Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics
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]
Contents
1 Medal table
2 Medal summary
2.1 Men's events
2.2 Women's events
3 Participating nations
4 References
Medal table
| 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 nations) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 | |
Medal summary
Men's events
| Event | 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 | 1:05.9 (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 | |||
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| 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  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 |
Participating nations
319 swimmers from 48 nations competed.[1]
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Argentina 
Austria 
Belgium 
Bermuda 
Canada 
Chile 
China 
Cuba 
Czechoslovakia 
Denmark 
Egypt 
Finland 
Guatemala 
Hong Kong 
India 
Indonesia 
Israel 
Italy 
Luxembourg 
Mexico 
Norway 
Pakistan 
Philippines 
Poland 
Portugal 
Romania 
Saar 
Singapore 
South Vietnam 
Soviet Union 
Spain 
Sri Lanka 
Switzerland 
Uruguay 
Venezuela 
Yugoslavia
References
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