swimmers each swimming four lengths of the 50 m pool freestyle.
| Place | Swimmers | Time | Qual. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Elemér Szathmáry , György Mitró , Imre Nyéki , and Géza Kádas (HUN) | 8:53.6 | |
| 2 |  Bob Gibe , William Dudley , Edwin Gilbert , and Eugene R. Rogers (USA) | 8:55.9 | |
| 3 |  Horacio White , José Durañona , Juan Garay , Alfredo Yantorno and Augusto Cantón (ARG) | 9:16.9 | |
| 4 |  Sérgio Rodrígues , Willy Otto Jordan , Rolf Kestener , and Aram Boghossian (BRA) | 9:19.9 | |
| 5 |  Jesús Domínguez , Manuel Guerra , Isidoro Martínez-Vela , and Isidoro Pérez (ESP) | 9:28.3 | |
| 6 |  Anwar Aziz Chaudhry , Iftikhar Ahmed Shah , Jaffar Ali Shah , and Sultan Karim Ali (PAK) | 12:25.8 | |
| 7 |  Walter Bardgett , Derek Oatway , Robert Cook , and Philip Tribley (BER) | DQ |
| Place | Swimmers | Time | Qual. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Jo Bernardo , René Cornu , Henri Padou, Jr. , and Alex Jany (FRA) | 9:08.8 | |
| 2 |  Vanja Illić , Ciril Pelhan , Janko Puhar , and Branko Vidović (YUG) | 9:12.4 | |
| 3 |  Martin Lundén , Per-Olof Östrand , Olle Johansson , and Per-Olof Olsson (SWE) | 9:12.9 | |
| 4 |  Ramón Bravo , Angel Maldonado , Apolonio Castillo , and Alberto Isaac (MEX) | 9:23.4 | |
| 5 |  Roy Botham , Jack Hale , Norman Wainwright , and John Holt (GBR) | 9:26.6 | |
| 6 |  Doug Gibson , Eric Jubb , Allen Gilchrist , and Peter Salmon (CAN) | 9:43.2 | |
| 7 |  Ali Ahmed Bagdadi , Ahmed Kandil , Taha El-Gamal , and Mohamed Abdel Aziz Khalifa (EGY) | 10:25.0 |
| Place | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Walter Ris , Wallace Wolf , James McLane , and Bill Smith (USA) | 8:46.0 | OR |
 | Elemér Szathmáry , György Mitró , Imre Nyéki , and Géza Kádas (HUN) | 8:48.4 | |
 | René Cornu , Henri Padou, Jr. , Jo Bernardo , and Alex Jany (FRA) | 9:08.0 | |
| 4 | Martin Lundén , Per-Olof Olsson , Per-Olof Östrand , Olle Johansson (SWE) | 9:09.1 | |
| 5 | Vanja Illić , Ciril Pelhan , Janko Puhar , and Branko Vidović (YUG) | 9:14.0 | |
| 6 | Horacio White , José Durañona , Juan Garay , Alfredo Yantorno (ARG) | 9:19.2 | |
| 7 | Ramón Bravo , Angel Maldonado , Apolonio Castillo , and Alberto Isaac (MEX) | 9:20.2 | |
| 8 | Sérgio Rodrígues , Willy Otto Jordan , Rolf Kestener , and Aram Boghossian (BRA) | 9:31.0 |
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