Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke
December 20, 2023
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]
Edward A. Doyle, ed. (1956). (PDF). Organising Committee for the Games of the XVI Melbourne. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2008. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
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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 Women s 200 metre breaststrokeat the Games of the XV OlympiadVenueHelsinki Swimming StadiumDate26 July heats 27 July semifinals 29 July final Competitors34 from 19 nationsWinning time2 51 7 OR MedalistsEva Szekely HungaryEva Novak Gerard HungaryElenor Gordon Great Britain 19481956 Contents 1 Records 2 Results 2 1 Heats 2 2 Semifinals 2 3 Final 3 Sources 4 ReferencesRecords editPrior to this competition the existing world and Olympic records were World record nbsp Eva Novak Gerard HUN 2 48 5 s Moscow Soviet Union 5 May 1951 2 Olympic record nbsp 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 WR26 July Heat 1 Eva Novak Gerard nbsp Hungary 2 54 0 OR27 July Semifinal 2 Eva Szekely nbsp Hungary 2 54 0 OR29 July Final Eva Szekely nbsp Hungary 2 51 7 ORHungarian Eva Szekely 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 editHeats edit Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes1 1 Eva Novak Gerard nbsp Hungary 2 54 0 Q OR 4 2 4 Eva Szekely nbsp Hungary 2 55 1 Q3 5 Jytte Hansen nbsp Denmark 2 57 7 Q4 3 Elenor Gordon nbsp Great Britain 2 58 6 Q5 3 Klara Killermann nbsp Hungary 2 59 1 Q6 5 Nel Garritsen nbsp Netherlands 2 59 4 Q7 2 Lies Bonnier nbsp Netherlands 3 00 6 Q8 5 Ulla Britt Eklund nbsp Sweden 3 01 2 Q9 5 Mariya Havrysh nbsp Soviet Union 3 01 6 Q10 1 Ursula Happe nbsp Germany 3 02 7 Q10 3 Kazuko Sakamoto nbsp Japan 3 02 7 Q12 4 Raymonde Vergauwen nbsp Belgium 3 02 8 Q13 2 Nancy Lyons nbsp Australia 3 04 4 Q14 4 Jean Wrigley nbsp Great Britain 3 04 5 Q15 1 Rika Bruins nbsp Netherlands 3 04 7 Q16 4 Kaija Makela nbsp Finland 3 04 7 Q17 2 Valerie Harris nbsp Great Britain 3 04 618 5 Masayo Aoki nbsp Japan 3 05 619 3 Odette Lusien nbsp France 3 06 720 1 Vera Kostina nbsp Soviet Union 3 07 321 4 Kirsten Hedegaard Jensen nbsp Denmark 3 07 522 3 Eileen Ward Petersen nbsp Denmark 3 09 323 2 Roza Zenziveyeva nbsp Soviet Union 3 10 524 1 Ilse Albert nbsp Austria 3 12 525 1 Gail Peters nbsp United States 3 13 326 4 Irene Strong nbsp Canada 3 13 527 5 Della Sehorn nbsp United States 3 13 728 1 Margrit Knabenhans nbsp Switzerland 3 17 429 2 Judy Cornell nbsp United States 3 17 730 2 Irene Kwok nbsp Hong Kong 3 19 231 5 Liselotte Kobi nbsp Switzerland 3 22 032 4 Dolly Nazir nbsp India 3 37 933 3 Arati Saha nbsp India 3 40 834 2 Aleksandra Mroz nbsp Poland DSQ 4 Semifinals edit Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes1 2 Eva Szekely nbsp Hungary 2 54 0 Q OR 4 2 1 Eva Novak Gerard nbsp Hungary 2 55 8 Q3 1 Klara Killermann nbsp Hungary 2 56 5 Q4 2 Elenor Gordon nbsp Great Britain 2 57 8 Q5 1 Mariya Havrysh nbsp Soviet Union 2 58 6 Q6 2 Nel Garritsen nbsp Netherlands 2 59 5 Q7 1 Jytte Hansen nbsp Denmark 2 59 5 Q8 2 Ulla Britt Eklund nbsp Sweden 2 59 6 Q9 1 Lies Bonnier nbsp Netherlands 3 00 310 1 Rika Bruins nbsp Netherlands 3 02 411 2 Raymonde Vergauwen nbsp Belgium 3 02 612 2 Jean Wrigley nbsp Great Britain 3 03 213 2 Ursula Happe nbsp Germany 3 03 814 1 Kazuko Sakamoto nbsp Japan 3 04 215 1 Nancy Lyons nbsp Australia 3 05 616 2 Kaija Makela nbsp Finland 3 06 2Final edit Rank Name Nationality Time Notes nbsp Eva Szekely nbsp Hungary 2 51 7 OR 4 nbsp Eva Novak Gerard nbsp Hungary 2 54 4 nbsp Elenor Gordon nbsp Great Britain 2 57 64 Klara Killermann nbsp Hungary 2 57 65 Jytte Hansen nbsp Denmark 2 57 86 Mariya Havrysh nbsp Soviet Union 2 58 97 Ulla Britt Eklund nbsp Sweden 3 01 88 Nel Garritsen nbsp Netherlands 3 02 1Sources editEdward 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 edit 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 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