The Sports Almanac




1948 Summer Olympics

London, England


MEDAL TOTAL LEADERS

UNITED STATES -  84 Medals

SWEDEN -  44 Medals

FRANCE -  29 Medals

Athletics
Swimming Diving Water Polo
Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling
Equestrian Fencing Field Hockey Soccer
Gymnastics Modern Pentathlon Rowing Sailing
Shooting Weightlifting Wrestling

London 1948 Overall Medal Standings
RANK
COUNTRY
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
TOTAL
1
United States
38
27
19
84
2
Sweden
16
11
17
44
3
France
10
6
13
29
4
Hungary
10
5
12
27
5
Italy
8
11
8
27
6
Great Britain
3
14
6
23
7
Finland
8
7
5
20
8
Switzerland
5
10
5
20
9
Denmark
5
7
8
20
10
Netherlands
5
2
9
16
11
Australia
2
6
5
13
12
Turkey
6
4
2
12
13
Czechoslovakia
6
2
3
11
14
Argentina
3
3
1
7
15
Belgium
2
2
3
7
16
Norway
1
3
3
7
17
Egypt
2
2
1
5
18
Mexico
2
1
2
5
19
South Africa
2
1
1
4
20
Austria
1
0
3
4
21
Jamaica
1
2
0
3
22
Canada
0
1
2
3
23
Yugoslavia
0
2
0
2
24
Portugal
0
1
1
2
25
Uruguay
0
1
1
2
26
Panama
0
0
2
2
27
South Korea
0
0
2
2
28
India
1
0
0
1
29
Peru
1
0
0
1
30
Ceylon
0
1
0
1
31
Cuba
0
1
0
1
32
Spain
0
1
0
1
33
Trinidad and Tobago
0
1
0
1
34
Brazil
0
0
1
1
35
Iran
0
0
1
1
36
Poland
0
0
1
1
37
Puerto Rico
0
0
1
1

London 1948 Athletics
EVENT
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
Men's 100 Meters
Harrison Dillard - United States
Barney Ewell - United States
Lloyd LaBeach - Panama
Women's 100 Meters
Fanny Blankers-Koen - Netherlands
Dorothy Manley - Great Britain
Shirley Strickland - Australia
Men's 200 Meters
Mel Patton - United States
Barney Ewell - United States Lloyd LaBeach - Panama
Women's 200 Meters
Fanny Blankers-Koen - Netherlands Audrey Williamson - Great Britain
Audrey Patterson - United States
Men's 400 Meters
Arthur Wint - Jamaica
Herb McKenley - Jamaica
Mal Whitfield - United States
Men's 800 Meters
Mal Whitfield - United States Arthur Wint - Jamaica Marcel Hansenne - France
Men's 1500 Meters
Henry Eriksson - Sweden
Lennart Strand - Sweden
Willem Frederik Slijkhuis - Netherlands
Men's 5000 Meters
Gaston Reiff - Belgium
Emil Zátopek - Czechoslovakia
Willem Frederik Slijkhuis - Netherlands
Men's 10000 Meters
Emil Zátopek - Czechoslovakia Alain Mimoun - France
Bertil Albertsson - Sweden
Men's 110 Meter Hurdles
William Porter - United States
Clyde Scott - United States
Craig Dixon - United States
Women's 80 Meter Hurdles
Fanny Blankers-Koen - Netherlands Maureen Gardner - Great Britain
Shirley Strickland - Australia
Men's 400 Meter Hurdles
Roy Cochran - United States
Duncan White - Ceylon
Rune Larsson - Sweden
Men's 3000 Meter Steeplechase
Tore Sjöstrand - Sweden
Erik Elmsäter - Sweden
Göte Hagström - Sweden
Men's 4X100 Meter Relay
United States
Great Britain
Italy
Women's 4X100 Meter Relay
Netherlands
Australia
Canada
Men's 4X400 Meter Relay
United States
France
Sweden
Men's Marathon
Delfo Cabrera - Argentina
Tom Richards - Great Britain
Etienne Gailly - Belgium
Men's 10KM Walk
John Mikaelsson - Sweden
Ingemar Johansson - Sweden
Fritz Schwab - Switzerland
Men's 50KM Walk
John Ljunggren - Sweden
Gaston Godel - Switzerland
Tebbs Lloyd Johnson - Great Britain
Men's Long Jump
Willie Steele - United States
Theo Bruce - Australia
Herbert Douglas - United States
Women's Long Jump
Olga Gyarmati - Hungary
Noemí Simonetto - Argentina
Ann-Britt Leyman - Sweden
Men's Triple Jump
Arne Åhman - Sweden
George Avery - Australia
Ruhi Sarialp - Turkey
Men's High Jump
John Winter - Australia
Bjørn Paulson - Norway
George Stanich - United States
Women's High Jump
Alice Coachman - United States
Dorothy Tyler - Great Britain
Micheline Ostermeyer - France
Men's Pole Vault
Guinn Smith - United States
Erkki Kataja - Finland
Robert Richards - United States
Men's Shot Put
Wilbur Thompson - United States
Jim Delaney - United States
Jim Fuchs - United States
Women's Shot Put
Micheline Ostermeyer - France Amelia Piccinini - Italy
Ine Schäffer - Austria
Men's Discus
Adolfo Consolini - Italy
Giuseppe Tosi - Italy
Fortune Gordien - United States
Women's Discus
Micheline Ostermeyer - France Edera Cordiale - Italy
Jacqueline Mazeas - France
Men's Javelin
Tapio Rautavaara - Finland
Steve Seymour - United States
József Várszegi - Hungary
Women's Javelin
Herma Bauma - Austria
Kaisa Parviainen - Finland
Lily Carlstedt - Denmark
Men's Hammer Throw
Imre Németh - Hungary
Ivan Gubijan - Yugoslavia
Robert Bennett - United States
Decathlon
Bob Mathias - United States
Ignace Heinrich - France
Floyd Simmons - United States

London 1948 Swimming
EVENT
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
Men's 100 Meter Freestyle
Wally Ris - United States
Alan Ford - United States
Géza Kádas - Hungary
Women's 100 Meter Freestyle
Greta Andersen - Denmark
Ann Curtis - United States
Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen - Netherlands
Men's 400 Meter Freestyle
Bill Smith - United States
Jimmy McLane - United States
John Marshall - Australia
Women's 400 Meter Freestyle
Ann Curtis - United States Karen Harup - Denmark
Catherine Gibson - Great Britain
Men's 1500 Meter Freestyle
Jimmy McLane - United States John Marshall - Australia György Mitró - Hungary
Men's 100 Meter Backstroke
Allen Stack - United States
Bob Cowell - United States
Georges Vallerey - France
Women's 100 Meter Backstroke
Karen Harup - Denmark Suzanne Zimmerman - United States
Judy-Joy Davies - Australia
Men's 200 Meter Breaststroke
Joe Verdeur - United States
Keith Carter - United States
Bob Sohl - United States
Women's 200 Meter Breaststroke
Nel van Vliet - Netherlands
Nancy Lyons - Australia
Éva Novák - Hungary
Women's 4X100 Meter Freestyle Relay
United States
Denmark
Netherlands
Men's 4X200 Meter Freestyle Relay
United States
Hungary
France

London 1948 Diving
EVENT
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
Men's 3 Meter Springboard
Bruce Harlan - United States
Miller Anderson - United States
Sammy Lee - United States
Women's 3 Meter Springboard
Vickie Draves - United States
Zoe Ann Olsen - United States
Patsy Elsener - United States
Men's 10 Meter Platform
Sammy Lee - United States Bruce Harlan - United States Joaquín Capilla - Mexico
Women's 10 Meter Platform
Vickie Draves - United States Patsy Elsener - United States Birte Christoffersen - Denmark

London 1948 Water Polo
EVENT
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
Men's
Italy
Hungary
Netherlands

London 1948 Basketball
EVENT
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
Men's
United States
France
Brazil

London 1948 Boxing
EVENT
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
Flyweight
Pascual Pérez - Argentina
Spartaco Bandinelli - Italy
Han Soo-Ann - South Korea
Bantanweight
Tibor Csík - Hungary
Gianbattisat Zuddas - Italy
Juan Evangelista Venegas - Puerto Rico
Featherweight
Ernesto Formenti - Italy
Dennis Shepherd - South Africa
Aleksy Antkiewicz - Poland
Lightweight
Gerald Dreyer - South Africa
Joseph Vissers - Belgium
Svend Wad - Denmark
Welterweight
Július Torma - Czechoslovakia
Hank Herring - United States
Alessandro D'Ottavio - Italy
Middleweight
László Papp - Hungary
John Wright - Great Britain
Ivano Fontana - Italy
Light Heavyweight
George Hunter - South Africa
Don Scott - Great Britain
Mauro Cía - Argentina
Heavyweight
Rafael Iglesias - Argentina
Gunnar Nilsson - Sweden
Jhn Arthur - South Africa

London 1948 Canoeing
EVENT
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
Men's C-1 1000 Meters
Josef Holeček - Czechoslovakia
Douglas Bennett - Canada
Robert Boutigny - France
Men's C-1 10000 Meters
František Čapek - Czechoslovakia
Frank Havens - United States
Norman Lane - Canada
Men's C-2 1000 Meters
Jan Brzák-Felix, Bohumil Kudrna - Czechoslovakia
Steven Lysak, Stephen Macknowski - United States
Georges Dransart, Georges Gandil - France
Men's C-2 10000 Meters
Steven Lysak, Stephen Macknowski - United States Václav Havel, Jiří Pecka - Czechoslovakia
Georges Dransart, Georges Gandil - France
Men's K-1 1000 Meters
Gert Fredericksson - Sweden
Johan Andersen - Denmark
Henri Eberhardt - France
Men's K-1 10000 Meters
Gert Fredericksson - Sweden Kurt Wires - Finland
Eivind Skabo - Norway
Men's K-2 1000 Meters
Hans Burglund, Lennart Klingström - Sweden
Ejvind Hansen, Bernhard Jensen - Denmark
Thor Axelsson, Nils Björklöf - Finland
Men's K-2 10000 Meters
Gunnar Åkerlund, Hans Wetterström - Sweden
Ivar Mathisen, Knut Øsyby - Norway
Thor Axelsson, Nils Björklöf - Finland
Women's K-1 500 Meters
Karen Hoff - Denmark
Alida van der Anker-Doedens - Netherlands
Fritzi Schwingl - Austria

London 1948 Cycling
EVENT
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
ROAD CYCLING
Individual
José Beyaert - France
Gerrit Voorting - Netherlands
Lode Wouters - Belgium
Team
Belgium
Great Britain
France
TRACK CYCLING
Team Pursuit
France
Italy
Great Britain
Sprint
Mario Ghella - Italy
Reg Harris - Great Britain
Axel Schandorff - Denmark
Tandem
Renato Perona, Ferdinando Teruzzi - Italy
Alan Bannister, Reg Harris - Great Britain Gaston Dron, René Faye - France
Time Trial
Jacques Dupont - France
Pierre Nihant - Belgium
Tommy Godwin - Great Britain

London 1948 Equestrian
EVENT
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
Individual Dressage
Hans Moser - Switzerland
André Jousseaume - France
Gustaf Adolf Boltenstern, Jr. - Sweden
Team Dressage
France
United States
Portugal
Individual Eventing
Bernard Chevallier - France
Frank Henry - United States
Robert Selfelt - Sweden
Team Eventing
United States
Sweden
Mexico
Individual Jumping
Hmberto Mariles Cortés - Mexico
Rubén Uriza - Mexico
Jean-François d'Orgeix - France
Team Jumping
Mexico
Spain
Great Britain

London 1948 Fencing
EVENT
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
Men's Individual Épée
Luigi Cantone - Italy
Oswald Zappelli - Switzerland
Edoardo Mangiarotti - Italy
Men's Team Épée France
Italy
Sweden
Men's Individual Foil
Jehan Buhan - France
Christian d'Oriola - France
Lajos Maszlay - Hungary
Men's Team Foil
France
Italy
Belgium
Men's Sabre
Aladár Gerevich - Hungary
Vincenzo Pinton - Italy
Pál Kovács - Hungary
Men's Team Sabre
Hungary
Italy
United States
Women's Individual Foil
Ilona Elek - Hungary
Karen Lachmann - Denmark
Ellen Mueller - Austria

London 1948 Field Hockey
EVENT
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
Men's
India
Great Britain
Netherlands

London 1948 Soccer
EVENT
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
Men's
Sweden
Yugoslavia
Denmark

London 1948 Gymnastics
EVENT
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
Men's Individual All-Around
Viekko Huhtanen - Finland
Walter Lehmann - Switzerland
Paavo Aaltonen - Finland
Men's Team All-Around
Finland
Switzerland
Hungary
Men's Floor
Ferenc Pataki - Hungary
János Mogyorósi-Klencs - Hungary
Zdenĕk Růžička - Czechoslovakia
Men's Horizontal Bar
Josef Stalder - Switzerland
Walter Lehmann - Switzerland Viekko Huhtanen - Finland
Men's Parallel Bars Michael Reusch - Switzerland
Viekko Huhtanen - Finland Josef Stalder - Switzerland
Christian Kipfer - Switzerland
Men's Pommel Horse
Paavo Aaltonen - Finland
Viekko Huhtanen - Finland
Heikki Savolainen - Finland
None Awarded
None Awarded
Men's Rings
Karl Frei - Switzerland
Michael Reusch - Switzerland Zdenĕk Růžička - Czechoslovakia
Men's Vault
Paavo Aaltonen - Finland Olavi Rove - Finland
János Mogyorósi-Klencs - Hungary
Ferenc Pataki - Hungary
Leo Sotorník - Czechoslovakia
Women's Team All-Around
Czechoslovakia Hungary
United States

London 1948 Modern Pentathlon
EVENT
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
Men's
Willie Grut - Sweden
George Moore - United States
Gösta Gärdin - Sweden

London 1948 Rowing
EVENT
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
Single Sculls
Mervyn Wood - Australia
Eduardo Risso - Uruguay
Romolo Catasta - Italy
Double Sculls
Richard Burnell, Bertie Bushnell - Great Britain
Ebbe Parsner, Aage Larsen - Denmark
William Jones, Juan Rodríguez - Uruguay
Coxless Pairs
John Wilson, Ran Laurie - Great Britain
Hans Kalt, Josef Kalt - Switzerland
Felice Fanetti, Bruno Boni - Italy
Coxed Pairs
Denmark
Italy
Hungary
Coxless Fours
Italy
Denmark
United States
Coxed Fours
United States
Switzerland
Denmark
Eights
United States
Great Britain
Norway

London 1948 Sailing
EVENT
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
Firefly
Paul Elvstrøm - Denmark
Ralph Evans - United States
Koos de Jong - Netherlands
Star
Hilary Smart, Paul Smart - United States
Carlos de Cardenas, Carlos de Cardenas, Jr. - Cuba Adriaan Maas, Edward Stutterheim - Netherlands
Swallow
Stewart Morris, David Bond - Great Britain
Duarte de Almeida Bello, Fernando Pinto Coelho Bello - Portugal
Lockwood Pirie, Owen Torrey - United States
Dragon
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
6 Meter Keelboat
United States
Argentina
Sweden

London 1948 Shooting
EVENT
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
Rapid Fire Pistol
Károly Takács - Hungary
Carlos Enrique Díaz Sáenz Valiente - Argentina
Sven Lundquist - Sweden
Pistol
Edwin Vásquez - Peru
Rudolf Schnyder - Switzerland
Torsten Ullman - Sweden
300 Meter Rifle Three Positions
Emil Grünig - Switzerland
Pauli Janhonen - Finland
Willy Røgeberg - Norway
Rifle Prone
Art Cook - United States
Walter Tomsen - United States
Jonas Jonsson - Sweden

London 1948 Weightlifting
EVENT
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
Bantamweight
Joseph De Pietro - United States
Julian Creus - Great Britain
Richard Tom - United States
Featherweight
Mahmoud Fayad - Egypt
Rodney Wilkes - Trinidad and Tobago
Jafar Salmasi - Iran
Lightweight
Ibrahim Shams - Egypt
Attia Hamouda - Egypt
James Halliday - Great Britain
Middleweight
Frank Spellman - United States
Pete George - United States
Kim Sung-Jip - South Korea
Light Heavyweight
Stanley Stanczyk - United States
Harold Sakata - United States
Gösta Magnusson - Sweden
Heavyweight
John Davis - United States
Norbert Schemansky - United States
Abraham Charite - Netherlands

London 1948 Wrestling
EVENT
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
Freestyle Flyweight
Lenni Viitala - Finland
Halit Balamir - Turkey
Thure Johansson - Sweden
Freestyle Bantamweight
Nasuh Akar - Turkey
Gerald Leeman - United States
Charles Kouyos - France
Freestyle Featherweight
Gazanfer Bilge - Turkey
Ivar Sjölin - Sweden
Adolf Müller - Switzerland
Freestyle Lightweight
Celal Atik - Turkey
Gösta Frändfors - Sweden Hermann Baumann - Switzerland
Freestyle Welterweight
Yașar Doğu - Turkey
Dick Garrard - Australia
Leland Merrill - United States
Freestyle Middleweight
Glen Brand - United States
Adil Candemir - Turkey
Erik Lindén - Sweden
Freestyle Light Heavyweight
Henry Wittenberg - United States
Fritz Stöckli - Switzerland
Bengt Fahlqvist - Sweden
Freestyle Heavyweight
Gyula Bóbis - Hungary
Bertil Antonsson - Sweden
Joseph Armstrong - Australia
Greco-Roman Flyweight Pietro Lombardi - Italy
Kenan Olcay - Turkey
Reino Kangasmäki - Finland
Greco-Roman Bantamweight Kurt Pettersén - Sweden
Mahmoud Hassan - Egypt
Halil Kaya - Turkey
Greco-Roman Featherweight Mehmet Oktav - Turkey
Olle Anderberg - Sweden
Ferenc Tóth - Hungary
Greco-Roman Lightweight Gustav Freij - Sweden
Aage Eriksen - Norway
Károly Ferencz - Hungary
Greco-Roman Welterweight Gösta Andersson - Sweden
Miklós Szilvási - Hungary
Henrik Hansen - Denmark
Greco-Roman Middleweight Axel Grönberg - Sweden
Muhlis Tayfur - Turkey
Ercole Gallegati - Italy
Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight Karl-Erik Nisson - Sweden
Kelpo Gröndahl - Finland
Ibrahim Orabi - Egypt
Greco-Roman Heavyweight Ahmet Kireççi - Turkey
Tor Nilsson - Sweden
Guido Fantoni - Italy