Men 100m Backstroke Swimming Olympic Games 1952 Helsinki, Finland - Friday, 1st August - Gold Medal: Yoshi Oyakawa, United States |
Final | | time | gap | L | Y | 1. Yoshinobu Oyakawa | United States | 1:05.4 | OR | - | 18 | 2. Gilbert Bozon | France | 1:06.2 | +0.8s | - | 17 | 3. Jack Taylor | United States | 1:06.4 | +1.0s | - | 21 | 4. Allen Stack | United States | 1:07.6 | +2.2s | - | 24 | 5. Pedro Galvao | Argentina | 1:07.7 | +2.3s | - | 18 | 6. Robert Wardrop | Great Britain | 1:07.8 | +2.4s | - | 20 | 7. Boris Skanata | Yugoslavia | 1:08.1 | +2.7s | - | 25 | 8. Nicolaas Lingen Meiring | South Africa | 1:08.3 | +2.9s | - | 18 |
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Heat S1 | | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | 1. Yoshinobu Oyakawa | United States | 1:05.7 | OR | - | 18 | 1. | 2. Boris Skanata | Yugoslavia | 1:07.8 | +2.1s | - | 25 | 5. | 3. Pedro Galvao | Argentina | 1:07.9 | +2.2s | - | 18 | 6. | 4. Allen Stack | United States | 1:08.0 | +2.3s | - | 24 | 7. | 5. William John Brockway | Great Britain | 1:09.0 | +3.3s | - | 23 | 9. | 6. Fernando Pavan | Brazil | 1:10.2 | +4.5s | - | 19 | 13. | 6. Lincoln Hurring | New Zealand | 1:10.2 | +4.5s | - | 20 | 13. | 8. Lucien Zins | France | 1:10.5 | +4.8s | - | 29 | 15. |
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Heat S2 | | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | 1. Gilbert Bozon | France | 1:06.6 | +0.9s | - | 17 | 2. | 2. Jack Taylor | United States | 1:07.0 | +1.3s | - | 21 | 3. | 3. Nicolaas Lingen Meiring | South Africa | 1:07.6 | +1.9s | - | 18 | 4. | 4. Robert Wardrop | Great Britain | 1:08.6 | +2.9s | - | 20 | 8. | 5. Viktor Solovyov | Soviet Union | 1:09.6 | +3.9s | - | _ | 10. | 6. Joao Goncalves Filho | Brazil | 1:09.7 | +4.0s | - | 17 | 11. | 6. Egidio Massaria | Italy | 1:09.7 | +4.0s | - | 26 | 11. | 8. Jitze Van Der Veen | Netherlands | 1:10.5 | +4.8s | - | 23 | 16. |
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Heat 1 | | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | 1. Gilbert Bozon | France | 1:07.8 | +1.8s | 4 | 17 | 4. | 2. Allen Stack | United States | 1:08.9 | +2.9s | 3 | 24 | 9. | 4. Robert Wardrop | Great Britain | 1:09.9 | +3.9s | 2 | 20 | 16. | 5. Norihiko Kurahashi | Japan | 1:10.7 | +4.7s | 7 | 19 | 23. | 6. Vladimir Lopatin | Soviet Union | 1:10.8 | +4.8s | 5 | _ | 25. | 7. Lucien Beaumont | Canada | 1:14.2 | +8.2s | 6 | 21 | 34. | 8. Khamlillal Shah | India | 1:18.3 | +12.3s | 1 | 31 | 37. |
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Heat 2 | | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | 1. Pedro Galvao | Argentina | 1:08.1 | +2.1s | 7 | 18 | 5. | 2. Yasumasu Nishino | Japan | 1:10.1 | +4.1s | 6 | 27 | 19. | 3. Clemente Mejia | Mexico | 1:10.7 | +4.7s | 1 | 23 | 23. | 4. Helmut Koppelstatter | Austria | 1:11.9 | +5.9s | 2 | 22 | 27. | 5. Hermann Gericke | Switzerland | 1:12.6 | +6.6s | 3 | 20 | 29. | 6. Jerzy Boniecki | Poland | 1:13.4 | +7.4s | 4 | 19 | 31. | 7. Eurico Surgey | Portugal | 1:13.7 | +7.7s | 5 | 20 | 32. |
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Heat 3 | | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | 1. Jack Taylor | United States | 1:07.2 | +1.2s | 4 | 21 | 2. | 2. Boris Skanata | Yugoslavia | 1:07.5 | +1.5s | 3 | 25 | 3. | 3. Joao Goncalves Filho | Brazil | 1:09.7 | +3.7s | 2 | 17 | 14. | 4. Ladislav Bacik | Czechoslovakia | 1:10.2 | +4.2s | 6 | 19 | 20. | 5. Imre Nyeki | Hungary | 1:10.6 | +4.6s | 7 | 23 | 22. | 6. Peter Salmon | Canada | 1:13.8 | +7.8s | 1 | 22 | 33. | 7. Tom Pettersen | Norway | 1:15.4 | +9.4s | 5 | 17 | 36. |
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Heat 4 | | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | 1. Yoshinobu Oyakawa | United States | 1:06.0 | | 5 | 18 | 1. | 2. Nicolaas Lingen Meiring | South Africa | 1:08.5 | +2.5s | 1 | 18 | 6. | 3. Fernando Pavan | Brazil | 1:09.1 | +3.1s | 4 | 19 | 10. | 4. Jitze Van Der Veen | Netherlands | 1:09.1 | +3.1s | 2 | 23 | 10. | 5. Bijoy Kumar Barman | India | 1:27.3 | +21.3s | 6 | 23 | 38. |
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Heat 5 | | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | 1. William John Brockway | Great Britain | 1:08.8 | +2.8s | 5 | 23 | 7. | 2. Lucien Zins | France | 1:09.7 | +3.7s | 1 | 29 | 14. | 3. Ilo Monteiro Da Fonseca | Brazil | 1:09.9 | +3.9s | 2 | 22 | 16. | 4. Leonid Sagaiduk | Soviet Union | 1:11.4 | +5.4s | 3 | _ | 26. | 5. Chuan-Yu Wu | China | 1:12.3 | +6.3s | 6 | _ | 28. | 6. Eduardo Barbeiro | Portugal | 1:13.0 | +7.0s | 4 | 20 | 30. |
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Heat 6 | | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | 1. Egidio Massaria | Italy | 1:08.8 | +2.8s | 7 | 26 | 7. | 2. Viktor Solovyov | Soviet Union | 1:09.5 | +3.5s | 3 | _ | 12. | 3. Lincoln Hurring | New Zealand | 1:09.6 | +3.6s | 4 | 20 | 13. | 4. Laszlo Gyongyosi | Hungary | 1:10.0 | +4.0s | 2 | 24 | 18. | 5. Frank Thomas O'Neill | Australia | 1:10.5 | +4.5s | 5 | 25 | 21. | 6. Erkki Emil Marttinen | Finland | 1:15.2 | +9.2s | 6 | 26 | 35. |
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Swim-Off | | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | 1. Robert Wardrop | Great Britain | 1:07.8 | | - | 20 | 16. | 2. Ilo Monteiro Da Fonseca | Brazil | 1:09.5 | +1.7s | - | 22 | 17. |
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