▁death s ▁Category : 1 8 th - century ▁French ▁polit icians ▁Category : 1 9 th - century ▁French ▁polit icians ▁Category : Pe ople ▁from ▁Dr ôme ▁Category : Pol it icians ▁from ▁Au ver g ne - R h ône - Al pes <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁men ' s ▁ 1 0 0 ▁met re ▁fre est yle ▁event ▁at ▁the ▁ 1 9 4 8 ▁Olympic ▁Games ▁took ▁place ▁between ▁ 3 0 ▁and ▁ 3 1 ▁July ▁at ▁the ▁Empire ▁Pool . ▁This ▁sw imming ▁event ▁used ▁fre est yle ▁sw imming , ▁which ▁means ▁that ▁the ▁method ▁of ▁the ▁stroke ▁is ▁not ▁reg ulated ▁( un like ▁back stroke , ▁breast stroke , ▁and ▁but ter fly ▁events ). ▁Near ly ▁all ▁sw imm ers ▁use ▁the ▁front ▁craw l ▁or ▁a ▁variant ▁of ▁that ▁stroke . ▁Because ▁an ▁Olympic - size ▁sw imming ▁pool ▁is ▁ 5 0 ▁metres ▁long , ▁this ▁race ▁consisted ▁of ▁two ▁lengths ▁of ▁the ▁pool . ▁ ▁Compet ition ▁format ▁ ▁The ▁competition ▁used ▁a ▁three - round ▁( qu arter final s , ▁semif inals , ▁final ) ▁format . ▁The ▁adv ancement ▁rule ▁was ▁a ▁modification ▁of ▁the ▁one ▁used ▁since ▁ 1 9 1 2 , ▁allowing ▁the ▁top ▁sw imm ers ▁in ▁each ▁race ▁plus ▁one ▁or ▁more ▁wild ▁cards ▁to ▁advance . ▁For ▁this ▁event , ▁the ▁top ▁two ▁in ▁each ▁pre lim inary ▁heat ▁plus ▁the ▁next ▁four ▁fast est ▁sw imm ers ▁would ▁advance