| Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics |
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| Freestyle | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 1500 m | men | |||
| Backstroke | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| Breaststroke | ||||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Freestyle relay | ||||
| 4×100 m | women | |||
| 4×200 m | men | |||
The men's 400 metre freestyle event at the 1948 Olympic Games took place between July 31 and August 4 at the Empire Pool. This swimming event used freestyle swimming, which means that the method of the stroke is not regulated (unlike backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly events). Nearly all swimmers use the front crawl or a variant of that stroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of eight lengths of the pool.
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| Gold | William Smith United States (USA) |
| Silver | Jimmy McLane United States (USA) |
| Bronze | John Marshall Australia (AUS) |
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jimmy McLane | United States | 4:42.2 | Q, OR |
| 2 | William Smith | United States | 4:45.3 | Q |
| 3 | John Marshall | Australia | 4:51.4 | Q |
| 4 | Géza Kádas | Hungary | 4:52.8 | Q |
| 5 | Jack Hale | Great Britain | 4:53.3 | Q |
| 5 | Alex Jany | France | 4:53.3 | Q |
| 7 | Per-Olof Östrand | Sweden | 4:53.5 | Q |
| 8 | Alfredo Yantorno | Argentina | 4:53.8 | Q |
| 9 | György Mitró | Hungary | 4:56.0 | Q |
| 10 | William Heusner | United States | 4:58.3 | Q |
| 11 | Don Johnston | South Africa | 4:57.4 | Q |
| 12 | Miroslav Bartůšek | Czechoslovakia | 4:57.9 | q |
| 13 | Branko Vidović | Yugoslavia | 4:58.7 | q |
| 14 | Janko Puhar | Yugoslavia | 5:00.8 | q |
| 15 | Marjan Stipetić | Yugoslavia | 5:01.4 | q |
| 16 | Imre Nyéki | Hungary | 5:01.8 | Q |
Key: OR = Olympic record, Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Géza Kádas | Hungary | 4:47.8 | Q |
| 2 | William Smith | United States | 4:48.4 | Q |
| 3 | Jimmy McLane | United States | 4:49.5 | Q |
| 4 | John Marshall | Australia | 4:50.0 | Q |
| 5 | György Mitró | Hungary | 4:50.8 | q |
| 6 | Alex Jany | France | 4:51.3 | q |
| 7 | Jack Hale | Great Britain | 4:51.4 | q |
| 8 | Alfredo Yantorno | Argentina | 4:57.3 | q |
| 9 | William Heusner | United States | 4:57.4 | |
| 10 | Marjan Stipetić | Yugoslavia | 4:58.6 | |
| 11 | Janko Puhar | Yugoslavia | 4:58.7 | |
| 11 | Miroslav Bartůšek | Czechoslovakia | 4:58.7 | |
| 13 | Branko Vidović | Yugoslavia | 4:59.4 | |
| 14 | Don Johnston | South Africa | 4:59.5 |
Key: Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Smith | United States | 4:41.0 | OR | |
| Jimmy McLane | United States | 4:43.4 | ||
| John Marshall | Australia | 4:47.4 | ||
| 4 | Géza Kádas | Hungary | 4:49.4 | |
| 5 | György Mitró | Hungary | 4:49.9 | |
| 6 | Alex Jany | France | 4:51.4 | |
| 7 | Jack Hale | Great Britain | 4:55.9 | |
| 8 | Alfredo Yantorno | Argentina | 4:58.7 |
Key: OR = Olympic record