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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.[1]
Women's 200 metre breaststroke at the Games of the XV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Helsinki Swimming Stadium | ||||||||||||
Date | 26 July (heats) 27 July (semifinals) 29 July (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 34 from 19 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 2:51.7 (OR) | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were:
World record | Éva Novák-Gerard (HUN) | 2:48.5 s | Moscow, Soviet Union | 5 May 1951 | [2] |
Olympic record | Nel van Vliet (NED) | 2:57.2 s | London, United Kingdom | 31 July 1948 | [2] |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | OR | WR |
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26 July | Heat 1 | Éva Novák-Gerard | Hungary | 2:54.0 | OR | |
27 July | Semifinal 2 | Éva Székely | Hungary | 2:54.0 | OR | |
29 July | Final | Éva Székely | Hungary | 2:51.7 | OR |
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]
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 2 | Éva Székely | Hungary | 2:54.0 | Q, OR[4] |
2 | 1 | Éva Novák-Gerard | Hungary | 2:55.8 | Q |
3 | 1 | Klára Killermann | Hungary | 2:56.5 | Q |
4 | 2 | Elenor Gordon | Great Britain | 2:57.8 | Q |
5 | 1 | Mariya Havrysh | Soviet Union | 2:58.6 | Q |
6 | 2 | Nel Garritsen | Netherlands | 2:59.5 | Q |
7 | 1 | Jytte Hansen | Denmark | 2:59.5 | Q |
8 | 2 | Ulla-Britt Eklund | Sweden | 2:59.6 | Q |
9 | 1 | Lies Bonnier | Netherlands | 3:00.3 | |
10 | 1 | Rika Bruins | Netherlands | 3:02.4 | |
11 | 2 | Raymonde Vergauwen | Belgium | 3:02.6 | |
12 | 2 | Jean Wrigley | Great Britain | 3:03.2 | |
13 | 2 | Ursula Happe | Germany | 3:03.8 | |
14 | 1 | Kazuko Sakamoto | Japan | 3:04.2 | |
15 | 1 | Nancy Lyons | Australia | 3:05.6 | |
16 | 2 | Kaija Mäkelä | Finland | 3:06.2 |
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Éva Székely | Hungary | 2:51.7 | OR[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 |
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