| Swimming at the Games of the XV Olympiad | |
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| 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 |
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| 1 | .svg.png){kind=small} United States (USA) | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | .svg.png){kind=small} Hungary (HUN) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 |  France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 |  Australia (AUS) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
.svg.png){kind=small} South Africa (RSA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | .svg.png){kind=small} Japan (JPN) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
 Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 8 |  Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | .svg.png){kind=small} 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 | |||
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| 100 m freestyle | Clarke Scholes.svg.png){kind=small} 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 | |||
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| 100 m freestyle | Katalin Szöke.svg.png){kind=small} 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.svg.png){kind=small} 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]
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References
- ^ a b "Swimming at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2016.