Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke
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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 Australia
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| Silver | Bowen Stassforth United States
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| Bronze | Herbert Klein Germany
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Results edit
Heats edit
16 fastest swimmer advanced to semifinals.
Heat 1
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monte Nitzkowski |  United States |
2:40.6 | |
| 2 | Pierre Joly dit Dumesnil |  France |
2:43.4 | |
| 3 | Marek Petrusewicz |  Poland |
2:44.0 | |
| 4 | Juha Tikka |  Finland |
2:46.3 | |
| 5 | Brian Barnes |  Great Britain |
2:48.6 | |
| 6 | René Kohn |  Luxembourg |
2:59.3 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Davies |  Australia |
2:39.7 | |
| 2 | Jiro Nagasawa |  Japan |
2:40.4 | |
| 3 | Nikola Trojanović |  Yugoslavia |
2:42.4 | |
| 4 | Bengt Rask |  Sweden |
2:45.3 | |
| 5 | Ludovicus Schoenmaekers |  Belgium |
2:46.5 | |
| 6 | Yury Kurchashov |  Soviet Union |
2:47.3 | |
| 7 | Alfons Oehy |  Switzerland |
2:54.8 | |
| 8 | Muhammad Bashir |  Pakistan |
3:01.3 |
Heat 3
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ľudovít Komadel |  Czechoslovakia |
2:38.9 | |
| 2 | Orlando Cossani |  Argentina |
2:39.6 | |
| 3 | Takayoshi Kajikawa | Japan |
2:39.6 | |
| 4 | Walter Ocampo |  Mexico |
2:44.8 | |
| 5 | Octavio Mobiglia |  Brazil |
2:46.1 | |
| 6 | Giorgio Grilz |  Italy |
– | disqualified |
Heat 4
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bowen Stassforth | United States |
2:39.3 | |
| 2 | David Hawkins | Australia |
2:41.2 | |
| 3 | George Portelance |  Canada |
2:42.5 | |
| 4 | Pyotr Skripchenkov | Soviet Union |
2:47.3 | |
| 5 | Blago Barbieri | Yugoslavia |
2:47.3 | |
| 6 | Knud Gleie |  Denmark |
2:51.4 | |
| 7 | Vladimír Skovajsa | Czechoslovakia |
2:53.3 |
Heat 5
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jerry Holan | United States |
2:36.8 | |
| 2 | Maurice Lusien | France |
2:40.9 | |
| 3 | Nobuyasu Hirayama | Japan |
2:41.5 | |
| 4 | Adhemar Grijó Filho | Brazil |
2:47.6 | |
| 5 | Habib Suharko |  Indonesia |
2:51.3 |
Heat 6
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Herbert Klein |  Germany |
2:37.0 | |
| 2 | Daan Buijze |  Netherlands |
2:41.9 | |
| 3 | Vladimir Borisenko | Soviet Union |
2:43.2 | |
| 4 | Aulis Kähkönen | Finland |
2:43.8 | |
| 5 | Manuel Sanguily |  Cuba |
2:44.5 | |
| 6 | Vlastimil Linhart | Czechoslovakia |
2:48.0 | |
| 7 | Awad Moukhtar Halloudah |  Egypt |
2:50.5 | |
| 8 | Eduardo Barbeiro |  Portugal |
3:04.6 |
Semifinals edit
Eight fastest swimmers advanced to final.
Semifinal 1
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Davies | Australia |
2:36.8 | |
| 2 | Ľudovít Komadeľ | Czechoslovakia |
2:38.8 | |
| 3 | Nobuyasu Hirayama | Japan |
2:39.1 | |
| 4 | Gerald Holan | United States |
2:39.2 | |
| 5 | Monte Nitzkowski | United States |
2:41.4 | |
| 6 | Daan Buijze | Netherlands |
2:42.6 | |
| 7 | Orlando Cossani | Argentina |
2:43.1 | |
| 8 | George Portelance | Canada |
2:43.8 |
Semifinal 2
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Herbert Klein | Germany |
2:37.0 | |
| 2 | Takayoshi Kajikawa | Japan |
2:37.3 | |
| 3 | Bowen Stassforth | United States |
2:38.7 | |
| 4 | Jiro Nagasawa | Japan |
2:39.0 | |
| 5 | Maurice Lusien | France |
2:39.1 | |
| 6 | David Hawkins | Australia |
2:39.8 | |
| 7 | Nikola Trojanović | Yugoslavia |
2:41.8 | |
| 8 | Vladimir Borisenko | Soviet Union |
2:46.2 |
Final edit
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
John Davies | Australia |
2:34.4 | OR |
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Bowen Stassforth | United States |
2:34.7 | |
 |
Herbert Klein | Germany |
2:35.9 | |
| 4 | Nobuyasu Hirayama | Japan |
2:37.4 | |
| 5 | Takayoshi Kajikawa | Japan |
2:38.6 | |
| 6 | Jiro Nagasawa | Japan |
2:39.1 | |
| 7 | Maurice Lusien | France |
2:39.8 | |
| 8 | Ľudovít Komadeľ | Czechoslovakia |
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.