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Swimming
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Venue Helsinki Swimming Stadium
Dates26 July – 2 August 1952
No. of events11
Competitors319 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

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States (USA)4239
2  Hungary (HUN)4217
3  France (FRA)1113
4  Australia (AUS)1001
  South Africa (RSA)1001
6  Japan (JPN)0303
  Netherlands (NED)0303
8  Sweden (SWE)0022
9  Brazil (BRA)0011
  Germany (GER)0011
  Great Britain (GBR)0011
  New Zealand (NZL)0011
Totals (12 entries)11111133

Medal summary

Men's events

Games 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
1:05.4
(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

Games Gold Silver Bronze
100 m freestyle
details
Katalin Szöke
  Hungary
1:06.8 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. [2]

References

  1. ^ "Olympedia – Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
  2. ^ a b "Swimming at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2016.