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

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.

Results

Heats

16 fastest swimmer advanced to semifinals.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Note
1			2:40.6
2			2:43.4
3			2:44.0
4			2:46.3
5			2:48.6
6			2:59.3

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Note
1			2:39.7
2			2:40.4
3			2:42.4
4			2:45.3
5			2:46.5
6			2:47.3
7			2:54.8
8			3:01.3

Heat 3

Rank	Time	Note
1	2:38.9
2	2:39.6
3	2:39.6
4	2:44.8
5	2:46.1
6	–	disqualified

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Note
1			2:39.3
2			2:41.2
3			2:42.5
4			2:47.3
5			2:47.3
6			2:51.4
7			2:53.3

Heat 5

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Note
1			2:36.8
2			2:40.9
3			2:41.5
4			2:47.6
5			2:51.3

Heat 6

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Note
1			2:37.0
2			2:41.9
3			2:43.2
4			2:43.8
5			2:44.5
6			2:48.0
7			2:50.5
8			3:04.6

Semifinals

Eight fastest swimmers advanced to final.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Note
1			2:36.8
2			2:38.8
3			2:39.1
4			2:39.2
5			2:41.4
6			2:42.6
7			2:43.1
8			2:43.8

Semifinal 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Note
1			2:37.0
2			2:37.3
3			2:38.7
4			2:39.0
5			2:39.1
6			2:39.8
7			2:41.8
8			2:46.2

Final

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
			2:34.4	OR
			2:34.7
			2:35.9
4			2:37.4
5			2:38.6
6			2:39.1
7			2:39.8
8			2:40.1

Key: OR = Olympic record

External links

Men 200m Breaststroke Swimming Olympic Games 1952 Helsinki (FIN)

Notes and References

Web site: Swimming at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Breaststroke . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417170310/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1952/SWI/mens-200-metres-breaststroke.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 26 September 2016 . Sports Reference.