Men 100m Freestyle Swimming Olympic Games 1948 London, Great Britain - Saturday, 31st July - Gold Medal: Wally Ris
Final 16:30 time gap L Y 1. Wally Ris United States57.3s OR 5 24 2. Alan Ford United States57.8s +0.5s 6 24 3. Geza Kadas Hungary58.1s +0.8s 7 21 4. Keith Carter United States58.3s +1.0s 4 23 5. Alex Jany France58.3s +1.0s 3 19 6. Per-Olof Olsson Sweden59.3s +2.0s 2 29 7. Zoltan Szilard Hungary59.6s +2.3s 8 _ 8. Taha Youssef El Gamal Egypt1:00.5 +3.2s 1 25
41 Competitors from 19 Nations. Empire Pool.
World Record: Alan Ford, United States 55.4s New Haven, United States 29th June 1948 Olympic Record: Masaharu Taguchi, Japan 57.5s Berlin, Germany 8th August 1936
Although the American Alan Ford was the world record holder, the acknowledged favourite was the teenaged French colossus Alex Jany. Jany moved to the final without alarm but was joined by a powerful trio of Americans. The Frenchman made a fast start and led at the 50m mark but he had mistimed his effort and faded back into the chasing pack. Ford took the lead but twenty metres from the wall he was passed by his compatriot, Wally Ris, who edged clear to win by half a second. Ford held on for silver although he was helped by the Hungarian Géza Kádas’ collision with a lane divider a stroke from the end. Jany’s sister, Ginette, was so overwhelmed by the events of the race that she collapsed and had to be stretchered away from the arena. Ari Guðmundsson of Iceland failed to make the semi-finals but was to return to Olympic competition in 1952 as a ski-jumper in the Oslo Winter Games.
Best 8 times advanced to Final .
Semi 1 time gap L Y Rk 1. Keith Carter United States57.6s +0.1s - 23 2. 2. Alex Jany France57.9s +0.4s - 19 4. 3. Zoltan Szilard Hungary59.6s +2.1s - _ 7. 4. Taha Youssef El Gamal Egypt59.9s +2.4s - 25 8. 5. Bruce Bourke Australia1:00.0 +2.5s - 19 9. 6. Alberto Isaac Mexico1:00.1 +2.6s - 25 10. 7. Martin Lunden Sweden1:00.2 +2.7s - 23 11. 8. Aram Boghossian Brazil1:01.0 +3.5s - 18 14.
Semi 2 time gap L Y Rk 1. Wally Ris United States57.5s =OR - 24 1. 2. Alan Ford United States57.8s +0.3s - 24 3. 3. Geza Kadas Hungary58.0s +0.5s - 21 5. 4. Per-Olof Olsson Sweden59.1s +1.6s - 29 6. 5. Horacio White Argentina1:00.4 +2.9s - 21 12. 6. Elemer Szathmary Hungary1:00.5 +3.0s - 22 13. 7. Ronald Edwin Stedman Great Britain1:01.0 +3.5s - 21 15. 8. Warren Boyd Australia1:01.1 +3.6s - 21 16.
Heat 6 time gap L Y Rk 1. Alan Ford United States59.2s +1.1s 1 24 7. 2. Taha Youssef El Gamal Egypt59.7s +1.6s 2 25 8. 3. Martin Lunden Sweden1:00.2 +2.1s 6 23 12. 4. Peter Salmon Canada1:01.0 +2.9s 3 18 17. 5. Ari Gudmundsson Iceland1:01.6 +3.5s 5 20 22. 5. Trevor James Harrop Great Britain1:02.3 +4.2s 7 21 27. 7. Raul Garcia Vidal Cuba1:02.5 +4.4s 8 18 29.
Heat 5 time gap L Y Rk 1. Wally Ris United States58.1s 6 24 1. 2. Ronald Edwin Stedman Great Britain1:01.3 +3.2s 3 21 19. 3. Henri Padou Jr France1:01.5 +3.4s 8 19 21. 4. Sergio Geraldo De Alencar Rodrigues Brazil1:01.6 +3.5s 7 18 22. 5. Choan-Yick Go China1:03.5 +5.4s 4 19 32. 6. Derek Oatway Bermuda1:08.6 +10.5s 2 17 41. -. Ernest Mccarney IrelandDNS 1 26 -. -. Bryan O'Connell PakistanDNS 5 _ -.
Heat 4 time gap L Y Rk 1. Horacio White Argentina1:00.2 +2.1s 3 21 12. 2. Aram Boghossian Brazil1:00.9 +2.8s 2 18 16. 3. Jesus Dominguez Garcia Spain1:01.3 +3.2s 6 22 19. 4. Dorri Abdel Kader El Said Egypt1:02.5 +4.4s 4 21 29. 5. Fernand Martinaux France1:04.2 +6.1s 5 _ 36. 6. Panagiotis Hadjikyriakakis Greece1:07.4 +9.3s 1 _ 40. -. Paddy Kavanagh IrelandDNS 7 _ -.
Heat 3 time gap L Y Rk 1. Geza Kadas Hungary58.2s +0.1s 7 21 3. 2. Alberto Isaac Mexico1:00.1 +2.0s 4 25 11. 3. Warren Boyd Australia1:00.4 +2.3s 3 21 14. 4. Ali Ahmed Bagdadi Egypt1:02.4 +4.3s 5 25 28. 5. Eric Jubb Canada1:02.8 +4.7s 1 _ 31. 6. Sachin Nag India1:03.8 +5.7s 6 28 34. -. Stuart Kraamm IrelandDNS 2 _ -.
Heat 2 time gap L Y Rk 1. Keith Carter United States58.7s +0.6s 8 23 4. 2. Per-Olof Olsson Sweden59.0s +0.9s 6 29 5. 3. Zoltan Szilard Hungary59.8s +1.7s 3 _ 10. 4. Manuel Guerra Perez Spain1:00.7 +2.6s 1 20 15. 5. Augusto Luis Canton Argentina1:01.8 +3.7s 4 19 24. 6. Nicasio Silverio Cuba1:02.0 +3.9s 5 17 25. 7. Patrick Hume Kendall Great Britain1:02.1 +4.0s 2 21 26. 8. Dilip Mitra India1:06.9 +8.8s 7 _ 39.
Heat 1 time gap L Y Rk 1. Alex Jany France58.1s 4 19 1. 2. Bruce Bourke Australia59.1s +1.0s 3 19 6. 3. Elemer Szathmary Hungary59.7s +1.6s 1 22 8. 4. Olle Johansson Sweden1:01.0 +2.9s 7 20 17. 5. Plauto De Barros Guimaraes Brazil1:03.7 +5.6s 5 23 33. 6. Isidoro Perez Gonzalez Spain1:04.0 +5.9s 6 20 35. 7. Isaac Monsoor India1:06.4 +8.3s 8 19 38. -. Sultan Karim Ali PakistanDNS 2 _ -.
Final 16:30 time gap L Y Rk 1. Wally Ris United States57.3s OR 5 24 1. 2. Alan Ford United States57.8s +0.5s 6 24 2. 3. Geza Kadas Hungary58.1s +0.8s 7 21 3. 4. Keith Carter United States58.3s +1.0s 4 23 4. 5. Alex Jany France58.3s +1.0s 3 19 5. 6. Per-Olof Olsson Sweden59.3s +2.0s 2 29 6. 7. Zoltan Szilard Hungary59.6s +2.3s 8 _ 7. 8. Taha Youssef El Gamal Egypt1:00.5 +3.2s 1 25 8. Semis time gap L Y Rk 1. Wally Ris United States57.5s =OR - 24 1. 1. Keith Carter United States57.6s +0.1s - 23 2. 2. Alan Ford United States57.8s +0.3s - 24 3. 2. Alex Jany France57.9s +0.4s - 19 4. 3. Geza Kadas Hungary58.0s +0.5s - 21 5. 4. Per-Olof Olsson Sweden59.1s +1.6s - 29 6. 3. Zoltan Szilard Hungary59.6s +2.1s - _ 7. 4. Taha Youssef El Gamal Egypt59.9s +2.4s - 25 8. 5. Bruce Bourke Australia1:00.0 +2.5s - 19 9. 6. Alberto Isaac Mexico1:00.1 +2.6s - 25 10. 7. Martin Lunden Sweden1:00.2 +2.7s - 23 11. 5. Horacio White Argentina1:00.4 +2.9s - 21 12. 6. Elemer Szathmary Hungary1:00.5 +3.0s - 22 13. 8. Aram Boghossian Brazil1:01.0 +3.5s - 18 14. 7. Ronald Edwin Stedman Great Britain1:01.0 +3.5s - 21 15. 8. Warren Boyd Australia1:01.1 +3.6s - 21 16. Heats time gap L Y Rk 1. Alex Jany France58.1s 4 19 1. 1. Wally Ris United States58.1s 6 24 1. 1. Geza Kadas Hungary58.2s +0.1s 7 21 3. 1. Keith Carter United States58.7s +0.6s 8 23 4. 2. Per-Olof Olsson Sweden59.0s +0.9s 6 29 5. 2. Bruce Bourke Australia59.1s +1.0s 3 19 6. 1. Alan Ford United States59.2s +1.1s 1 24 7. 2. Taha Youssef El Gamal Egypt59.7s +1.6s 2 25 8. 3. Elemer Szathmary Hungary59.7s +1.6s 1 22 8. 3. Zoltan Szilard Hungary59.8s +1.7s 3 _ 10. 2. Alberto Isaac Mexico1:00.1 +2.0s 4 25 11. 3. Martin Lunden Sweden1:00.2 +2.1s 6 23 12. 1. Horacio White Argentina1:00.2 +2.1s 3 21 12. 3. Warren Boyd Australia1:00.4 +2.3s 3 21 14. 4. Manuel Guerra Perez Spain1:00.7 +2.6s 1 20 15. 2. Aram Boghossian Brazil1:00.9 +2.8s 2 18 16. 4. Olle Johansson Sweden1:01.0 +2.9s 7 20 17. 4. Peter Salmon Canada1:01.0 +2.9s 3 18 17. 3. Jesus Dominguez Garcia Spain1:01.3 +3.2s 6 22 19. 2. Ronald Edwin Stedman Great Britain1:01.3 +3.2s 3 21 19. 3. Henri Padou Jr France1:01.5 +3.4s 8 19 21. 4. Sergio Geraldo De Alencar Rodrigues Brazil1:01.6 +3.5s 7 18 22. 5. Ari Gudmundsson Iceland1:01.6 +3.5s 5 20 22. 5. Augusto Luis Canton Argentina1:01.8 +3.7s 4 19 24. 6. Nicasio Silverio Cuba1:02.0 +3.9s 5 17 25. 7. Patrick Hume Kendall Great Britain1:02.1 +4.0s 2 21 26. 5. Trevor James Harrop Great Britain1:02.3 +4.2s 7 21 27. 4. Ali Ahmed Bagdadi Egypt1:02.4 +4.3s 5 25 28. 4. Dorri Abdel Kader El Said Egypt1:02.5 +4.4s 4 21 29. 7. Raul Garcia Vidal Cuba1:02.5 +4.4s 8 18 29. 5. Eric Jubb Canada1:02.8 +4.7s 1 _ 31. 5. Choan-Yick Go China1:03.5 +5.4s 4 19 32. 5. Plauto De Barros Guimaraes Brazil1:03.7 +5.6s 5 23 33. 6. Sachin Nag India1:03.8 +5.7s 6 28 34. 6. Isidoro Perez Gonzalez Spain1:04.0 +5.9s 6 20 35. 5. Fernand Martinaux France1:04.2 +6.1s 5 _ 36. 8. Walter Schneider Switzerland1:05.1 +7.0s 4 20 37. 7. Isaac Monsoor India1:06.4 +8.3s 8 19 38. 8. Dilip Mitra India1:06.9 +8.8s 7 _ 39. 6. Panagiotis Hadjikyriakakis Greece1:07.4 +9.3s 1 _ 40. 6. Derek Oatway Bermuda1:08.6 +10.5s 2 17 41. -. Sultan Karim Ali PakistanDNS 2 _ -. -. Stuart Kraamm IrelandDNS 2 _ -. -. Paddy Kavanagh IrelandDNS 7 _ -. -. Ernest Mccarney IrelandDNS 1 26 -. -. Bryan O'Connell PakistanDNS 5 _ -.
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