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Olympic Games - Results Women 1948
Great Britain - London - 30 July 1948 - 7 August 1948
Women's 100 m freestyle - 2 August 1948
| 1 |  Greta Andersen (DEN) | 1:06.3 |
| 2 |  Ann Curtis (USA) | 1:06.5 |
| 3 |  Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen (NED) | 1:07.6 |
| 4 | Karen Margrete Harup (DEN) | 1:08.1 |
| 5 |  Ingegärd Fredin (SWE) | 1:08.4 |
| 6 | Irma Schumacher (NED) | 1:08.4 |
| 7 | Elisabeth Ahlgren (SWE) | 1:08.8 |
| 8 | Fritze Carstensen (DEN) | 1:09.1 |
- Women's 100 m freestyle - Detailed results
Women's 100 m freestyle - Heat - 30 July 1948
Women's 100 m freestyle - Semi-Final - 31 July 1948
1 Greta Andersen (DEN)1:05.90 Q 2 Fritze Carstensen (DEN)1:07.50 Q 3 Ann Curtis (USA)1:07.60 Q 4 Irma Schuhmacher (NED)1:07.70 Q 5 Ingegard Fredin (SWE)1:08.40 Q 5 Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen (NED)1:08.40 Q 7 Elisabeth Ahlgren (SWE)1:08.60 Q 8 Karen Margrethe Harup (DEN)1:08.70 Q 9 Marie Corridon (USA)1:08.90 10 
Marjorie Mcquade (AUS)1:09.30 10 Lillian Preece (GBR)1:09.30 12 
Piedade Coutinho (BRA)1:09.50 12 Marianne Lundquist (SWE)1:09.50 14 Patricia Nielsen (GBR)1:09.60 15 
Judit Temes (HUN)1:09.70 16 Brenda Helser (USA)1:10.00 Women's 100 m freestyle - Final - 2 August 1948
1 Greta Andersen (DEN)1:06.3 2 Ann Curtis (USA)1:06.5 3 Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen (NED)1:07.6 4 Karen Margrete Harup (DEN)1:08.1 5 Ingegärd Fredin (SWE)1:08.4 6 Irma Schumacher (NED)1:08.4 7 Elisabeth Ahlgren (SWE)1:08.8 8 Fritze Carstensen (DEN)1:09.1
Women's 200 m breaststroke - 3 August 1948
| 1 | Nel van Vliet (NED) | 2:57.2 |
| 2 | Beatrice Lyons (AUS) | 2:57.7 |
| 3 | Éva Novák-Gerard (HUN) | 3:00.2 |
| 4 | Eva Székely (HUN) | 3:02.5 |
| 5 | Adriana De Groot (NED) | 3:06.2 |
| 6 | Elizabeth Church (GBR) | 3:06.7 |
| 7 | Antonia Horn (NED) | 3:07.5 |
| 8 | Jytte Hansen (DEN) | 3:08.1 |
- Women's 200 m breaststroke - Detailed results
Women's 200 m breaststroke - Heat - 30 July 1948
1 Nel van Vliet (NED)2:57.40 Q 2 Eva Székely (HUN)3:01.20 Q 3 Nancy Lyons (AUS)3:02.90 Q 3 Éva Novák-Gerard (HUN)3:02.90 Q 5 Adriana Elisabeth De Groot (NED)3:04.40 Q 6 Tonnie Hom (NED)3:06.00 Q 7 Elizabeth Church (GBR)3:07.40 Q 8 
Yvonne Van De Kerckhove (BEL)3:09.00 Q 9 Jytte Hansen (DEN)3:09.10 Q 10 
Jaqueline Bertrand (FRA)3:10.70 Q 11 
Margit Elna Leskinen (FIN)3:11.40 Q 12 
Dorotea Turnbull (ARG)3:12.20 Q 13 Elenor Gordon (GBR)3:13.30 Q 14 
Irene Strong (CAN)3:14.20 Q 15 
Liselotte Kobi (SWI)3:16.20 Q 16 Jean M Caplin (GBR)3:17.00 Q 17 Jeanne Elizabeth Wilson (USA)3:18.30 18 
Anna Olafsdottir (ISL)3:19.90 19 Catherine Clara Lamore (USA)3:23.60 20 Thordis Arnadottir (ISL)3:26.10 21 
Helga Diederichsen Schonbude (MEX)3:27.80 22 Carol Pence (USA)3:28.10 Women's 200 m breaststroke - Semi-Final - 31 July 1948
1 Nel van Vliet (NED)2:57.00 Q 2 Éva Novák-Gerard (HUN)2:58.00 Q 3 Nancy Lyons (AUS)3:00.90 Q 4 Adriana Elisabeth De Groot (NED)3:01.40 Q 5 Eva Székely (HUN)3:02.80 Q 6 Jytte Hansen (DEN)3:05.50 Q 7 Tonnie Hom (NED)3:05.70 Q 8 Elizabeth Church (GBR)3:07.10 Q 9 Yvonne Van De Kerckhove (BEL)3:09.70 10 Margit Elna Leskinen (FIN)3:10.00 11 Jaqueline Bertrand (FRA)3:13.10 12 Liselotte Kobi (SWI)3:13.90 13 Jean M Caplin (GBR)3:14.40 13 Dorotea Turnbull (ARG)3:14.40 15 Elenor Gordon (GBR)3:15.80 16 Irene Strong (CAN)3:16.90 Women's 200 m breaststroke - Final - 3 August 1948
1 Nel van Vliet (NED)2:57.2 2 Beatrice Lyons (AUS)2:57.7 3 Éva Novák-Gerard (HUN)3:00.2 4 Eva Székely (HUN)3:02.5 5 Adriana De Groot (NED)3:06.2 6 Elizabeth Church (GBR)3:06.7 7 Antonia Horn (NED)3:07.5 8 Jytte Hansen (DEN)3:08.1
Women's 100 m backstroke - 5 August 1948
| 1 | Karen Margrete Harup (DEN) | 1:14.4 |
| 2 | Suzanne Zimmerman (USA) | 1:16.0 |
| 3 | Judy Davies (AUS) | 1:16.7 |
| 4 | Ilona Novák (HUN) | 1:18.4 |
| 5 | Ria Van Der Horst (NED) | 1:18.8 |
| 6 | Dirkje Van Ekris (NED) | 1:18.9 |
| 7 | Muriel Mellon (USA) | 1:19.0 |
| 8 | Greetje Galliard (NED) | 1:19.1 |
- Women's 100 m backstroke - Detailed results
Women's 100 m backstroke - Heat - 4 August 1948
1 Karen Margrethe Harup (DEN)1:15.60 Q 2 Judy Davies (AUS)1:16.40 Q 3 Suzanne Zimmerman (USA)1:16.80 Q 4 Ilona Novák (HUN)1:17.30 Q 5 Greetje Gaillard (NED)1:18.20 Q 6 Helen Yate (GBR)1:18.30 Q 7 Hendrika Anna-Maria Van Der Horst (NED)1:18.70 Q 7 Muriel Jane Mellon (USA)1:18.70 Q 9 Monique Berlioux-Libotte (FRA)1:18.80 Q 9 Barbara Jayne Jensen (USA)1:18.80 Q 9 
Ngaire Lane (NZL)1:18.80 Q 12 Dirkje Van Ekris (NED)1:19.30Q 13 Cathy Gibson (GBR)1:19.70 Q 14 Vera Patricia Ellery (GBR)1:20.90 Q 14 Beryl Marshall (ARG)1:20.90 Q 16 Ingegard Fredin (SWE)1:21.20 Q 17 Magda Bruggemann Schmith (MEX)1:21.40 18 
Bea Ballentijn Stenersen (NOR)1:22.10 19 Edith Nogueira Da Gama Groba (BRA)1:22.50 20 Ginette Jany-Sendral (FRA)1:22.70 21 Kolbrun Olafsdottir (ISL)1:25.60 22 Doris Gontersweiler-Vetterli (SWI)1:26.20 23 Joyce C Court (CAN)1:26.80 24 Liliana Gonzalias (ARG)1:26.90 Women's 100 m backstroke - Semi-Final - 5 August 1948
1 Karen Margrethe Harup (DEN)1:15.50 Q 2 Suzanne Zimmerman (USA)1:16.80 Q 3 Ilona Novák (HUN)1:17.60 Q 4 Judy Davies (AUS)1:17.80 Q 5 Dirkje Van Ekris (NED)1:18.10 Q 6 Muriel Jane Mellon (USA)1:18.20 Q 7 Greetje Gaillard (NED)1:18.40 Q 8 Helen Yate (GBR)1:18.60 Q 8 Cathy Gibson (GBR)1:18.60 10 Hendrika Anna-Maria Van Der Horst (NED)1:18.70 11 Ngaire Lane (NZL)1:19.00 12 Barbara Jayne Jensen (USA)1:19.10 13 Monique Berlioux-Libotte (FRA)1:20.20 14 Beryl Marshall (ARG)1:20.70 15 Vera Patricia Ellery (GBR)1:20.80 16 Ingegard Fredin (SWE)DNS Women's 100 m backstroke - Final - 5 August 1948
1 Karen Margrete Harup (DEN)1:14.4 2 Suzanne Zimmerman (USA)1:16.0 3 Judy Davies (AUS)1:16.7 4 Ilona Novák (HUN)1:18.4 5 Ria Van Der Horst (NED)1:18.8 6 Dirkje Van Ekris (NED)1:18.9 7 Muriel Mellon (USA)1:19.0 8 Greetje Galliard (NED)1:19.1
Women's 4x100 m freestyle - 6 August 1948
| 1 | United States (Ann Curtis, Brenda Helser, Thelma Kalama, Marie Corridon) | 4:29.2 |
| 2 | Denmark (Fritze Carstensen, Greta Andersen, Karen Margrete Harup, Eva Riise) | 4:29.6 |
| 3 | Netherlands (Hannie Termeulen, Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen, Margot Marsman, Irma Schumacher) | 4:31.6 |
| 4 | Great Britain (Cathy Gibson, Lillian Preece, Margaret Wellington, Patricia Nielsen) | 4:34.7 |
| 5 | Hungary (Eva Székely, Ilona Novák, Judit Temes, Mária Littomeritzky) | 4:44.8 |
| 6 | Brazil (Piedade Silva, Talita De Alencar, Maria Leão, Eleonora Schmitt) | 4:49.1 |
| 7 | France (Ginette Jany, Colette Thomas, Gisele Vallerey, Josette Arene) | 4:49.8 |
| 8 | Sweden (Marianne Lundquist, Elisabeth Ahlgren, Gisela Thidholm, Ingegerd Fredin) | DQ |
- Women's 4x100 m freestyle - Detailed results
Women's 4x100 m freestyle - Heat - 4 August 1948
1 Netherlands (Irma Heijting-schumacher, Margot Marsman, Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen, Hannie Termeulen)4:31.3 Q 2 Denmark (Eva Arndt-Riise, Greta Andersen, Fritze Carstensen, Elvi Svendsen)4:33.5 Q 3 United States (Marie Corridon, Thelma Kalama, Brenda Helser, Ann Curtis)4:34.1 Q 4 Great Britain (Patricia Nielsen, Margaret Wellington, Lillian Preece, Cathie Gibson)4:36.1 Q 5 Sweden (Gisela Thidholm, Elisabeth Ahlgren, Marianne Lundquist, Ingegerd Fredin)4:38.5 Q 6 Hungary (Mária Littomeritzky, Ilona Novák, Judit Temes, Eva Székely)4:47.5 Q 7 France (Josette Arene, Colette Thomas, Ginette Jany-Sendral, Marie Foucher-Creteau)4:50.0 Q 8 Brazil (Eleonora Schmitt, Maria Da Costa, Talita Rodrigues, Piedade Coutinho-Tavares)4:51.4 Q 9 Belgium (Maria Huybrechts, Maria Oeyen, Maria Van Den Brand, Fernande Caroen)4:54.9 10 Argentina (Enriqueta Duarte, Liliana Gonzalias, Adriana Camelli, Eileen Holt)4:59.5 11 Canada (Kay Mcnamee, Joyce Court, Vivian King, Irene Strong)5:04.5 Women's 4x100 m freestyle - Final - 6 August 1948
1 United States (Ann Curtis, Brenda Helser, Thelma Kalama, Marie Corridon)4:29.2 2 Denmark (Fritze Carstensen, Greta Andersen, Karen Margrete Harup, Eva Riise)4:29.6 3 Netherlands (Hannie Termeulen, Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen, Margot Marsman, Irma Schumacher)4:31.6 4 Great Britain (Cathy Gibson, Lillian Preece, Margaret Wellington, Patricia Nielsen)4:34.7 5 Hungary (Eva Székely, Ilona Novák, Judit Temes, Mária Littomeritzky)4:44.8 6 Brazil (Piedade Silva, Talita De Alencar, Maria Leão, Eleonora Schmitt)4:49.1 7 France (Ginette Jany, Colette Thomas, Gisele Vallerey, Josette Arene)4:49.8 8 Sweden (Marianne Lundquist, Elisabeth Ahlgren, Gisela Thidholm, Ingegerd Fredin)DQ
Women's 400 m freestyle - 7 August 1948
| 1 | Ann Curtis (USA) | 5:17.8 |
| 2 | Karen Margrete Harup (DEN) | 5:21.2 |
| 3 | Cathy Gibson (GBR) | 5:22.6 |
| 4 | Fernande Caroen (BEL) | 5:25.3 |
| 5 | Brenda Helser (USA) | 5:26.0 |
| 6 | Piedade Silva (BRA) | 5:29.4 |
| 7 | Fritze Carstensen (DEN) | 5:29.4 |
| 8 | Nancy Lees (USA) | 5:32.9 |
- Women's 400 m freestyle - Detailed results
Women's 400 m freestyle - Heat - 5 August 1948
1 Cathy Gibson (GBR)5:26.90 Q 2 Fernande Caroen (BEL)5:29.20 Q 3 Fritze Carstensen (DEN)5:29.40 Q 4 Nancy Merki Lees (USA)5:29.60 Q 5 Brenda Helser (USA)5:30.00 Q 6 Piedade Coutinho (BRA)5:30.20 Q 7 Karen Margrethe Harup (DEN)5:31.70 Q 8 Ann Curtis (USA)5:32.00 Q 9 Colette Thomas (FRA)5:32.90 Q 10 Gisela Thidholm (SWE)5:34.50 Q 11 Margaret Wellington (GBR)5:40.00 Q 12 Patricia Nielsen (GBR)5:40.40Q 13 Denise Spencer (AUS)5:40.90 Q 14 Magda Bruggemann Schmith (MEX)5:43.80 Q 15 Eileen Holt (ARG)5:44.90 Q 16 Vivien King (CAN)5:54.80 Q 17 Kay Mcnamee-Ferguson (CAN)5:58.70 18 Enriqueta Duarte (ARG)6:14.40 Women's 400 m freestyle - Semi-Final - 6 August 1948
1 Karen Margrethe Harup (DEN)5:25.70 Q 2 Fernande Caroen (BEL)5:26.10 Q 3 Ann Curtis (USA)5:26.40 Q 4 Brenda Helser (USA)5:28.10 Q 5 Fritze Carstensen (DEN)5:29.50 Q 6 Cathy Gibson (GBR)5:31.00 Q 7 Piedade Coutinho (BRA)5:31.10 Q 8 Nancy Merki Lees (USA)5:31.90 Q 9 Colette Thomas (FRA)5:35.30 10 Denise Spencer (AUS)5:35.60 11 Margaret Wellington (GBR)5:38.20 12 Patricia Nielsen (GBR)5:39.50 13 Magda Bruggemann Schmith (MEX)5:42.40 14 Eileen Holt (ARG)5:52.40 15 Vivien King (CAN)5:52.70 16 Gisela Thidholm (SWE)DNS Women's 400 m freestyle - Final - 7 August 1948
1 Ann Curtis (USA)5:17.8 2 Karen Margrete Harup (DEN)5:21.2 3 Cathy Gibson (GBR)5:22.6 4 Fernande Caroen (BEL)5:25.3 5 Brenda Helser (USA)5:26.0 6 Piedade Silva (BRA)5:29.4 7 Fritze Carstensen (DEN)5:29.4 8 Nancy Lees (USA)5:32.9
