| Swimming at the 1956 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 | ||
| Butterfly | ||||
| 100 m | women | |||
| 200 m | men | |||
| Freestyle relay | ||||
| 4×100 m | women | |||
| 4×200 m | men | |||
The women's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1952 Olympic Games took place between November 29 and November 30. 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.
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| Gold | Ursula Happe Germany (GER) |
| Silver | Éva Székely Hungary (HUN) |
| Bronze | Eva-Maria Elsen Germany (GER) |
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ursula Happe | Germany | 2:53.1 | OR | |
| Éva Székely | Hungary | 2:54.8 | ||
| Eva-Maria Elsen | Germany | 2:55.1 | ||
| 4 | Vinka Jeričević | Yugoslavia | 2:55.8 | |
| 5 | Klára Killermann-Bartos | Hungary | 2:56.1 | |
| 6 | Elenor Gordon-McKay | Great Britain | 2:56.1 | |
| 7 | Mary Sears | United States | 2:57.2 | |
| 8 | Christine Gosden | Great Britain | 2:59.2 |
Key: OR = Olympic record