London - Great Britain - OG 1948 - Detailed day schedule : 3rd 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 200 m 1 Mel Patton (USA) 21.1 2 Barney Ewell (USA) 21.1 3 Lloyd Labeach (PAN) 21.2 Athletics Men's Triple jump 1 Arne Ahman (SWE) 15.400 2 George Avery (AUS) 15.365 3 Ruhi Sarialp (TÜR) 15.025 Athletics Men's Shot put 1 Wilbur Thompson (USA) 17.120 2 Jim Delaney (USA) 16.680 3 Jim Fuchs (USA) 16.420
	Not set	Basketball Men's Olympic Games - Group A Canada 52 - 50 Uruguay Basketball Men's Olympic Games - Group A Brazil 47 - 31 Italy Basketball Men's Olympic Games - Group A Hungary 60 - 23 Great Britain Basketball Men's Olympic Games - Group B Belgium 35 - 34 Philippines Basketball Men's Olympic Games - Group B Republic of Korea 28 - 21 Chile Basketball Men's Olympic Games - Group B China 125 - 25 Iraq Basketball Men's Olympic Games - Group C Czechoslovakia 45 - 41 Argentina Basketball Men's Olympic Games - Group C United States 61 - 33 Peru Basketball Men's Olympic Games - Group C Egypt 31 - 29 Switzerland Basketball Men's Olympic Games - Group D Cuba 63 - 30 Iran Basketball Men's Olympic Games - Group D France 73 - 14 Ireland
	Not set	Diving Men's 3m springboard 1 Bruce Harlan (USA) 163.64 2 Miller Anderson (USA) 157.29 3 Sammy Lee (USA) 145.52 Diving Women's 3m springboard 1 Vicki Draves (USA) 108.74 2 Zoe Ann Olsen (USA) 108.23 3 Patsy Elsener (USA) 101.30
	Not set	Field hockey Men's Olympic Games - Group B Afghanistan 2 - 0 United States Field hockey Men's Olympic Games - Group C Netherlands 2 - 0 France Field hockey Men's Olympic Games - Group C Pakistan 9 - 0 Denmark
	Not set	Greco-roman wrestling Men's 52.0 kg 1 Pietro Lombardi (ITA) 2 Kenan Olcay (TÜR) 3 Reino Kalervo Kangasmaeki (FIN) Greco-roman wrestling Men's 57.0 kg 1 Kurt Pettersen (SWE) 2 Ali Mahmoud Hassan (EGY) 3 Halil Kaya (TÜR) Greco-roman wrestling Men's 62.0 kg 1 Mehmet Oktav (TÜR) 2 Olle Anderberg (SWE) 3 Ferenc Toth (HUN) Greco-roman wrestling Men's 67.0 kg 1 Gustav Freij (SWE) 2 Aage Ingvar Eriksen (NOR) 3 Karoly Ferencz (HUN) Greco-roman wrestling Men's 73.0 kg 1 Goesta Andersson (SWE) 2 Miklos Szilvasy (HUN) 3 Henrik Christian Hansen (DEN) Greco-roman wrestling Men's 79.0 kg 1 Axel Groenberg (SWE) 2 Muhlis Tayfur (TÜR) 3 Ercole Gallegati (ITA) Greco-roman wrestling Men's 87.0 kg 1 Karl-erik Nilsson (SWE) 2 Kelpo Olavi Groendahl (FIN) 3 Ibrahim Orabi (EGY) Greco-roman wrestling Men's + 87.0 kg 1 Ahmet Mersinli Kirecci (TÜR) 2 Tor Nilsson (SWE) 3 Guido Fantoni (ITA)
	Not set	Shooting sports Men's 50m rifle prone 1 Art Cook (USA) 599 2 Walter Tomsen (USA) 599 3 Jonas Jonsson (SWE) 597
	Not set	Swimming Women's 200 m breaststroke 1 Nel van Vliet (NED) 2:57.2 2 Beatrice Lyons (AUS) 2:57.7 3 Éva Novák-Gerard (HUN) 3:00.2 Swimming Men's 4x200 m freestyle 1 United States (USA) 8:46.0 2 Hungary (HUN) 8:48.4 3 France (FRA) 9:08.0
	Not set	Water Polo Men's Olympic Games - Second Round - Group G Sweden 7 - 0 United States Water Polo Men's Olympic Games - Second Round - Group H Spain 11 - 1 India