Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

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 breaststroke
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
VenueHelsinki Swimming Stadium
Date26 July (heats)
27 July (semifinals)
29 July (final)
Competitors34 from 19 nations
Winning time2:51.7 (OR)
Medalists
Éva Székely  Hungary
Éva Novák-Gerard  Hungary
Elenor Gordon  Great Britain
Swimming at the
1952 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
100 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
200 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mwomen
4×200 mmen

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were:

World record Éva Novák-Gerard (HUN)2:48.5 sMoscow, Soviet Union5 May 1951[2]
Olympic record Nel van Vliet (NED)2:57.2 sLondon, United Kingdom31 July 1948[2]

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationalityTimeORWR
26 JulyHeat 1Éva Novák-Gerard Hungary2:54.0OR
27 JulySemifinal 2Éva Székely Hungary2:54.0OR
29 JulyFinalÉva Székely Hungary2:51.7OR

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
RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
11 Éva Novák-Gerard Hungary 2:54.0Q, OR[4]
24 Éva Székely Hungary 2:55.1Q
35 Jytte Hansen Denmark 2:57.7Q
43 Elenor Gordon Great Britain 2:58.6Q
53 Klára Killermann Hungary 2:59.1Q
65 Nel Garritsen Netherlands 2:59.4Q
72 Lies Bonnier Netherlands 3:00.6Q
85 Ulla-Britt Eklund Sweden 3:01.2Q
95 Mariya Havrysh Soviet Union 3:01.6Q
101 Ursula Happe Germany 3:02.7Q
103 Kazuko Sakamoto Japan 3:02.7Q
124 Raymonde Vergauwen Belgium 3:02.8Q
132 Nancy Lyons Australia 3:04.4Q
144 Jean Wrigley Great Britain 3:04.5Q
151 Rika Bruins Netherlands 3:04.7Q
164 Kaija Mäkelä Finland 3:04.7Q
172 Valerie Harris Great Britain 3:04.6
185 Masayo Aoki Japan 3:05.6
193 Odette Lusien France 3:06.7
201 Vera Kostina Soviet Union 3:07.3
214 Kirsten Hedegaard Jensen Denmark 3:07.5
223 Eileen Ward Petersen Denmark 3:09.3
232 Roza Zenziveyeva Soviet Union 3:10.5
241 Ilse Albert Austria 3:12.5
251 Gail Peters United States 3:13.3
264 Irene Strong Canada 3:13.5
275 Della Sehorn United States 3:13.7
281 Margrit Knabenhans Switzerland 3:17.4
292 Judy Cornell United States 3:17.7
302 Irene Kwok Hong Kong 3:19.2
315 Liselotte Kobi Switzerland 3:22.0
324 Dolly Nazir India 3:37.9
333 Arati Saha India 3:40.8
342 Aleksandra Mróz Poland —DSQ[4]

Semifinals
RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
12 Éva Székely Hungary 2:54.0Q, OR[4]
21 Éva Novák-Gerard Hungary 2:55.8Q
31 Klára Killermann Hungary 2:56.5Q
42 Elenor Gordon Great Britain 2:57.8Q
51 Mariya Havrysh Soviet Union 2:58.6Q
62 Nel Garritsen Netherlands 2:59.5Q
71 Jytte Hansen Denmark 2:59.5Q
82 Ulla-Britt Eklund Sweden 2:59.6Q
91 Lies Bonnier Netherlands 3:00.3
101 Rika Bruins Netherlands 3:02.4
112 Raymonde Vergauwen Belgium 3:02.6
122 Jean Wrigley Great Britain 3:03.2
132 Ursula Happe Germany 3:03.8
141 Kazuko Sakamoto Japan 3:04.2
151 Nancy Lyons Australia 3:05.6
162 Kaija Mäkelä Finland 3:06.2

Final
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Éva Székely Hungary 2:51.7OR[4]
Éva Novák-Gerard Hungary 2:54.4
Elenor Gordon Great Britain 2:57.6
4 Klára Killermann Hungary 2:57.6
5 Jytte Hansen Denmark 2:57.8
6 Mariya Havrysh Soviet Union 2:58.9
7 Ulla-Britt Eklund Sweden 3:01.8
8 Nel 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. 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
  1. "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.
  2. Kolkka, p. 590.
  3. Doyle, p. 588.
  4. Kolkka, p. 591.
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