Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

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The women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 1952 Olympic Games took place on 30 July and 1 August at the Swimming Stadium.[1] This swimming event used freestyle as a relay, with swimmers typically using the front crawl. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, each of the four swimmers completed two lengths of the pool. The first swimmer had to touch the wall before the second could leave the starting block; timing of the starts was thus important.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 
Katalin Szöke
Mária Littomeritzky
 Netherlands
Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen
Koosje van Voorn
Hannie Termeulen
Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher
 United States
Jackie LaVine
Marilee Stepan
Jody Alderson
Evelyn Kawamoto

Results

Heats

[2]

Heat One
Place Swimmers Time Notes
1  
Éva Gérard-Novák, Ilona Novák and Katalin Szőke (HUN
)
4:32.5
2  Phyllis Linton, Jean Botham, Angela Barnwell and Lillian Preece (GBR) 4:36.0
3  
Mette Ove Petersen, Greta Andersen and Ragnhild Hveger (DEN
)
4:36.4
4  
Gisela Jacob-Arendt (GER
)
4:42.7
5  Maria Nardi, Fides Benini, Eva Belaise and Romana Calligaris (ITA) 4:52.6
6  Yasuko Oishi, Fumiko Sakaguchi, Misako Tamura and Sadako Yamashita (JPN) 4:54.0 NR
Heat Two
Place Swimmers Time Notes
1  Evelyn Kawamoto, Jackie LaVine, Marilee Stepan and Jody Alderson (USA) 4:28.1
2  Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen, Koosje van Voorn, Hannie Termeulen and Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher (NED) 4:30.6
3  
Ingegerd Fredin (SWE
)
4:38.1
4  Josette Arène, Maryse Morandini, Gaby Tanguy and Ginette Jany-Sendral (FRA) 4:42.0
5  Irene Strong, Lenora Fisher, Gladys Priestley and Kay McNamee (CAN) 4:54.8
6  Nicole Guilini, Huguette Peeters, Irène Possemiers and Sybille Verckist (BEL) 4:54.8
7  Raili Riuttala, Ritva Koivula, Anneli Haaranen and Ritva Järvinen (FIN) 4:56.0

Final

[3]

Place Swimmers Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  
Éva Gérard-Novák, and Katalin Szőke (HUN
)
4:24.4 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen, Koosje van Voorn, Hannie Termeulen and Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher (NED) 4:29.0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Jackie LaVine, Marilee Stepan, Jody Alderson and Evelyn Kawamoto (USA) 4:30.1
4  
Mette Ove Petersen, Greta Andersen and Ragnhild Hveger (DEN
)
4:36.2
5  Phyllis Linton, Jean Botham, Angela Barnwell and Lillian Preece (GBR) 4:37.8
6  
Ingegerd Fredin (SWE
)
4:39.0
7  
Gisela Jacob-Arendt (GER
)
4:40.3
8  Gaby Tanguy, Maryse Morandini, Ginette Jany-Sendral and Josette Arène (FRA) 4:44.1

References

  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Women's 4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  2. ^ Heats Summary
  3. ^ Final