Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics

At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, a total number of eleven swimming events were contested, six for men and five for women. The events were held at the Swimming Stadium. There was a total of 319 participants from 48 countries competing.

Medal table

Medal summary

Men's events 100 m freestyle 57.4 57.4 58.2 400 m freestyle 4:30.7 (OR) 4:31.3 4:35.2 1500 m freestyle 18:30.3 (OR) 18:41.4 18:51.3 100 m backstroke 1:05.4 (OR) 1:06.2 1:06.4 200 m breaststroke 2:34.4 (OR) 2:34.7 2:35.9 4 × 200 m freestyle relay Wayne MooreBill WoolseyFord KonnoJimmy McLane 8:31.1 (OR) Hiroshi SuzukiYoshihiro HamaguchiToru GotoTeijiro Tanikawa 8:33.5 Joseph BernardoAldo EminenteAlexandre JanyJean Boiteux 8:45.9

Women's events 100 m freestyle 1:06.8 1:07.0 1:07.1 400 m freestyle 5:12.1 (OR) 5:13.7 5:14.6 100 m backstroke 1:14.3 1:14.5 1:15.8 200 m breaststroke 2:51.7 (OR) 2:54.4 2:57.6 4 × 100 m freestyle relay Ilona NovákJudit TemesÉva NovákKatalin Szöke 4:24.4 (WR) Marie-Louise Linssen-VaessenKoosje van VoornHannie TermeulenIrma Heijting-Schuhmacher 4:29.0 Jackie LaVineMarilee StepanJody AldersonEvelyn Kawamoto 4:30.1

Participating nations 319 swimmers from 48 nations competed.

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