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
Venue Helsinki Swimming Stadium
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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1st Éva Székely  Hungary
2nd Éva Novák-Gerard  Hungary
3rd Elenor Gordon  Great Britain
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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 [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
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.[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 23x15px 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 23x15px 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 23x15px Soviet Union 3:10.5
23 1 Ilse Albert  Austria 3:12.5
24 1 Gail Peters  United States 3:13.3
25 4 Irene Strong 23x15px Canada 3:13.5
26 5 Della Sehorn  United States 3:13.7
27 1 Margrit Knabenhans  Switzerland 3:17.4
28 2 Julia Cornell  United States 3:17.7
29 2 Irene Kwok 23x15px Hong Kong 3:19.2
30 5 Liselotte Kobi  Switzerland 3:22.0
31 4 Dolly Nazir  India 3:37.9
32 3 Arati Saha  India 3:40.8
33 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 23x15px 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 Éva Székely  Hungary 2:51.7 OR[4]
2nd Éva Novák-Gerard  Hungary 2:54.4
3rd Elenor Gordon  Great Britain 2:57.6
4 Klára Killermann  Hungary 2:57.6
5 Jytte Hansen  Denmark 2:57.8
6 Mariya Havrysh 23x15px Soviet Union 2:58.9
7 Ulla-Britt Eklund  Sweden 3:01.8
8 Nel Garritsen  Netherlands 3:02.1

Sources

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References

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  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kolkka, p. 590.
  3. ↑ Doyle, p. 588.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Kolkka, p. 591.
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