Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle The men's 100 metre freestyle event at the 1948 Olympic Games took place between 30 and 31 July 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 two lengths of the pool. Key: Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall
Jubilee Park Swimming Pool Jubilee Park Swimming Pool Jubilee Park Swimming Pool, Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, England is an open air heated lido. The park was created by Sir Archibald and Lady Weigall to commemorate the jubilee of King George V in 1935. It was given to the National Fitness Association in 1938. In 2008, the Friends of Jubilee Park secured a grant of £1.5 million to refurbish the Park including re-lining of the pool. The pool measures 33.3 m x 12.5 m. The heated outdoor swimming pool is open during the summer months. Other amenities within the park include a camping and caravanning site,