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 |
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. [1] The events were held at the Swimming Stadium. There was a total of 319 participants from 48 countries competing. [2]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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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 (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 |
Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (12 entries) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 |
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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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 (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 |
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 m freestyle | Katalin Szöke Hungary | 1:06.8 | 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 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 |
319 swimmers from 48 nations competed. [2]
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