Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

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Women's 200 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
VenueHelsinki Swimming Stadium
Date26 July (heats)
27 July (semifinals)
29 July (final)
Competitors34 from 19 nations
Winning time2:51.7 (OR)
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Éva Székely  Hungary
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Éva Novák-Gerard  Hungary
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Elenor Gordon  Great Britain
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The women's 200 metre breaststroke event, included in the swimming competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics, took place on 26–29 July, at the Helsinki Swimming Stadium. In this event, swimmers covered four lengths of the 50-metre (160 ft) Olympic-sized pool employing the breaststroke. It was the sixth appearance of the event, which first appeared at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. A total of 33 competitors from 19 nations participated in the event.[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were:

World record  Éva Novák-Gerard (HUN) 2:48.5 s Moscow, Soviet Union 5 May 1951 [2]
Olympic record  Nel van Vliet (NED) 2:57.2 s London, United Kingdom 31 July 1948 [2]

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nationality Time OR WR
26 July Heat 1 Éva Novák-Gerard  Hungary 2:54.0 OR
27 July Semifinal 2 Éva Székely  Hungary 2:54.0 OR
29 July Final Éva Székely  Hungary 2:51.7 OR

Hungarian Éva Székely used the butterfly stroke in this event, which was permissible at the time. At the 1956 Summer Olympics, the 200m breaststroke event only allowed the orthodox breaststroke to be used, and a new 100m butterfly event was created.[3]

Results

Heats

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Éva Novák-Gerard  Hungary 2:54.0 Q, OR[4]
2 4 Éva Székely  Hungary 2:55.1 Q
3 5 Jytte Hansen  Denmark 2:57.7 Q
4 3 Elenor Gordon  Great Britain 2:58.6 Q
5 3 Klára Killermann  Hungary 2:59.1 Q
6 5 Nel Garritsen  Netherlands 2:59.4 Q
7 2 Lies Bonnier  Netherlands 3:00.6 Q
8 5 Ulla-Britt Eklund  Sweden 3:01.2 Q
9 5 Mariya Havrysh  Soviet Union 3:01.6 Q
10 1 Ursula Happe  Germany 3:02.7 Q
10 3 Kazuko Sakamoto  Japan 3:02.7 Q
12 4 Raymonde Vergauwen  Belgium 3:02.8 Q
13 2 Nancy Lyons  Australia 3:04.4 Q
14 4 Jean Wrigley  Great Britain 3:04.5 Q
15 1 Rika Bruins  Netherlands 3:04.7 Q
16 4 Kaija Mäkelä  Finland 3:04.7 Q
17 2 Valerie Harris  Great Britain 3:04.6
18 5 Masayo Aoki  Japan 3:05.6
19 3 Odette Lusien  France 3:06.7
20 1 Vera Kostina  Soviet Union 3:07.3
21 4 Kirsten Hedegaard Jensen  Denmark 3:07.5
22 3 Eileen Ward Petersen  Denmark 3:09.3
23 2 Roza Zenziveyeva  Soviet Union 3:10.5
24 1 Ilse Albert  Austria 3:12.5
25 1 Gail Peters  United States 3:13.3
26 4 Irene Strong  Canada 3:13.5
27 5 Della Sehorn  United States 3:13.7
28 1 Margrit Knabenhans  Switzerland 3:17.4
29 2 Judy Cornell  United States 3:17.7
30 2 Irene Kwok  Hong Kong 3:19.2
31 5 Liselotte Kobi  Switzerland 3:22.0
32 4 Dolly Nazir  India 3:37.9
33 3 Arati Saha  India 3:40.8
34 2 Aleksandra Mróz  Poland DSQ[4]

Semifinals

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Éva Székely  Hungary 2:54.0 Q, OR[4]
2 1 Éva Novák-Gerard  Hungary 2:55.8 Q
3 1 Klára Killermann  Hungary 2:56.5 Q
4 2 Elenor Gordon  Great Britain 2:57.8 Q
5 1 Mariya Havrysh  Soviet Union 2:58.6 Q
6 2 Nel Garritsen  Netherlands 2:59.5 Q
7 1 Jytte Hansen  Denmark 2:59.5 Q
8 2 Ulla-Britt Eklund  Sweden 2:59.6 Q
9 1 Lies Bonnier  Netherlands 3:00.3
10 1 Rika Bruins  Netherlands 3:02.4
11 2 Raymonde Vergauwen  Belgium 3:02.6
12 2 Jean Wrigley  Great Britain 3:03.2
13 2 Ursula Happe  Germany 3:03.8
14 1 Kazuko Sakamoto  Japan 3:04.2
15 1 Nancy Lyons  Australia 3:05.6
16 2 Kaija Mäkelä  Finland 3:06.2

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Éva Székely  Hungary 2:51.7 OR[4]
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Éva Novák-Gerard  Hungary 2:54.4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Elenor Gordon  Great Britain 2:57.6
4 Klára Killermann  Hungary 2:57.6
5 Jytte Hansen  Denmark 2:57.8
6 Mariya Havrysh  Soviet Union 2:58.9
7 Ulla-Britt Eklund  Sweden 3:01.8
8 Nel Garritsen  Netherlands 3:02.1

Sources

  • Edward A. Doyle, ed. (1956). "The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the Games of the XVI Olympiad Melbourne 1956" (PDF). Organising Committee for the Games of the XVI Melbourne. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2008. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  • Sulo Kolkka, ed. (1955). "The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the Games of the XV Olympiad Helsinki 1952" (PDF). Organising Committee for the Games of the XV Olympiad Helsinki. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2008. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  • "Swimming at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Breaststroke". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2012.

References

  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Breaststroke". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  2. ^ a b Kolkka, p. 590.
  3. ^ Doyle, p. 588.
  4. ^ a b c d Kolkka, p. 591.