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 men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1952 Olympic Games took place between 31 July and 2 August at the Swimming Stadium.[1] 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.
Medalists
[edit]Gold | John Davies![]() |
Silver | Bowen Stassforth![]() |
Bronze | Herbert Klein![]() |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]16 fastest swimmer advanced to semifinals.
Heat 1
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | Monte Nitzkowski | ![]() |
2:40.6 | |
2 | Pierre Joly dit Dumesnil | ![]() |
2:43.4 | |
3 | Marek Petrusewicz | ![]() |
2:44.0 | |
4 | Juha Tikka | ![]() |
2:46.3 | |
5 | Brian Barnes | ![]() |
2:48.6 | |
6 | René Kohn | ![]() |
2:59.3 |
Heat 2
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | John Davies | ![]() |
2:39.7 | |
2 | Jiro Nagasawa | ![]() |
2:40.4 | |
3 | Nikola Trojanović | ![]() |
2:42.4 | |
4 | Bengt Rask | ![]() |
2:45.3 | |
5 | Ludovicus Schoenmaekers | ![]() |
2:46.5 | |
6 | Yury Kurchashov | ![]() |
2:47.3 | |
7 | Alfons Oehy | ![]() |
2:54.8 | |
8 | Muhammad Bashir | ![]() |
3:01.3 |
Heat 3
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | Ľudovít Komadel | ![]() |
2:38.9 | |
2 | Orlando Cossani | ![]() |
2:39.6 | |
3 | Takayoshi Kajikawa | ![]() |
2:39.6 | |
4 | Walter Ocampo | ![]() |
2:44.8 | |
5 | Octavio Mobiglia | ![]() |
2:46.1 | |
6 | Giorgio Grilz | ![]() |
– | disqualified |
Heat 4
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | Bowen Stassforth | ![]() |
2:39.3 | |
2 | David Hawkins | ![]() |
2:41.2 | |
3 | George Portelance | ![]() |
2:42.5 | |
4 | Pyotr Skripchenkov | ![]() |
2:47.3 | |
5 | Blago Barbieri | ![]() |
2:47.3 | |
6 | Knud Gleie | ![]() |
2:51.4 | |
7 | Vladimír Skovajsa | ![]() |
2:53.3 |
Heat 5
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | Jerry Holan | ![]() |
2:36.8 | |
2 | Maurice Lusien | ![]() |
2:40.9 | |
3 | Nobuyasu Hirayama | ![]() |
2:41.5 | |
4 | Adhemar Grijó Filho | ![]() |
2:47.6 | |
5 | Habib Suharko | ![]() |
2:51.3 |
Heat 6
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | Herbert Klein | ![]() |
2:37.0 | |
2 | Daan Buijze | ![]() |
2:41.9 | |
3 | Vladimir Borisenko | ![]() |
2:43.2 | |
4 | Aulis Kähkönen | ![]() |
2:43.8 | |
5 | Manuel Sanguily | ![]() |
2:44.5 | |
6 | Vlastimil Linhart | ![]() |
2:48.0 | |
7 | Awad Moukhtar Halloudah | ![]() |
2:50.5 | |
8 | Eduardo Barbeiro | ![]() |
3:04.6 |
Semifinals
[edit]Eight fastest swimmers advanced to final.
Semifinal 1
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | John Davies | ![]() |
2:36.8 | |
2 | Ľudovít Komadeľ | ![]() |
2:38.8 | |
3 | Nobuyasu Hirayama | ![]() |
2:39.1 | |
4 | Gerald Holan | ![]() |
2:39.2 | |
5 | Monte Nitzkowski | ![]() |
2:41.4 | |
6 | Daan Buijze | ![]() |
2:42.6 | |
7 | Orlando Cossani | ![]() |
2:43.1 | |
8 | George Portelance | ![]() |
2:43.8 |
Semifinal 2
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | Herbert Klein | ![]() |
2:37.0 | |
2 | Takayoshi Kajikawa | ![]() |
2:37.3 | |
3 | Bowen Stassforth | ![]() |
2:38.7 | |
4 | Jiro Nagasawa | ![]() |
2:39.0 | |
5 | Maurice Lusien | ![]() |
2:39.1 | |
6 | David Hawkins | ![]() |
2:39.8 | |
7 | Nikola Trojanović | ![]() |
2:41.8 | |
8 | Vladimir Borisenko | ![]() |
2:46.2 |
Final
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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John Davies | ![]() |
2:34.4 | OR |
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Bowen Stassforth | ![]() |
2:34.7 | |
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Herbert Klein | ![]() |
2:35.9 | |
4 | Nobuyasu Hirayama | ![]() |
2:37.4 | |
5 | Takayoshi Kajikawa | ![]() |
2:38.6 | |
6 | Jiro Nagasawa | ![]() |
2:39.1 | |
7 | Maurice Lusien | ![]() |
2:39.8 | |
8 | Ľudovít Komadeľ | ![]() |
2:40.1 |
Key: OR = Olympic record
References
[edit]- ^ "Swimming at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2016.