Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Swimming at the Games of the XV Olympiad | |
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Venue | Helsinki Swimming Stadium |
Dates | 26 July – 2 August 1952 |
No. of events | 11 |
Competitors | 319 from 48 nations |
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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
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 details | Clarke Scholes![]() | 57.4 | Hiroshi Suzuki![]() | 57.4 | Göran Larsson![]() | 58.2 |
400 m freestyle details | Jean Boiteux![]() | 4:30.7 (OR) | Ford Konno![]() | 4:31.3 | Per-Olof Östrand![]() | 4:35.2 |
1500 m freestyle details | Ford Konno![]() | 18:30.3 (OR) | Shiro Hashizume![]() | 18:41.4 | Tetsuo Okamoto![]() | 18:51.3 |
100 m backstroke details | Yoshi Oyakawa![]() | 1:05.4 (OR) | Gilbert Bozon![]() | 1:06.2 | Jack Taylor![]() | 1:06.4 |
200 m breaststroke details | John Davies![]() | 2:34.4 (OR) | Bowen Stassforth![]() | 2:34.7 | Herbert Klein![]() | 2:35.9 |
4 × 200 m freestyle relay details | ![]() 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 details | Katalin Szöke![]() | 1:06.8 | Hannie Termeulen![]() | 1:06.5 | Judit Temes![]() | 1:07.6 |
400 m freestyle details | Valéria Gyenge![]() | 5:12.1 (OR) | Éva Novák![]() | 5:13.7 | Evelyn Kawamoto![]() | 5:14.6 |
100 m backstroke details | Joan Harrison![]() | 1:14.3 | Geertje Wielema![]() | 1:14.5 | Jean Stewart![]() | 1:15.8 |
200 m breaststroke details | Éva Székely![]() | 2:51.7 (OR) | Éva Novák![]() | 2:54.4 | Helen Gordon![]() | 2:57.6 |
4 × 100 m freestyle relay details | ![]() 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.[2]
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References
- ^ "Olympedia – Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
- ^ a b "Swimming at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2016.