| 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 women's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1948 Olympic Games took place between July 30 and August 3 at the Empire Pool. This swimming event used the breaststroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of four lengths of the pool.
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| Gold | Nel van Vliet Netherlands (NED) |
| Silver | Nancy Lyons Australia (AUS) |
| Bronze | Éva Novák Hungary (HUN) |
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nel van Vliet | Netherlands | 2:57.2 | ||
| Nancy Lyons | Australia | 2:57.7 | ||
| Éva Novák | Hungary | 3:00.2 | ||
| 4 | Éva Székely | Hungary | 3:02.5 | |
| 5 | Janny de Groot | Netherlands | 3:06.2 | |
| 6 | Elizabeth Church | Great Britain | 3:06.1 | |
| 7 | Tonnie Hom | Netherlands | 3:07.5 | |
| 8 | Jytte Hansen | Denmark | 3:08.1 |