Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

The women's 4×100 metre freestyle relay event at the 1948 Olympic Games took place on 4 and 6 August at the Empire Pool. This swimming event used freestyle as a relay, with swimmers typically using the front crawl. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, each of the four swimmers completed two lengths of the pool. The first swimmer had to touch the wall before the second could leave the starting block; timing of the starts was thus important.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 United States (USA)
Marie Corridon
Thelma Kalama
Brenda Helser
Ann Curtis
 Denmark (DEN)
Eva Arndt
Karen Harup
Greta Andersen
Fritze Carstensen
 Netherlands (NED)
Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher
Margot Marsman
Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen
Hannie Termeulen

Results

Heats

Heat One
Place Swimmers Time Qual.
1  Eva Arndt-Riise, Elvi Svendsen, Fritze Carstensen and Greta Andersen (DEN) 4:33.5 QQ
2  Marie Corridon, Thelma Kalama, Brenda Helser, and Ann Curtis (USA) 4:34.1 QQ
3  Margaret Wellington, Patricia Nielsen, Lillian Preece, and Cathie Gibson (GBR) 4:36.1 QQ
4  Josette Arène, Colette Thomas, Marie Foucher-Creteau and Ginette Jany-Sendral (FRA) 4:50.0 QQ
5  Enriqueta Duarte, Liliana Gonzalias, Adriana Camelli and Eileen Holt (ARG) 4:59.5
6  Kay McNamee, Joyce Court, Vivian King and Irene Strong (CAN) 5:04.5
Heat Two
Place Swimmers Time Qual.
1  Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher, Margot Marsman, Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen and Hannie Termeulen (NED) 4:31.3 QQ
2  Marianne Lundquist, Gisela Thidholm, Elisabeth Ahlgren and Ingegerd Fredin (SWE) 4:38.5 QQ
3  Mária Littomeritzky, Judit Temes, Éva Székely and Ilona Novák (HUN) 4:47.5 QQ
4  Eleonora Schmitt, Maria da Costa, Talita Rodrígues and Piedade Coutinho-Tavares (BRA) 4:51.4 QQ
5  Maria Huybrechts, Maria Oeyen, Maria Van Den Brand and Fernande Caroen (BEL) 4:54.9

Final

Place Swimmers Time Qual.
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Marie Corridon, Thelma Kalama, Brenda Helser, and Ann Curtis (USA) 4:29.2 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Eva Arndt-Riise, Karen Margrethe Harup, Greta Andersen, Fritze Carstensen (DEN) 4:29.6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher, Margot Marsman, Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen and Hannie Termeulen (NED) 4:31.6
4  Patricia Nielsen, Margaret Wellington, Lillian Preece, and Cathie Gibson (GBR) 4:34.7
5  Mária Littomeritzky, Ilona Novák, Judit Temes and Éva Székely (HUN) 4:44.8
6  Eleonora Schmitt, Maria da Costa, Talita Rodrígues and Piedade Coutinho-Tavares (BRA) 4:49.1
7  Josette Arène, Gisèle Vallerey, Colette Thomas, Ginette Jany-Sendral (FRA) 4:49.8
 Gisela Thidholm, Elisabeth Ahlgren, Marianne Lundquist and Ingegerd Fredin (SWE) DQ

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