Men 200m Breaststroke Swimming Olympic Games 1952 Helsinki, Finland - Saturdaty, 2nd August - Gold Medal: John Davies, Australia
Final timegapLY
1. John DaviesAUS Australia2:34.4OR423
2. Bowen StassforthUSA United States2:34.7+0.3s625
3. Herbert KleinGER Germany2:35.9+1.5s529
4. Nobuyasu HirayamaJPN Japan2:37.4+3.0s118
5. Takayoshi KajikawaJPN Japan2:38.6+4.2s318
6. Jiro NagasawaJPN Japan2:39.1+4.7s720
7. Maurice LusienFRA France2:39.8+5.4s825
8. Ludevit KomadelTCH Czechoslovakia2:40.1+5.7s224
Venue: Helsinki Swimming Stadium. 40 Competitors from 27 Nations.
World Record: Herbert Klein, Germany 2:27.3 Munchen, West Germany 9 June 1951
Olympic Record: Joe Verdeur, United States 2:39.3 London, Great Britain 7 August 1948
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Men 1500m Freestyle
Men 100m BackstrokeWomen 100m Backstroke
Men 200m BreaststrokeWomen 200m Breaststroke
Men 4x200m Freestyle RelayWomen 4x100m Freestyle Relay
It was virtually mixed Breaststroke and Butterfly event.
1956 Men 200m Butterfly1956 Men 200m Breaststroke
Men 200m Breaststroke History1948 Men 200m Breaststroke
For the first and last time in Olympic Breaststroke history every finalist used the butterfly stroke as by the next Olympic Games the butterfly would be contested as a separate event. Although the German world record holder Herbert Klein was in the field there was no clear favourite for this race and the evenly matched performances of some of the main contenders in the heats and semi-finals did not help to resolve the issue of favouritism. Klein led the final at the halfway stage but was passed by Australia's John Davies and Bowen Stassforth of the USA over the second half of the race. Although Davies had finished fourth in this event in 1948 in London, his victory in Helsinki was unexpected.
Semifinals
Semi 1TeamtimeRk.
1. John DaviesAUSAUS2:36.81.
2. Komadeľ ĽudovítTCHTCH2:38.85.
3. Nobuyasu HirayamaJPNJPN2:39.16.
4. Gerald HolanUSAUSA2:39.29.
5. Monty NitzkowskiUSAUSA2:41.411.
6. Daan BuijzeNEDNED2:42.613.
7. Orlando CossaniARGARG2:43.114.
8. George PortelanceCaNCaN2:43.815.
Semi 2TeamtimeRk.
1. Herbert KleinGERGER2:37.02.
2. Takayoshi KajikawaJPNJPN2:37.33.
3. Bowen StassforthUSAUSA2:38.74.
4. Jiro NagasawaJPNJPN2:39.06.
5. Maurice LusienFRAFRA2:39.18.
6. David HawkinsAUSAUS2:39.810.
7. Nikola TrojanovićYUGYUG2:41.812.
8. Vladimir BorisenkoURSURS2:46.216.
Heats
Heat 1TeamtimeRk.
1. Monty NitzkowskiUSAUSA2:40.69.
2. Pierre Joly dit DumesnilFRAFRA2:43.417.
3. Marek PetrusewiczPOLPOL2:44.019.
4. Juha TikkaFINFIN2:46.324.
5. Brian BarnesGBRGBR2:48.631.
6. René KohnLUXLUX2:59.337.
Heat 2TeamtimeRk.
1. John DaviesAUSAUS2:39.77.
2. Jiro NagasawaJPNJPN2:40.48.
3. Nikola TrojanovićYUGYUG2:42.414.
4. Bengt RaskSWESWE2:45.322.
5. Ludovicus SchoenmaekersBELBEL2:46.525.
6. Yury KurchashovURSURS2:47.326.
7. Alfons OehySUISUI2:54.836.
8. Muhammad BashirPAKPAK3:01.338.
Heat 3TeamtimeRk.
1. Komadeľ ĽudovítTCHTCH2:38.93.
2. Orlando CossaniARGARG2:39.65.
3. Takayoshi KajikawaJPNJPN2:39.65.
4. Walter OcampoMEXMEX2:44.821.
5. Octavio MobigliaBRABRA2:46.123.
-. Giorgio GrilzITAITA
Heat 4TeamtimeRk.
1. Bowen StassforthUSAUSA2:39.34.
2. David HawkinsAUSAUS2:41.211.
3. George PortelanceCaNCaN2:42.515.
4. Pyotr SkripchenkovURSURS2:47.326.
5. Blago BarbijeriYUGYUG2:47.326.
6. Knud GleieDENDEN2:51.434.
7. Vladimír SkovajsaTCHTCH2:53.335.
Heat 5TeamtimeRk.
1. Gerald HolanUSAUSA2:36.81.
2. Maurice LusienFRAFRA2:40.910.
3. Nobuyasu HirayamaJPNJPN2:41.512.
4. Adhemar Grijó FilhoBRABRA2:47.629.
5. Habib SuharkoINAINA2:51.333.
Heat 6TeamtimeRk.
1. Herbert KleinGERGER2:37.02.
2. Daan BuijzeNEDNED2:41.913.
3. Vladimir BorisenkoURSURS2:43.216.
4. Aulis KähkönenFINFIN2:43.818.
5. Manuel SanguilyCUBCUB2:44.520.
6. Vlastimil LinhartTCHTCH2:48.030.
7. Awad Moukhtar HalloudahEGYEGY2:50.532.
8. Eduardo BarbeiroPORPOR3:04.639.
Todor 66
index Helsinki 1952
index Swimming OG
index Swimming 1952
Men 100m Freestyle
Men 400m Freestyle
Men 1500m Freestyle
Men 100m Backstroke
Men 200m Breaststroke
Men 4x200m Freestyle Relay
Women 100m Freestyle
Women 400m Freestyle
Women 100m Backstroke
Women 200m Breaststroke
Women 4x100m Freestyle Relay
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