Helsinki 1952 - Swimming

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Men: 100m freestyle
Date: 26 July 1952 / 26 July 1952 / 27 July 1952

Rank Name Nation Time
1 Charles Scholes USA 57.4
2 Hiroshi Suzuki JPN 57.4
3 Goran Larsson SWE 58.2
4 Toru Goto JPN 58.5
5 Geza Kadas HUN 58.6
6 Rex Aubrey AUS 58.7
7 Aldo Eminente FRA 58.7
8 Ronald Gora USA 58.8
Men: 400m freestyle
Date: 28 July 1952 / 29 July 1952 / 30 July 1952
Rank Name Nation Time
1 Jean Boiteux FRA 4:30.7
2 Ford Konno USA 4:31.3
3 Per-Olof Ostrand SWE 4:35.2
4 Peter Duncan RSA 4:37.9
5 John Wardrop GBR 4:39.9
6 Wayne Moore USA 4:40.1
7 James McLane USA 4:40.3
8 Hironoshi Furuhashi JPN 4:42.1
Men: 1500m freestyle
Date: 31 July 1952 / 2 August 1952
Rank Name Nation Time
1 Ford Konno USA 18:30.3
2 Shiro Hashizume JPN 18:41.4
3 Tetsuo Okamoto BRA 18:51.3
4 James McLane USA 18:51.5
5 Joseph Bernardo FRA 18:59.1
6 Yasuo Kitamura JPN 19:00.4
7 Peter Duncan RSA 19:12.1
8 John Marshall AUS 19:53.4
Men: 100m backstroke
Date: 30 July 1952 / 31 July 1952 / 1 August 1952
Rank Name Nation Time
1 Yoshinobu Oyakawa USA 1:05.4
2 Gilbert Bozon FRA 1:06.2
3 Jack Taylor USA 1:06.4
4 Allen Stack USA 1:07.6
5 Pedro Galvao ARG 1:07.7
6 Robert Wardrop GBR 1:07.8
7 Boris Skanata YUG 1:08.1
8 Nicolaas Meiring RSA 1:08.3
Men: 200m breaststroke
Date: 31 July 1952 / 31 July 1952 / 2 August 1952
Rank Name Nation Time
1 John Davies AUS 2:34.4
2 Bowen Stassforth USA 2:34.7
3 Herbert Klein GER 2:35.9
4 Nobayasu Hirayama JPN 2:37.4
5 Takayoshi Kajikawa JPN 2:38.6
6 Jiro Nagasawa JPN 2:39.1
7 Maurice Lusien FRA 2:39.8
8 Ludevit Komadel TCH 2:40.1
Men: 4x200m freestyle relay
Date: 28 July 1952 / 29 July 1952
Rank Name Nation Time
1 Wayne Moore; William Woolsey; Ford Konno; James McLane { + Wallace Wolf; Donald Sheff; Frank Dooley; Burwell Jones} USA 8:31.1
2 Hiroshi Suzuki; Yoshihiro Hamaguchi; Toru Goto; Teijiro Tanikawa JPN 8:33.5
3 Joseph Bernardo; Aldo Eminente; Alexandre Jany; Jean Boiteux FRA 8:45.9
4 Lars Svantesson; Goran Larsson; Per-Olof Ostrand; Olle Johansson { + Rolf Olander} SWE 8:46.8
5 Laszlo Gyongyosi; Gyorgy Csordas; Geza Kadas; Imre Nyeki { + Gusztav Kettesi} HUN 8:52.6
6 Frank Botham; Ronald Burns; Thomas Welsh; John Wardrop GBR 8:52.9
7 Graham Johnston; Dennis Ford; John Durr; Peter Duncan RSA 8:55.1
8 Federico Zwanck; Marcelo Trabucco; Pedro Galvao; Severo Yantorno ARG 8:56.9
Women: 100m freestyle
Date: 26 July 1952 / 27 July 1952 / 28 July 1952
Rank Name Nation Time
1 Katalin Szoke HUN 1:06.8
2 Hannie Termeulen NED 1:07.0
3 Judit Temes HUN 1:07.1
4 Joan Harrison RSA 1:07.1
5 Joan Alderson USA 1:07.1
6 Irma Heyting-Schuhmacher NED 1:07.3
7 Marilee Stepan USA 1:08.0
8 Angela Barnwell GBR 1:08.6
Women: 400m freestyle
Date: 31 July 1952 / 1 August 1952 / 2 August 1952
Rank Name Nation Time
1 Valeria Gyenge HUN 5:12.1
2 Eva Novak HUN 5:13.7
3 Evelyn Kawamoto USA 5:14.6
4 Carolyn Green USA 5:16.5
5 Ragnhild Andersen-Hveger DEN 5:16.9
6 Eva Szekely HUN 5:17.9
7 Ana Schultz ARG 5:24.0
8 Greta Andersen DEN 5:27.7
Women: 100m backstroke
Date: 29 July 1952 / 31 July 1952
Rank Name Nation Time
1 Joan Harrison RSA 1:14.3
2 Geertje Wielema NED 1:14.5
3 Jean Stewart NZL 1:15.8
4 Johanna De Korte NED 1:15.8
5 Barbara Stark USA 1:16.2
6 Gertrud Herrbruck GER 1:18.0
7 Margaret McDowell GBR 1:18.4
8 Ria van der Horst NED
Women: 200m breaststroke
Date: 26 July 1952 / 27 July 1952 / 29 July 1952
Rank Name Nation Time
1 Eva Szekely HUN 2:51.7
2 Eva Novak HUN 2:54.4
3 Helen Gordon GBR 2:57.6
4 Klara Killermann HUN 2:57.6
5 Jytte Hansen DEN 2:57.8
6 Marija Gavrish URS 2:58.9
7 Ulla-Britt Eklund SWE 3:01.8
8 Petronella Garritsen NED 3:02.1
Women: 4x100m freestyle relay
Date: 30 July 1952 / 1 August 1952
Rank Name Nation Time
1 Ilona Novak; Judit Temes; Eva Novak; Katalin Szoke { + Maria Littomeritzky} HUN 4:24.4
2 Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen; Koosje Van Voorn; Hannie Termeulen; Irma Heyting-Schuhmacher NED 4:29.0
3 Jacqueline Lavine; Marilee Stepan; Joan Alderson; Evelyn Kawamoto USA 4:30.1
4 Rita Larsen; Mette Petersen; Greta Andersen; Ragnhild Andersen-Hveger DEN 4:36.2
5 Phyllis Linton; Jean Botham; Angela Barnwell; Lillian Preece GBR 4:37.8
6 Marianne Lundquist; Anita Anderson; Maud Berglund; Ingegard Fredin SWE 4:39.0
7 Elisabeth Rechlin; Wera Schaferkord; Kati Jansen; Gisela Jacobs GER 4:40.3
8 Gaby Tanguy; Maryse Morandini; Ginette Jany; Josette Arene FRA 4:44.1