Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Swimming; at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Venue	Helsinki Swimming Stadium
Dates	26 July – 2 August
No. of events	11
Competitors	319 from 48 nations

At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, a total number of eleven swimming events were contested, six for men and five for women. The events were held at the Swimming Stadium. There was a total of 319 participants from 48 countries competing.[1]

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	4	2	3	9
2	Hungary (HUN)	4	2	1	7
3	France (FRA)	1	1	1	3
4	Australia (AUS)	1	0	0	1
4	South Africa (RSA)	1	0	0	1
6	Japan (JPN)	0	3	0	3
6	Netherlands (NED)	0	3	0	3
8	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	2	2
9	Brazil (BRA)	0	0	1	1
	Germany (GER)	0	0	1	1
	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	1	1
	New Zealand (NZL)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 nations)		11	11	11	33

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Clarke Scholes United States	57.4	Hiroshi Suzuki Japan	57.4	Göran Larsson Sweden	58.2
400 m freestyle	Jean Boiteux France	4:30.7 (OR)	Ford Konno United States	4:31.3	Per-Olof Östrand Sweden	4:35.2
1500 m freestyle	Ford Konno United States	18:30.3 (OR)	Shiro Hashizume Japan	18:41.4	Tetsuo Okamoto Brazil	18:51.3
100 m backstroke	Yoshi Oyakawa United States	1:05.9 (OR)	Gilbert Bozon France	1:06.2	Jack Taylor United States	1:06.4
200 m breaststroke	John Davies Australia	2:34.4 (OR)	Bowen Stassforth United States	2:34.7	Herbert Klein Germany	2:35.9
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	United States (USA) Wayne Moore Bill Woolsey Ford Konno Jimmy McLane	8:31.1 (OR)	Japan (JPN) Hiroshi Suzuki Yoshihiro Hamaguchi Toru Goto Teijiro Tanikawa	8:33.5	France (FRA) Joseph Bernardo Aldo Eminente Alexandre Jany Jean Boiteux	8:45.9

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Katalin Szöke Hungary	1:06.3	Hannie Termeulen Netherlands	1:06.5	Judit Temes Hungary	1:07.6
400 m freestyle	Valéria Gyenge Hungary	5:12.1 (OR)	Éva Novák Hungary	5:13.7	Evelyn Kawamoto United States	5:14.6
100 m backstroke	Joan Harrison South Africa	1:14.3	Geertje Wielema Netherlands	1:14.5	Jean Stewart New Zealand	1:15.8
200 m breaststroke	Éva Székely Hungary	2:51.7 (OR)	Éva Novák Hungary	2:54.4	Helen Gordon Great Britain	2:57.6
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Hungary (HUN) Ilona Novák Judit Temes Éva Novák Katalin Szöke	4:24.4 (WR)	Netherlands (NED) Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen Koosje van Voorn Hannie Termeulen Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher	4:29.0	United States (USA) Jackie LaVine Marilee Stepan Jody Alderson Evelyn Kawamoto	4:30.1

Participating nations

319 swimmers from 48 nations competed.[1]

Argentina (7)
Australia (10)
Austria (3)
Belgium (10)
Bermuda (2)
Brazil (12)
Canada (9)
Chile (1)
China (1)
Cuba (2)
Czechoslovakia (4)
Denmark (9)

Egypt (3)
Finland (13)
France (16)
Germany (9)
Great Britain (21)
Guatemala (1)
Hong Kong (4)
Hungary (15)
India (5)
Indonesia (1)
Israel (1)
Italy (10)

Japan (22)
Luxembourg (1)
Mexico (8)
Netherlands (13)
New Zealand (2)
Norway (3)
Pakistan (2)
Philippines (1)
Poland (7)
Portugal (4)
Romania (1)
Saar (1)

References

"Swimming at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2016.

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[SportsRef-1] "Swimming at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2016.