Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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

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[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


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