Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke
Women's 200 metre breaststroke at the Games of the XV Olympiad | ||||||||||
Venue | Helsinki Swimming Stadium | |||||||||
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Date | 26 July (heats) 27 July (semifinals) 29 July (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 33 from 19 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 2:51.7 (OR) | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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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 women's 200 metre breaststroke event, included in the swimming competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics, took place on July 26–29, 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 |
Olympic record | Nel van Vliet (NED) | 2:57.2 s | London, United Kingdom | 31 July 1948 |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | OR | WR |
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July 26 | Heat 1 | Éva Novák-Gerard | Hungary | 2:54.0 | OR | |
July 27 | Semifinal 2 | Éva Székely | Hungary | 2:54.0 | OR | |
July 29 | 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.[2]
Results
Heats
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 1 | Novák-Gerard, ÉvaÉva Novák-Gerard | Hungary | 2:54.0 | Q, OR[3] |
2 | 4 | Székely, ÉvaÉva Székely | Hungary | 2:55.1 | Q |
3 | 5 | Hansen, JytteJytte Hansen | Denmark | 2:57.7 | Q |
4 | 3 | Gordon, ElenorElenor Gordon | Great Britain | 2:58.6 | Q |
5 | 3 | Killermann, KláraKlára Killermann | Hungary | 2:59.1 | Q |
6 | 5 | Garritsen, NelNel Garritsen | Netherlands | 2:59.4 | Q |
7 | 2 | Bonnier, LiesLies Bonnier | Netherlands | 3:00.6 | Q |
8 | 5 | Eklund, Ulla-BrittUlla-Britt Eklund | Sweden | 3:01.2 | Q |
9 | 5 | Havrysh, MariyaMariya Havrysh | Soviet Union | 3:01.6 | Q |
10 | 1 | Happe, UrsulaUrsula Happe | Germany | 3:02.7 | Q |
10 | 3 | Sakamoto, KazukoKazuko Sakamoto | Japan | 3:02.7 | Q |
12 | 4 | Vergauwen, RaymondeRaymonde Vergauwen | Belgium | 3:02.8 | Q |
13 | 2 | Lyons, NancyNancy Lyons | Australia | 3:04.4 | Q |
14 | 4 | Wrigley, JeanJean Wrigley | Great Britain | 3:04.5 | Q |
15 | 1 | Bruins, RikaRika Bruins | Netherlands | 3:04.7 | Q |
16 | 4 | Mäkelä, KaijaKaija Mäkelä | Finland | 3:04.7 | Q |
17 | 2 | Harris, ValerieValerie Harris | Great Britain | 3:04.6 | |
18 | 5 | Aoki, MasayoMasayo Aoki | Japan | 3:05.6 | |
19 | 3 | Lusien, OdetteOdette Lusien | France | 3:06.7 | |
20 | 1 | Kostina, VeraVera Kostina | Soviet Union | 3:07.3 | |
21 | 4 | Hedegaard Jensen, KirstenKirsten Hedegaard Jensen | Denmark | 3:07.5 | |
22 | 3 | Ward Petersen, EileenEileen Ward Petersen | Denmark | 3:09.3 | |
23 | 2 | Zenziveyeva, RozaRoza Zenziveyeva | Soviet Union | 3:10.5 | |
23 | 1 | Albert, IlseIlse Albert | Austria | 3:12.5 | |
24 | 1 | Peters, GailGail Peters | United States | 3:13.3 | |
25 | 4 | Strong, IreneIrene Strong | Canada | 3:13.5 | |
26 | 5 | Sehorn, DellaDella Sehorn | United States | 3:13.7 | |
27 | 1 | Knabenhans, MargritMargrit Knabenhans | Switzerland | 3:17.4 | |
28 | 2 | Cornell, JudyJudy Cornell | United States | 3:17.7 | |
29 | 2 | Kwok, IreneIrene Kwok | Hong Kong | 3:19.2 | |
30 | 5 | Kobi, LiselotteLiselotte Kobi | Switzerland | 3:22.0 | |
31 | 4 | Nazir, DollyDolly Nazir | India | 3:37.9 | |
32 | 3 | Saha, AratiArati Saha | India | 3:40.8 | |
33 | 2 | Mróz, AleksandraAleksandra Mróz | Poland | — | DSQ[3] |
Semifinals
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 2 | Székely, ÉvaÉva Székely | Hungary | 2:54.0 | Q, OR[3] |
2 | 1 | Novák-Gerard, ÉvaÉva Novák-Gerard | Hungary | 2:55.8 | Q |
3 | 1 | Killermann, KláraKlára Killermann | Hungary | 2:56.5 | Q |
4 | 2 | Gordon, ElenorElenor Gordon | Great Britain | 2:57.8 | Q |
5 | 1 | Havrysh, MariyaMariya Havrysh | Soviet Union | 2:58.6 | Q |
6 | 2 | Garritsen, NelNel Garritsen | Netherlands | 2:59.5 | Q |
7 | 1 | Hansen, JytteJytte Hansen | Denmark | 2:59.5 | Q |
8 | 2 | Eklund, Ulla-BrittUlla-Britt Eklund | Sweden | 2:59.6 | Q |
9 | 1 | Bonnier, LiesLies Bonnier | Netherlands | 3:00.3 | |
10 | 1 | Bruins, RikaRika Bruins | Netherlands | 3:02.4 | |
11 | 2 | Vergauwen, RaymondeRaymonde Vergauwen | Belgium | 3:02.6 | |
12 | 2 | Wrigley, JeanJean Wrigley | Great Britain | 3:03.2 | |
13 | 2 | Happe, UrsulaUrsula Happe | Germany | 3:03.8 | |
14 | 1 | Sakamoto, KazukoKazuko Sakamoto | Japan | 3:04.2 | |
15 | 1 | Lyons, NancyNancy Lyons | Australia | 3:05.6 | |
16 | 2 | Mäkelä, KaijaKaija Mäkelä | Finland | 3:06.2 |
Final
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Székely, ÉvaÉva Székely | Hungary | 2:51.7 | OR[3] | |
Novák-Gerard, ÉvaÉva Novák-Gerard | Hungary | 2:54.4 | ||
Gordon, ElenorElenor Gordon | Great Britain | 2:57.6 | ||
4 | Killermann, KláraKlára Killermann | Hungary | 2:57.6 | |
5 | Hansen, JytteJytte Hansen | Denmark | 2:57.8 | |
6 | Havrysh, MariyaMariya Havrysh | Soviet Union | 2:58.9 | |
7 | Eklund, Ulla-BrittUlla-Britt Eklund | Sweden | 3:01.8 | |
8 | Garritsen, NelNel 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. 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. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
- "Swimming at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Breaststroke". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 1 July 2012.