Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke
Appearance
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 men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1952 Olympic Games took place between 31 July and 2 August at the Swimming Stadium.[1] This swimming event used the breaststroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of four lengths of the pool.
Medalists
[edit]Gold | John Davies |
Silver | Bowen Stassforth |
Bronze | Herbert Klein |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]16 fastest swimmer advanced to semifinals.
Heat 1
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Monte Nitzkowski | 2:40.6 | ||
2 | Pierre Joly dit Dumesnil | 2:43.4 | ||
3 | Marek Petrusewicz | 2:44.0 | ||
4 | Juha Tikka | 2:46.3 | ||
5 | Brian Barnes | 2:48.6 | ||
6 | René Kohn | 2:59.3 |
Heat 2
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | John Davies | 2:39.7 | ||
2 | Jiro Nagasawa | 2:40.4 | ||
3 | Nikola Trojanović | 2:42.4 | ||
4 | Bengt Rask | 2:45.3 | ||
5 | Ludovicus Schoenmaekers | 2:46.5 | ||
6 | Yury Kurchashov | 2:47.3 | ||
7 | Alfons Oehy | 2:54.8 | ||
8 | Muhammad Bashir | 3:01.3 |
Heat 3
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ľudovít Komadel | 2:38.9 | ||
2 | Orlando Cossani | 2:39.6 | ||
3 | Takayoshi Kajikawa | 2:39.6 | ||
4 | Walter Ocampo | 2:44.8 | ||
5 | Octavio Mobiglia | 2:46.1 | ||
6 | Giorgio Grilz | – | disqualified |
Heat 4
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Bowen Stassforth | 2:39.3 | ||
2 | David Hawkins | 2:41.2 | ||
3 | George Portelance | 2:42.5 | ||
4 | Pyotr Skripchenkov | 2:47.3 | ||
5 | Blago Barbieri | 2:47.3 | ||
6 | Knud Gleie | 2:51.4 | ||
7 | Vladimír Skovajsa | 2:53.3 |
Heat 5
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jerry Holan | 2:36.8 | ||
2 | Maurice Lusien | 2:40.9 | ||
3 | Nobuyasu Hirayama | 2:41.5 | ||
4 | Adhemar Grijó Filho | 2:47.6 | ||
5 | Habib Suharko | 2:51.3 |
Heat 6
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Herbert Klein | 2:37.0 | ||
2 | Daan Buijze | 2:41.9 | ||
3 | Vladimir Borisenko | 2:43.2 | ||
4 | Aulis Kähkönen | 2:43.8 | ||
5 | Manuel Sanguily | 2:44.5 | ||
6 | Vlastimil Linhart | 2:48.0 | ||
7 | Awad Moukhtar Halloudah | 2:50.5 | ||
8 | Eduardo Barbeiro | 3:04.6 |
Semifinals
[edit]Eight fastest swimmers advanced to final.
Semifinal 1
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | John Davies | 2:36.8 | ||
2 | Ľudovít Komadeľ | 2:38.8 | ||
3 | Nobuyasu Hirayama | 2:39.1 | ||
4 | Gerald Holan | 2:39.2 | ||
5 | Monte Nitzkowski | 2:41.4 | ||
6 | Daan Buijze | 2:42.6 | ||
7 | Orlando Cossani | 2:43.1 | ||
8 | George Portelance | 2:43.8 |
Semifinal 2
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Herbert Klein | 2:37.0 | ||
2 | Takayoshi Kajikawa | 2:37.3 | ||
3 | Bowen Stassforth | 2:38.7 | ||
4 | Jiro Nagasawa | 2:39.0 | ||
5 | Maurice Lusien | 2:39.1 | ||
6 | David Hawkins | 2:39.8 | ||
7 | Nikola Trojanović | 2:41.8 | ||
8 | Vladimir Borisenko | 2:46.2 |
Final
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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John Davies | 2:34.4 | OR | ||
Bowen Stassforth | 2:34.7 | |||
Herbert Klein | 2:35.9 | |||
4 | Nobuyasu Hirayama | 2:37.4 | ||
5 | Takayoshi Kajikawa | 2:38.6 | ||
6 | Jiro Nagasawa | 2:39.1 | ||
7 | Maurice Lusien | 2:39.8 | ||
8 | Ľudovít Komadeľ | 2:40.1 |
Key: OR = Olympic record
References
[edit]- ^ "Swimming at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2016.