Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics
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| Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics  |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freestyle | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 1500 m | men | |||
| Backstroke | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| Breaststroke | ||||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Freestyle relay | ||||
| 4×100 m | women | |||
| 4×200 m | men | |||
At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, a total number of eleven swimming events were contested, six for men and five for women. The events were held at the Swimming Stadium. There was a total of 319 participants from 48 countries competing.
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States (USA) |
4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 |  Hungary (HUN) |
4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 |  France (FRA) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 |  Australia (AUS) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| South Africa South Africa (RSA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 |  Japan (JPN) |
0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
 Netherlands (NED) |
0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 8 |  Sweden (SWE) |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 |  Brazil (BRA) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Great Britain (GBR) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 New Zealand (NZL) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Germany (GER) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medal summary
Men's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m freestyle |
Clarke Scholes United States |
57.4 | Hiroshi Suzuki Japan |
57.4 | Göran Larsson Sweden |
58.2 |
| 400 m freestyle |
Jean Boiteux France |
4:30.7 (OR) | Ford Konno United States |
4:31.3 | Per-Olof Östrand Sweden |
4:35.2 |
| 1500 m freestyle |
Ford Konno United States |
18:30.3 (OR) | Shiro Hashizume Japan |
18:41.4 | Tetsuo Okamoto Brazil |
18:51.3 |
| 100 m backstroke |
Yoshi Oyakawa United States |
1:05.9 (OR) | Gilbert Bozon France |
1:06.2 | Jack Taylor United States |
1:06.4 |
| 200 m breaststroke |
John Davies Australia |
2:34.4 (OR) | Bowen Stassforth United States |
2:34.7 | Herbert Klein Germany |
2:35.9 |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay |
United States (USA) Wayne Moore Bill Woolsey Ford Konno Jimmy McLane |
8:31.1 (OR) | Japan (JPN) Hiroshi Suzuki Yoshihiro Hamaguchi Toru Goto Teijiro Tanikawa |
8:33.5 | France (FRA) Joseph Bernardo Aldo Eminente Alexandre Jany Jean Boiteux |
8:45.9 |
Women's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m freestyle |
Katalin Szöke Hungary |
1:06.3 | Hannie Termeulen Netherlands |
1:06.5 | Judit Temes Hungary |
1:07.6 |
| 400 m freestyle |
Valéria Gyenge Hungary |
5:12.1 (OR) | Éva Novák Hungary |
5:13.7 | Evelyn Kawamoto United States |
5:14.6 |
| 100 m backstroke |
Joan Harrison 23x15px South Africa |
1:14.3 | Geertje Wielema Netherlands |
1:14.5 | Jean Stewart New Zealand |
1:15.8 |
| 200 m breaststroke |
Éva Székely Hungary |
2:51.7 (OR) | Éva Novák Hungary |
2:54.4 | Helen Gordon Great Britain |
2:57.6 |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay |
Hungary (HUN) Ilona Novák Judit Temes Éva Novák Katalin Szöke |
4:24.4 (WR) | Netherlands (NED) Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen Koosje van Voorn Hannie Termeulen Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher |
4:29.0 | United States (USA) Jackie LaVine Marilee Stepan Jody Alderson Evelyn Kawamoto |
4:30.1 |
References
- 1952 Summer Olympics results: swimming, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2009-10-19.
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