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

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{{Infobox Olympic event

|event = Women's 200 metre breaststroke

|image =

|caption =

|games = 1952 Summer

|venue = Helsinki Swimming Stadium

|date = 26 July (heats)
27 July (semifinals)
29 July (final)

|competitors = 34

|nations = 19

|win_value = 2:51.7 (OR)

|gold = Éva Székely

|goldNOC = HUN

|silver = Éva Novák-Gerard

|silverNOC = HUN

|bronze = Elenor Gordon

|bronzeNOC = GBR

|prev = 1948

|next = 1956 }}

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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.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1952/SWI/womens-200-metres-breaststroke.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417170021/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1952/SWI/womens-200-metres-breaststroke.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Swimming at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Breaststroke |accessdate=1 July 2012 |work=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference, LLC}}

Records

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

{{World Olympic Record

| world_athlete = {{flagathlete|Éva Novák-Gerard|HUN|1949}}

| world_mark = 2:48.5 s

| world_place = Moscow, Soviet Union

| world_date = 5 May 1951

| world_ref = Kolkka, p. 590.

| olympic_athlete = {{flagIOCathlete|Nel van Vliet|NED|1948 Summer}}

| olympic_mark = 2:57.2 s

| olympic_place = London, United Kingdom

| olympic_date = 31 July 1948

| olympic_ref =

}}

The following records were established during the competition:

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
DateRoundNameNationalityTimeORWR
26 JulyHeat 1align="left" | Éva Novák-Gerardalign="left" | {{flagIOC|HUN|1952 Summer}}2:54.0OR
27 JulySemifinal 2align="left" | Éva Székelyalign="left" | {{flagIOC|HUN|1952 Summer}}2:54.0OR
29 JulyFinalalign="left" | Éva Székelyalign="left" | {{flagIOC|HUN|1952 Summer}}2:51.7OR

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.Doyle, p. 588.

Results

=Heats=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
RankHeatNameNationalityTimeclass="unsortable"| Notes
bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|1

1

|align="left"|{{sortname|Éva|Novák-Gerard}}

align="left"|{{flagIOC|HUN|1952 Summer}}

|2:54.0

Q, ORKolkka, p. 591.
bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|2

4

|align="left"|{{sortname|Éva|Székely}}

align="left"|{{flagIOC|HUN|1952 Summer}}

|2:55.1

Q
bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|3

5

|align="left"|{{sortname|Jytte|Hansen}}

align="left"|{{flagIOC|DEN|1952 Summer}}

|2:57.7

Q
bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|4

3

|align="left"|{{sortname|Elenor|Gordon}}

align="left"|{{flagIOC|GBR|1952 Summer}}

|2:58.6

Q
bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|5

3

|align="left"|{{sortname|Klára|Killermann}}

align="left"|{{flagIOC|HUN|1952 Summer}}

|2:59.1

Q
bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|6

5

|align="left"|{{sortname|Nel|Garritsen}}

align="left"|{{flagIOC|NED|1952 Summer}}

|2:59.4

Q
bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|7

2

|align="left"|{{sortname|Lies|Bonnier}}

align="left"|{{flagIOC|NED|1952 Summer}}

|3:00.6

Q
bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|8

5

|align="left"|{{sortname|Ulla-Britt|Eklund}}

align="left"|{{flagIOC|SWE|1952 Summer}}

|3:01.2

Q
bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|9

5

|align="left"|{{sortname|Mariya|Havrysh}}

align="left"|{{flagIOC|URS|1952 Summer}}

|3:01.6

Q
bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|10

1

|align="left"|{{sortname|Ursula|Happe}}

align="left"|{{flagIOC|GER|1952 Summer}}

|3:02.7

Q
bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|10

3

|align="left"|{{sortname|Kazuko|Sakamoto}}

align="left"|{{flagIOC|JPN|1952 Summer}}

|3:02.7

Q
bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|12

4

|align="left"|{{sortname|Raymonde|Vergauwen}}

align="left"|{{flagIOC|BEL|1952 Summer}}

|3:02.8

Q
bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|13

2

|align="left"|{{sortname|Nancy|Lyons}}

align="left"|{{flagIOC|AUS|1952 Summer}}

|3:04.4

Q
bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|14

4

|align="left"|{{sortname|Jean|Wrigley}}

align="left"|{{flagIOC|GBR|1952 Summer}}

|3:04.5

Q
bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|15

1

|align="left"|{{sortname|Rika|Bruins}}

align="left"|{{flagIOC|NED|1952 Summer}}

|3:04.7

Q
bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|16

4

|align="left"|{{sortname|Kaija|Mäkelä}}

align="left"|{{flagIOC|FIN|1952 Summer}}

|3:04.7

Q
172

|align="left"|{{sortname|Valerie|Harris}}

align="left"|{{flagIOC|GBR|1952 Summer}}

|3:04.6

185

|align="left"|{{sortname|Masayo|Aoki}}

align="left"|{{flagIOC|JPN|1952 Summer}}

|3:05.6

193

|align="left"|{{sortname|Odette|Lusien}}

align="left"|{{flagIOC|FRA|1952 Summer}}

|3:06.7

201

|align="left"|{{sortname|Vera|Kostina}}

align="left"|{{flagIOC|URS|1952 Summer}}

|3:07.3

214

|align="left"|{{sortname|Kirsten|Hedegaard Jensen}}

align="left"|{{flagIOC|DEN|1952 Summer}}

|3:07.5

223

|align="left"|{{sortname|Eileen|Ward Petersen}}

align="left"|{{flagIOC|DEN|1952 Summer}}

|3:09.3

232

|align="left"|{{sortname|Roza|Zenziveyeva}}

align="left"|{{flagIOC|URS|1952 Summer}}

|3:10.5

241

|align="left"|{{sortname|Ilse|Albert}}

align="left"|{{flagIOC|AUT|1952 Summer}}

|3:12.5

251

|align="left"|{{sortname|Gail|Peters}}

align="left"|{{flagIOC|USA|1952 Summer}}

|3:13.3

264

|align="left"|{{sortname|Irene|Strong}}

align="left"|{{flagIOC|CAN|1952 Summer}}

|3:13.5

275

|align="left"|{{sortname|Della|Sehorn}}

align="left"|{{flagIOC|USA|1952 Summer}}

|3:13.7

281

|align="left"|{{sortname|Margrit|Knabenhans}}

align="left"|{{flagIOC|SUI|1952 Summer}}

|3:17.4

292

|align="left"|{{sortname|Judy|Cornell}}

align="left"|{{flagIOC|USA|1952 Summer}}

|3:17.7

302

|align="left"|{{sortname|Irene|Kwok}}

align="left"|{{flagIOC|HKG|1952 Summer}}

|3:19.2

315

|align="left"|{{sortname|Liselotte|Kobi}}

align="left"|{{flagIOC|SUI|1952 Summer}}

|3:22.0

324

|align="left"|{{sortname|Dolly|Nazir}}

align="left"|{{flagIOC|IND|1952 Summer}}

|3:37.9

333

|align="left"|{{sortname|Arati|Saha}}

align="left"|{{flagIOC|IND|1952 Summer}}

|3:40.8

342

|align="left"|{{sortname|Aleksandra|Mróz}}

align="left"|{{flagIOC|POL|1952 Summer}}

|—

DSQ

=Semifinals=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
RankHeatNameNationalityTimeclass="unsortable"| Notes
bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|1

2

|align="left"|{{sortname|Éva|Székely}}

align="left"|{{flagIOC|HUN|1952 Summer}}

|2:54.0

Q, OR
bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|2

1

|align="left"|{{sortname|Éva|Novák-Gerard}}

align="left"|{{flagIOC|HUN|1952 Summer}}

|2:55.8

Q
bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|3

1

|align="left"|{{sortname|Klára|Killermann}}

align="left"|{{flagIOC|HUN|1952 Summer}}

|2:56.5

Q
bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|4

2

|align="left"|{{sortname|Elenor|Gordon}}

align="left"|{{flagIOC|GBR|1952 Summer}}

|2:57.8

Q
bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|5

1

|align="left"|{{sortname|Mariya|Havrysh}}

align="left"|{{flagIOC|URS|1952 Summer}}

|2:58.6

Q
bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|6

2

|align="left"|{{sortname|Nel|Garritsen}}

align="left"|{{flagIOC|NED|1952 Summer}}

|2:59.5

Q
bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|7

1

|align="left"|{{sortname|Jytte|Hansen}}

align="left"|{{flagIOC|DEN|1952 Summer}}

|2:59.5

Q
bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|8

2

|align="left"|{{sortname|Ulla-Britt|Eklund}}

align="left"|{{flagIOC|SWE|1952 Summer}}

|2:59.6

Q
91

|align="left"|{{sortname|Lies|Bonnier}}

align="left"|{{flagIOC|NED|1952 Summer}}

|3:00.3

101

|align="left"|{{sortname|Rika|Bruins}}

align="left"|{{flagIOC|NED|1952 Summer}}

|3:02.4

112

|align="left"|{{sortname|Raymonde|Vergauwen}}

align="left"|{{flagIOC|BEL|1952 Summer}}

|3:02.6

122

|align="left"|{{sortname|Jean|Wrigley}}

align="left"|{{flagIOC|GBR|1952 Summer}}

|3:03.2

132

|align="left"|{{sortname|Ursula|Happe}}

align="left"|{{flagIOC|GER|1952 Summer}}

|3:03.8

141

|align="left"|{{sortname|Kazuko|Sakamoto}}

align="left"|{{flagIOC|JPN|1952 Summer}}

|3:04.2

151

|align="left"|{{sortname|Nancy|Lyons}}

align="left"|{{flagIOC|AUS|1952 Summer}}

|3:05.6

162

|align="left"|{{sortname|Kaija|Mäkelä}}

align="left"|{{flagIOC|FIN|1952 Summer}}

|3:06.2

=Final=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
RankNameNationalityTimeclass="unsortable"| Notes
{{gold01}}

|align="left"|{{sortname|Éva|Székely}}

align="left"|{{flagIOC|HUN|1952 Summer}}

|2:51.7

OR
{{silver02}}

|align="left"|{{sortname|Éva|Novák-Gerard}}

align="left"|{{flagIOC|HUN|1952 Summer}}

|2:54.4

{{bronze03}}

|align="left"|{{sortname|Elenor|Gordon}}

align="left"|{{flagIOC|GBR|1952 Summer}}

|2:57.6

4

|align="left"|{{sortname|Klára|Killermann}}

align="left"|{{flagIOC|HUN|1952 Summer}}

|2:57.6

5

|align="left"|{{sortname|Jytte|Hansen}}

align="left"|{{flagIOC|DEN|1952 Summer}}

|2:57.8

6

|align="left"|{{sortname|Mariya|Havrysh}}

align="left"|{{flagIOC|URS|1952 Summer}}

|2:58.9

7

|align="left"|{{sortname|Ulla-Britt|Eklund}}

align="left"|{{flagIOC|SWE|1952 Summer}}

|3:01.8

8

|align="left"|{{sortname|Nel|Garritsen}}

align="left"|{{flagIOC|NED|1952 Summer}}

|3:02.1

Sources

  • {{cite web|url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1956/OR1956.pdf |title=The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the Games of the XVI Olympiad Melbourne 1956 |format=PDF |year=1956 |accessdate=1 July 2012 |editor=Edward A. Doyle |publisher=Organising Committee for the Games of the XVI Melbourne |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080912181829/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1956/OR1956.pdf |archivedate=12 September 2008 }}
  • {{cite web|url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1952/OR1952.pdf |title=The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the Games of the XV Olympiad Helsinki 1952 |format=PDF |year=1955 |accessdate=1 July 2012 |editor=Sulo Kolkka |publisher=Organising Committee for the Games of the XV Olympiad Helsinki |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080411091045/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1952/OR1952.pdf |archivedate=11 April 2008 }}
  • {{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1952/SWI/womens-200-metres-breaststroke.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417170021/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1952/SWI/womens-200-metres-breaststroke.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Swimming at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Breaststroke |accessdate=1 July 2012 |work=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference, LLC}}

References

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