| 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 women's 400 metre freestyle event at the 1952 Olympic Games took place between July 31 and August 2 at the Swimming Stadium. This swimming event used freestyle swimming, which means that the method of the stroke is not regulated (unlike backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly events). Nearly all swimmers use the front crawl or a variant of that stroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of sixteen lengths of the pool.
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| Gold | Valéria Gyenge Hungary (HUN) |
| Silver | Éva Novák Hungary (HUN) |
| Bronze | Evelyn Kawamoto United States (USA) |
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valéria Gyenge | Hungary | 5:12.1 | OR | |
| Éva Novák | Hungary | 5:13.7 | ||
| Evelyn Kawamoto | United States | 5:14.6 | ||
| 4 | Carolyn Green | United States | 5:16.5 | |
| 5 | Ragnhild Hveger | Denmark | 5:16.9 | |
| 6 | Éva Székely | Hungary | 5:17.9 | |
| 7 | Ana María Schultz | Argentina | 5:24.0 | |
| 8 | Greta Andersen | Denmark | 5:27.0 |
Key: OR = Olympic record