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.
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 |
Medal summary
Men's events
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 m freestyle |
![]() United States (USA) | 57.4 | ![]() Japan (JPN) | 57.4 | ![]() Sweden (SWE) | 58.2 |
400 m freestyle |
![]() France (FRA) | 4:30.7 (OR) | ![]() United States (USA) | 4:31.3 | ![]() Sweden (SWE) | 4:35.2 |
1500 m freestyle |
![]() United States (USA) | 18:30.3 (OR) | ![]() Japan (JPN) | 18:41.4 | ![]() Brazil (BRA) | 18:51.3 |
100 m backstroke |
![]() United States (USA) | 1:05.9 (OR) | ![]() France (FRA) | 1:06.2 | ![]() United States (USA) | 1:06.4 |
200 m breaststroke |
![]() Australia (AUS) | 2:34.4 (OR) | ![]() United States (USA) | 2:34.7 | ![]() Germany (GER) | 2:35.9 |
4 × 200 m freestyle relay |
![]() 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
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 m freestyle |
![]() Hungary (HUN) | 1:06.3 | ![]() Netherlands (NED) | 1:06.5 | ![]() Hungary (HUN) | 1:07.6 |
400 m freestyle |
![]() Hungary (HUN) | 5:12.1 (OR) | ![]() Hungary (HUN) | 5:13.7 | ![]() United States (USA) | 5:14.6 |
100 m backstroke |
![]() South Africa (RSA) | 1:14.3 | ![]() Netherlands (NED) | 1:14.5 | ![]() New Zealand (NZL) | 1:15.8 |
200 m breaststroke |
![]() Hungary (HUN) | 2:51.7 (OR) | ![]() Hungary (HUN) | 2:54.4 | ![]() Great Britain (GBR) | 2:57.6 |
4 × 100 m freestyle relay |
![]() 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 |
References
- 1952 Summer Olympics results: swimming, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2009-10-19.
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