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 57.3s OR 5 24 2. Alan Ford 57.8s +0.5s 6 24 3. Geza Kadas 58.1s +0.8s 7 21 4. Keith Carter 58.3s +1.0s 4 23 5. Alex Jany 58.3s +1.0s 3 19 6. Per-Olof Olsson 59.3s +2.0s 2 29 7. Zoltan Szilard 59.6s +2.3s 8 _ 8. Taha Youssef El Gamal 1:00.5 +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 57.6s +0.1s - 23 2. 2. Alex Jany 57.9s +0.4s - 19 4. 3. Zoltan Szilard 59.6s +2.1s - _ 7. 4. Taha Youssef El Gamal 59.9s +2.4s - 25 8. 5. Bruce Bourke 1:00.0 +2.5s - 19 9. 6. Alberto Isaac 1:00.1 +2.6s - 25 10. 7. Martin Lunden 1:00.2 +2.7s - 23 11. 8. Aram Boghossian 1:01.0 +3.5s - 18 14.
Semi 2 time gap L Y Rk 1. Wally Ris 57.5s =OR - 24 1. 2. Alan Ford 57.8s +0.3s - 24 3. 3. Geza Kadas 58.0s +0.5s - 21 5. 4. Per-Olof Olsson 59.1s +1.6s - 29 6. 5. Horacio White 1:00.4 +2.9s - 21 12. 6. Elemer Szathmary 1:00.5 +3.0s - 22 13. 7. Ronald Edwin Stedman 1:01.0 +3.5s - 21 15. 8. Warren Boyd 1:01.1 +3.6s - 21 16.
Heat 6 time gap L Y Rk 1. Alan Ford 59.2s +1.1s 1 24 7. 2. Taha Youssef El Gamal 59.7s +1.6s 2 25 8. 3. Martin Lunden 1:00.2 +2.1s 6 23 12. 4. Peter Salmon 1:01.0 +2.9s 3 18 17. 5. Ari Gudmundsson 1:01.6 +3.5s 5 20 22. 5. Trevor James Harrop 1:02.3 +4.2s 7 21 27. 7. Raul Garcia Vidal 1:02.5 +4.4s 8 18 29.
Heat 5 time gap L Y Rk 1. Wally Ris 58.1s 6 24 1. 2. Ronald Edwin Stedman 1:01.3 +3.2s 3 21 19. 3. Henri Padou Jr 1:01.5 +3.4s 8 19 21. 4. Sergio Geraldo De Alencar Rodrigues 1:01.6 +3.5s 7 18 22. 5. Choan-Yick Go 1:03.5 +5.4s 4 19 32. 6. Derek Oatway 1:08.6 +10.5s 2 17 41. -. Ernest Mccarney DNS 1 26 -. -. Bryan O'Connell DNS 5 _ -.
Heat 4 time gap L Y Rk 1. Horacio White 1:00.2 +2.1s 3 21 12. 2. Aram Boghossian 1:00.9 +2.8s 2 18 16. 3. Jesus Dominguez Garcia 1:01.3 +3.2s 6 22 19. 4. Dorri Abdel Kader El Said 1:02.5 +4.4s 4 21 29. 5. Fernand Martinaux 1:04.2 +6.1s 5 _ 36. 6. Panagiotis Hadjikyriakakis 1:07.4 +9.3s 1 _ 40. -. Paddy Kavanagh DNS 7 _ -.
Heat 3 time gap L Y Rk 1. Geza Kadas 58.2s +0.1s 7 21 3. 2. Alberto Isaac 1:00.1 +2.0s 4 25 11. 3. Warren Boyd 1:00.4 +2.3s 3 21 14. 4. Ali Ahmed Bagdadi 1:02.4 +4.3s 5 25 28. 5. Eric Jubb 1:02.8 +4.7s 1 _ 31. 6. Sachin Nag 1:03.8 +5.7s 6 28 34. -. Stuart Kraamm DNS 2 _ -.
Heat 2 time gap L Y Rk 1. Keith Carter 58.7s +0.6s 8 23 4. 2. Per-Olof Olsson 59.0s +0.9s 6 29 5. 3. Zoltan Szilard 59.8s +1.7s 3 _ 10. 4. Manuel Guerra Perez 1:00.7 +2.6s 1 20 15. 5. Augusto Luis Canton 1:01.8 +3.7s 4 19 24. 6. Nicasio Silverio 1:02.0 +3.9s 5 17 25. 7. Patrick Hume Kendall 1:02.1 +4.0s 2 21 26. 8. Dilip Mitra 1:06.9 +8.8s 7 _ 39.
Heat 1 time gap L Y Rk 1. Alex Jany 58.1s 4 19 1. 2. Bruce Bourke 59.1s +1.0s 3 19 6. 3. Elemer Szathmary 59.7s +1.6s 1 22 8. 4. Olle Johansson 1:01.0 +2.9s 7 20 17. 5. Plauto De Barros Guimaraes 1:03.7 +5.6s 5 23 33. 6. Isidoro Perez Gonzalez 1:04.0 +5.9s 6 20 35. 7. Isaac Monsoor 1:06.4 +8.3s 8 19 38. -. Sultan Karim Ali DNS 2 _ -.
Final 16:30 time gap L Y Rk 1. Wally Ris 57.3s OR 5 24 1. 2. Alan Ford 57.8s +0.5s 6 24 2. 3. Geza Kadas 58.1s +0.8s 7 21 3. 4. Keith Carter 58.3s +1.0s 4 23 4. 5. Alex Jany 58.3s +1.0s 3 19 5. 6. Per-Olof Olsson 59.3s +2.0s 2 29 6. 7. Zoltan Szilard 59.6s +2.3s 8 _ 7. 8. Taha Youssef El Gamal 1:00.5 +3.2s 1 25 8. Semis time gap L Y Rk 1. Wally Ris 57.5s =OR - 24 1. 1. Keith Carter 57.6s +0.1s - 23 2. 2. Alan Ford 57.8s +0.3s - 24 3. 2. Alex Jany 57.9s +0.4s - 19 4. 3. Geza Kadas 58.0s +0.5s - 21 5. 4. Per-Olof Olsson 59.1s +1.6s - 29 6. 3. Zoltan Szilard 59.6s +2.1s - _ 7. 4. Taha Youssef El Gamal 59.9s +2.4s - 25 8. 5. Bruce Bourke 1:00.0 +2.5s - 19 9. 6. Alberto Isaac 1:00.1 +2.6s - 25 10. 7. Martin Lunden 1:00.2 +2.7s - 23 11. 5. Horacio White 1:00.4 +2.9s - 21 12. 6. Elemer Szathmary 1:00.5 +3.0s - 22 13. 8. Aram Boghossian 1:01.0 +3.5s - 18 14. 7. Ronald Edwin Stedman 1:01.0 +3.5s - 21 15. 8. Warren Boyd 1:01.1 +3.6s - 21 16. Heats time gap L Y Rk 1. Alex Jany 58.1s 4 19 1. 1. Wally Ris 58.1s 6 24 1. 1. Geza Kadas 58.2s +0.1s 7 21 3. 1. Keith Carter 58.7s +0.6s 8 23 4. 2. Per-Olof Olsson 59.0s +0.9s 6 29 5. 2. Bruce Bourke 59.1s +1.0s 3 19 6. 1. Alan Ford 59.2s +1.1s 1 24 7. 2. Taha Youssef El Gamal 59.7s +1.6s 2 25 8. 3. Elemer Szathmary 59.7s +1.6s 1 22 8. 3. Zoltan Szilard 59.8s +1.7s 3 _ 10. 2. Alberto Isaac 1:00.1 +2.0s 4 25 11. 3. Martin Lunden 1:00.2 +2.1s 6 23 12. 1. Horacio White 1:00.2 +2.1s 3 21 12. 3. Warren Boyd 1:00.4 +2.3s 3 21 14. 4. Manuel Guerra Perez 1:00.7 +2.6s 1 20 15. 2. Aram Boghossian 1:00.9 +2.8s 2 18 16. 4. Olle Johansson 1:01.0 +2.9s 7 20 17. 4. Peter Salmon 1:01.0 +2.9s 3 18 17. 3. Jesus Dominguez Garcia 1:01.3 +3.2s 6 22 19. 2. Ronald Edwin Stedman 1:01.3 +3.2s 3 21 19. 3. Henri Padou Jr 1:01.5 +3.4s 8 19 21. 4. Sergio Geraldo De Alencar Rodrigues 1:01.6 +3.5s 7 18 22. 5. Ari Gudmundsson 1:01.6 +3.5s 5 20 22. 5. Augusto Luis Canton 1:01.8 +3.7s 4 19 24. 6. Nicasio Silverio 1:02.0 +3.9s 5 17 25. 7. Patrick Hume Kendall 1:02.1 +4.0s 2 21 26. 5. Trevor James Harrop 1:02.3 +4.2s 7 21 27. 4. Ali Ahmed Bagdadi 1:02.4 +4.3s 5 25 28. 4. Dorri Abdel Kader El Said 1:02.5 +4.4s 4 21 29. 7. Raul Garcia Vidal 1:02.5 +4.4s 8 18 29. 5. Eric Jubb 1:02.8 +4.7s 1 _ 31. 5. Choan-Yick Go 1:03.5 +5.4s 4 19 32. 5. Plauto De Barros Guimaraes 1:03.7 +5.6s 5 23 33. 6. Sachin Nag 1:03.8 +5.7s 6 28 34. 6. Isidoro Perez Gonzalez 1:04.0 +5.9s 6 20 35. 5. Fernand Martinaux 1:04.2 +6.1s 5 _ 36. 8. Walter Schneider 1:05.1 +7.0s 4 20 37. 7. Isaac Monsoor 1:06.4 +8.3s 8 19 38. 8. Dilip Mitra 1:06.9 +8.8s 7 _ 39. 6. Panagiotis Hadjikyriakakis 1:07.4 +9.3s 1 _ 40. 6. Derek Oatway 1:08.6 +10.5s 2 17 41. -. Sultan Karim Ali DNS 2 _ -. -. Stuart Kraamm DNS 2 _ -. -. Paddy Kavanagh DNS 7 _ -. -. Ernest Mccarney DNS 1 26 -. -. Bryan O'Connell DNS 5 _ -.
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