Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Appearance
Swimming at the Games of the XV Olympiad | |
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Venue | Helsinki Swimming Stadium |
Dates | 26 July – 2 August |
No. of events | 11 |
Competitors | 319 from 48 nations |
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.[1]
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
6 | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
![]() | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
9 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (12 entries) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 |
Medal summary
Men's events
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 m freestyle |
Clarke Scholes![]() |
57.4 | Hiroshi Suzuki![]() |
57.4 | Göran Larsson![]() |
58.2 |
400 m freestyle |
Jean Boiteux![]() |
4:30.7 (OR) |
Ford Konno![]() |
4:31.3 | Per-Olof Östrand![]() |
4:35.2 |
1500 m freestyle |
Ford Konno![]() |
18:30.3 (OR) |
Shiro Hashizume![]() |
18:41.4 | Tetsuo Okamoto![]() |
18:51.3 |
100 m backstroke |
Yoshi Oyakawa![]() |
1:05.9 (OR) |
Gilbert Bozon![]() |
1:06.2 | Jack Taylor![]() |
1:06.4 |
200 m breaststroke |
John Davies![]() |
2:34.4 (OR) |
Bowen Stassforth![]() |
2:34.7 | Herbert Klein![]() |
2:35.9 |
4 × 200 m freestyle relay |
![]() Wayne Moore Bill Woolsey Ford Konno Jimmy McLane |
8:31.1 (OR) |
![]() Hiroshi Suzuki Yoshihiro Hamaguchi Toru Goto Teijiro Tanikawa |
8:33.5 | ![]() Joseph Bernardo Aldo Eminente Alexandre Jany Jean Boiteux |
8:45.9 |
Women's events
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 m freestyle |
Katalin Szöke![]() |
1:06.3 | Hannie Termeulen![]() |
1:06.5 | Judit Temes![]() |
1:07.6 |
400 m freestyle |
Valéria Gyenge![]() |
5:12.1 (OR) | Éva Novák![]() |
5:13.7 | Evelyn Kawamoto![]() |
5:14.6 |
100 m backstroke |
Joan Harrison![]() |
1:14.3 | Geertje Wielema![]() |
1:14.5 | Jean Stewart![]() |
1:15.8 |
200 m breaststroke |
Éva Székely![]() |
2:51.7 (OR) | Éva Novák![]() |
2:54.4 | Helen Gordon![]() |
2:57.6 |
4 × 100 m freestyle relay |
![]() Ilona Novák Judit Temes Éva Novák Katalin Szöke |
4:24.4 (WR) | ![]() Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen Koosje van Voorn Hannie Termeulen Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher |
4:29.0 | ![]() Jackie LaVine Marilee Stepan Jody Alderson Evelyn Kawamoto |
4:30.1 |
Participating nations
319 swimmers from 48 nations competed.[1]
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References
- ^ a b "Swimming at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2016.