Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics
















































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
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
100 m freestyle
details

Clarke Scholes
 United States
57.4

Hiroshi Suzuki
 Japan
57.4

Göran Larsson
 Sweden
58.2
400 m freestyle
details

Jean Boiteux
 France
4:30.7 (OR)

Ford Konno
 United States
4:31.3

Per-Olof Östrand
 Sweden
4:35.2
1500 m freestyle
details

Ford Konno
 United States
18:30.3 (OR)

Shiro Hashizume
 Japan
18:41.4

Tetsuo Okamoto
 Brazil
18:51.3
100 m backstroke
details

Yoshi Oyakawa
 United States
1:05.9 (OR)

Gilbert Bozon
 France
1:06.2

Jack Taylor
 United States
1:06.4
200 m breaststroke
details

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
details

 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
100 m freestyle
details

Katalin Szöke
 Hungary
1:06.3

Hannie Termeulen
 Netherlands
1:06.5

Judit Temes
 Hungary
1:07.6
400 m freestyle
details

Valéria Gyenge
 Hungary
5:12.1 (OR)

Éva Novák
 Hungary
5:13.7

Evelyn Kawamoto
 United States
5:14.6
100 m backstroke
details

Joan Harrison
 South Africa
1:14.3

Geertje Wielema
 Netherlands
1:14.5

Jean Stewart
 New Zealand
1:15.8
200 m breaststroke
details

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
details

 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]













  •  Argentina (7)


  •  Australia (10)


  •  Austria (3)


  •  Belgium (10)


  •  Bermuda (2)


  •  Brazil (12)


  •  Canada (9)


  •  Chile (1)


  •  China (1)


  •  Cuba (2)


  •  Czechoslovakia (4)


  •  Denmark (9)






  •  Egypt (3)


  •  Finland (13)


  •  France (16)


  •  Germany (9)


  •  Great Britain (21)


  •  Guatemala (1)


  •  Hong Kong (4)


  •  Hungary (15)


  •  India (5)


  •  Indonesia (1)


  •  Israel (1)


  •  Italy (10)






  •  Japan (22)


  •  Luxembourg (1)


  •  Mexico (8)


  •  Netherlands (13)


  •  New Zealand (2)


  •  Norway (3)


  •  Pakistan (2)


  •  Philippines (1)


  •  Poland (7)


  •  Portugal (4)


  •  Romania (1)


  •  Saar (1)






  •  Singapore (1)


  •  South Africa (6)


  •  South Vietnam (1)


  •  Soviet Union (18)


  •  Spain (3)


  •  Sri Lanka (1)


  •  Sweden (12)


  •  Switzerland (8)


  •  United States (30)


  •  Uruguay (1)


  •  Venezuela (1)


  •  Yugoslavia (3)




References





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