Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke
Appearance
Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics | ||
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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 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1948 Olympic Games took place between 5 and 7 August at the Empire Pool.[1] This swimming event used the breaststroke. Because an Olympic-size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of four lengths of the pool.
John Davies' time was recorded by the timekeepers to be 0.2s faster than the bronze medallist Bob Sohl of the United States. However, the judges believed that Sohl had touched first and awarded him the bronze.[citation needed]
Medalists
[edit]Gold | Joe Verdeur![]() |
Silver | Keith Carter![]() |
Bronze | Bob Sohl![]() |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]Semifinals
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Joe Verdeur | ![]() |
2:40.7 | Q |
2 | Keith Carter | ![]() |
2:43.0 | Q |
3 | Ahmed Kandil | ![]() |
2:43.7 | Q |
4 | Willy Otto Jordan | ![]() |
2:43.9 | Q |
5 | Bob Sohl | ![]() |
2:44.4 | Q |
6 | John Davies | ![]() |
2:44.8 | q |
7 | Bob Bonte | ![]() |
2:47.0 | Q |
8 | Tone Cerer | ![]() |
2:47.3 | q |
9 | Sándor Németh | ![]() |
2:48.1 | |
10 | Roy Romain | ![]() |
2:49.6 | |
11 | Walter Pavlicek | ![]() |
2:50.1 | |
12 | Maurice Lusien | ![]() |
2:51.4 | |
13 | René Amabuyok | ![]() |
2:51.8 | |
14 | Sigurður Jónsson | ![]() |
2:52.4 | |
15 | Apolonio Castillo | ![]() |
2:53.5 | |
16 | Artem Nakache | ![]() |
2:59.1 |
Final
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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Joe Verdeur | ![]() |
2:39.3 | OR |
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Keith Carter | ![]() |
2:40.2 | |
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Bob Sohl | ![]() |
2:43.9 | |
4 | John Davies | ![]() |
2:43.7 | |
5 | Antun Cerer | ![]() |
2:46.1 | |
6 | Willy Otto Jordan | ![]() |
2:46.4 | |
7 | Ahmed Kandil | ![]() |
2:47.5 | |
8 | Bob Bonte | ![]() |
2:47.6 |
Key: OR = Olympic record
References
[edit]- ^ "Swimming at the 1948 London Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2016.