London - Great Britain - OG 1948 - Detailed day schedule : 7th August

Times shown in bold are those of the competition venue and if they do, those in brackets are adjusted to your local time.

Sport	Time	Events
	Not set	Athletics Men's Marathon 1 Delfo Cabrera (ARG) 2:34:51.6 2 Tom Richards (GBR) 2:35:07.6 3 Etienne Gailly (BEL) 2:35:33.6 Athletics Women's High jump 1 Alice Coachman (USA) 1.68 2 Dorothy Odam-Tyler (GBR) 1.68 3 Micheline Ostermeyer (FRA) 1.61 Athletics Men's 4x100 m relay 1 United States (USA) 40.6 2 Great Britain (GBR) 41.3 3 Italy (ITA) 41.5 Athletics Men's 4x400 m relay 1 United States (USA) 3:10.4 2 France (FRA) 3:14.8 3 Sweden (SWE) 3:16.0 Athletics Women's 4x100 m relay 1 Netherlands (NED) 47.5 2 Australia (AUS) 47.6 3 Canada (CAN) 47.8 Athletics Men's 10 km walk 1 John Mikaelsson (SWE) 45:13.2 2 Ingemar Johansson (SWE) 45:43.8 3 Fritz Schwab (SWI) 46:00.2
	Not set	Basketball Classification Round Italy 35 - 33 Egypt Basketball Classification Round China 54 - 25 Great Britain Basketball Classification Round Uruguay 45 - 36 Republic of Korea Basketball Classification Round Canada 45 - 40 Belgium
	Not set	Field hockey Men's Olympic Games - Group B Switzerland 3 - 1 United States Field hockey Men's Olympic Games - Group B Great Britain 8 - 0 Afghanistan Field hockey Men's Olympic Games - Group C Belgium 2 - 1 France Field hockey Men's Olympic Games - Group C Pakistan 6 - 1 Netherlands
	Not set	Swimming Women's 400 m freestyle 1 Ann Curtis (USA) 5:17.8 2 Karen Margrete Harup (DEN) 5:21.2 3 Cathy Gibson (GBR) 5:22.6 Swimming Men's 1500 m freestyle 1 James Mclane (USA) 19:18.6 2 John Marshall (AUS) 19:31.3 3 György Mitró (HUN) 19:43.2 Swimming Men's 200 m breaststroke 1 Joseph Verdeur (USA) 2:39.3 2 Keith Carter (USA) 2:40.2 3 Robert Sohl (USA) 2:43.9
	Not set	Water Polo Men's Olympic Games - Final round - Places 1-4 Italy 4 - 2 Netherlands Water Polo Men's Olympic Games - Final round - Places 1-4 Hungary 3 - 0 Belgium Water Polo Men's Olympic Games - Final round - Places 5-8 Sweden 1 - 1 France Water Polo Men's Olympic Games - Final round - Places 5-8 Egypt 3 - 1 Spain