| Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Freestyle | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4×100 m | women | |
| 4×200 m | men | |
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.
| Gold | John Davies  Australia |
| Silver | Bowen Stassforth  United States |
| Bronze | Herbert Klein  Germany |
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 |
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 |
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | John Davies | Australia | 2:34.4 | OR |
 | 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
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