| 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 | |||
The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1952 Olympic Games took place between July 31 and August 2 at the Swimming Stadium. This swimming event used the breaststroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of four lengths of the pool.
Contents |
| Gold | John Davies Australia (AUS) |
| Silver | Bowen Stassforth United States (USA) |
| Bronze | Herbert Klein Germany (GER) |
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Davies | Australia | 2:34.4 | OR | |
| Bowen Stassforth | United States | 2:34.7 | ||
| Herbert Klein | Germany | 2:35.9 | ||
| 4 | Nobuyasu Hirayama | Japan | 2:37.4 | |
| 5 | Takayoshi Kajikawa | Japan | 2:38.6 | |
| 6 | Jiro Nagasawa | Japan | 2:39.1 | |
| 7 | Maurice Lusien | France | 2:39.8 | |
| 8 | Ľudovít Komadeľ | Czechoslovakia | 2:40.1 |
Key: OR = Olympic record