Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Swimming
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
VenueHelsinki Swimming Stadium
Dates26 July – 2 August 1952
No. of events11
Competitors319 from 48 nations
Swimming at the
1952 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
100 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
200 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mwomen
4 × 200 mmen

At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, a total number of eleven swimming events were contested, six for men and five for women.[1] The events were held at the Swimming Stadium. There was a total of 319 participants from 48 countries competing.[2]

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States4239
2 Hungary4217
3 France1113
4 Australia1001
 South Africa1001
6 Japan0303
 Netherlands0303
8 Sweden0022
9 Brazil0011
 Germany0011
 Great Britain0011
 New Zealand0011
Totals (12 entries)11111133

Medal summary

Men's events

Games 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		 1:05.4
(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
Wayne Moore
Bill Woolsey
Ford Konno
Jimmy McLane		 8:31.1
(OR) 		 Japan
Hiroshi Suzuki
Yoshihiro Hamaguchi
Toru Goto
Teijiro Tanikawa		 8:33.5  France
Joseph Bernardo
Aldo Eminente
Alexandre Jany
Jean Boiteux		 8:45.9

Women's events

Games Gold Silver Bronze
100 m freestyle
 Katalin Szöke
 Hungary		 1:06.8 Hannie Termeulen
 Netherlands		 1:07.0 Judit Temes
 Hungary		 1:07.1
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
 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
Ilona Novák
Judit Temes
Éva Novák
Katalin Szöke		 4:24.4
(WR) 		 Netherlands
Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen
Koosje van Voorn
Hannie Termeulen
Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher		 4:29.0  United States
Jackie LaVine
Marilee Stepan
Jody Alderson
Evelyn Kawamoto		 4:30.1

Participating nations

319 swimmers from 48 nations competed.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Olympedia – Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
  2. ^ a b "Swimming at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
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