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London 1948 - Swimming - Men: 100m backstroke - Heats

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Date: 4 August 1948

Summary

Heat 1

Rank Name Nation Time
1 Johannes Wild RSA 1:08.5
2 Cornelius Kievit NED 1:10.8
3 Jose Vegazzi ARG 1:13.8
4 Francisco Calamita ESP 1:14.2
5 Eric Jubb CAN 1:14.3
6 Per-Olof Olsson SWE 1:14.6
7 Khamlillal Shah IND 1:19.9

Heat 2

Rank Name Nation Time
1 Bruce Bourke AUS 1:11.3
2 Ilo da Fonseca BRA 1:11.9
3 Jiri Kovar TCH 1:12.9
4 Carlos Noreiga URU 1:15.0
5 Martin Lunden SWE 1:15.6
6 Tonatiuh Gutierrez MEX 1:15.6
7 Jaffar Ali Shah PAK 1:30.2

Heat 3

Rank Name Nation Time
1 John Brockway GBR 1:09.2
2 Mario Chaves ARG 1:09.7
3 Clemente Mejia MEX 1:09.5
4 Lucien Zins FRA 1:10.9
5 Manuel Alua Simas POR 1:12.8
6 Fritz Zwazl AUT 1:13.5
7 Nikolaos Melanofidis GRE 1:22.0

Heat 4

Rank Name Nation Time
1 Allen Stack USA 1:06.6
2 Albert Kinnear GBR 1:09.7
3 Paulo da Fonseca y Silva BRA 1:10.0
4 Thomas Summers GBR 1:11.2
5 Gyula Valent HUN 1:11.8
6 Manuel Guerra ESP 1:14.8
7 Prahtip Mitra IND 1:24.5

Heat 5

Rank Name Nation Time
1 Robert Cowell USA 1:06.9
2 Rene Pirolley FRA 1:11.4
3 Donald Shanks BER 1:17.1
4 Dorri El-Said EGY 1:19.0
5 Gudmundur Ingolfsson ISL 1:19.4

Heat 6

Rank Name Nation Time
1 Georges Vallerey FRA 1:07.4
2 Howard Patterson USA 1:09.3
3 Helio Silva BRA 1:10.5
4 Federico Neumayer ARG 1:11.8
5 Peter Mingie CAN 1:13.2
6 Hans Blumer SUI 1:18.5
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Original data entry by Michael Churchill (GBR)
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