en Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Swimming
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Swimming; at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Venue	Helsinki Swimming Stadium
Dates	26 July – 2 August 1952
No. of events	11
Competitors	319 from 48 nations
	← 1948 1956 →

At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, a total number of eleven swimming events were contested, six for men and five for women.^[1] The events were held at the Swimming Stadium. There was a total of 319 participants from 48 countries competing.^[2]

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 entries)		11	11	11	33

Medal summary

Men's events

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle details	Clarke Scholes United States	57.4	Hiroshi Suzuki Japan	57.4	Göran Larsson Sweden	58.2
400 m freestyle details	Jean Boiteux France	4:30.7 (OR)	Ford Konno United States	4:31.3	Per-Olof Östrand Sweden	4:35.2
1500 m freestyle details	Ford Konno United States	18:30.3 (OR)	Shiro Hashizume Japan	18:41.4	Tetsuo Okamoto Brazil	18:51.3
100 m backstroke details	Yoshi Oyakawa United States	1:05.4 (OR)	Gilbert Bozon France	1:06.2	Jack Taylor United States	1:06.4
200 m breaststroke details	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 details	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

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle details	Katalin Szöke Hungary	1:06.8	Hannie Termeulen Netherlands	1:07.0	Judit Temes Hungary	1:07.1
400 m freestyle details	Valéria Gyenge Hungary	5:12.1 (OR)	Éva Novák Hungary	5:13.7	Evelyn Kawamoto United States	5:14.6
100 m backstroke details	Joan Harrison South Africa	1:14.3	Geertje Wielema Netherlands	1:14.5	Jean Stewart New Zealand	1:15.8
200 m breaststroke details	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 details	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