Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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At the 1952 Summer Olympics, 11 swimming events were contested.

Contents 1 MEN'S EVENTS 1.1 100 m Freestyle, Men 1.2 400 m Freestyle, Men 1.3 1500 m Freestyle, Men 1.4 100 m Backstroke, Men 1.5 200 m Breaststroke, Men 1.6 4 x 200 m Freestyle relay, Men 2 WOMEN'S EVENTS 2.1 100 m Freestyle, Women 2.2 400 m Freestyle, Women 2.3 100 m Backstroke, Women 2.4 200 m Breaststroke, Women 2.5 4 x 100m Freestyle relay, Women

[edit] MEN'S EVENTS

[edit] 100 m Freestyle, Men

Pos	Athlete	Time
Gold	Clark Currie Scholes (USA)	57.4
Silver	Hiroshi Suzuki (JPN)	57.4
Bronze	Göran Larsson (SWE)	58.2

[edit] 400 m Freestyle, Men

Pos	Athlete	Time
Gold	Jean Boiteux (FRA)	4:30.7
Silver	Ford Hirsohi Konno (USA)	4:31.3
Bronze	Per-Olof Östrand (SWE)	4:35.2

[edit] 1500 m Freestyle, Men

Pos	Athlete	Time
Gold	Ford Hirsohi Konno (USA)	18:30.3
Silver	Shiro Hashizume (JPN)	18:41.4
Bronze	Tetsuo Okamoto (BRA)	18:51.3

[edit] 100 m Backstroke, Men

Pos	Athlete	Time
Gold	Yoshinobu Oyakawa (USA)	1:05.9
Silver	Gilbert Bozon (FRA)	1:06.2
Bronze	Jack George Neil Taylor (USA)	1:06.4

[edit] 200 m Breaststroke, Men

Pos	Athlete	Time
Gold	John Griffith Davies (AUS)	2:34.4
Silver	Bowen Dow Strassforth (USA)	2:34.7
Bronze	Herbert Klein (GER)	2:35.9

[edit] 4 x 200 m Freestyle relay, Men

Pos	Team	Time
Gold	Wayne Richard Moore, William Tripp Woolsey, Ford Hiroshi Konno, James Price McLane Jr. (USA)	8:31.1
Silver	Hiroshi Suzuki, Yoshihiro Hamaguchi, Toru Goto, Teijiro Tanikawa (JPN)	8:33.5
Bronze	Joseph Bernardo, Aldo Eminente, Alexandre Jany, Jean Boiteux (FRA)	8:45.9

[edit] WOMEN'S EVENTS

[edit] 100 m Freestyle, Women

Pos	Athlete	Time
Gold	Katalin Szöke (HUN)	1:06.3
Silver	Johanna Maria Termeulen (NED)	1:06.5
Bronze	Judith Temes (HUN)	1:07.6

[edit] 400 m Freestyle, Women

Pos	Athlete	Time
Gold	Valéria Gyenge (HUN)	5:12.1
Silver	Éva Novák-Gerard (HUN)	5:13.7
Bronze	Evelyn Tokue Kawamoto (USA)	5:14.6

[edit] 100 m Backstroke, Women

Pos	Athlete	Time
Gold	Joan Cynthia Harrison (RSA)	1:14.3
Silver	Geertje Wielema (NED)	1:14.5
Bronze	Jean Stewart (NZL)	1:15.8

[edit] 200 m Breaststroke, Women

Pos	Athlete	Time
Gold	Éva Székely (HUN)	2:51.7
Silver	Éva Novák-Gerard (HUN)	2:54.4
Bronze	Helen Orr Gordon-McKay (GBR)	2:57.6

[edit] 4 x 100m Freestyle relay, Women

Pos	Team	Time
Gold	Ilona Novák, Judith Temes, Éva Novák-Gerard, Katalin Szöke (HUN)	4:24.4
Silver	Marie-Louise Jean Linssen-Vaessen, Cornelia van Voorn, Johanna Maria Termeulen, Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher (NED)	4:29.0
Bronze	Jacqueline Carol La Vine, Mary Louise Stepan, Joan Ann Alderson-Rosazza, Evelyn Tokue Kawamoto (USA)	4:30.1

Events at the 1952 Summer Olympics (Helsinki)
Athletics • Baseball (demonstration) • Basketball • Boxing • Canoeing • Cycling • Diving • Equestrian • Fencing • Football • Gymnastics • Hockey • Modern pentathlon • Rowing • Sailing • Shooting • Swimming • Water polo • Weightlifting • Wrestling

Swimming at the Summer Olympics
1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 See also: List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men) and List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)