Women 200m Breaststroke Swimming Olympic Games 1952 Helsinki, Finland - Tuesday, 29th July - Gold Medal: Éva Székely, Hungary
Final timegapLY
1. Éva SzékelyHUN Hungary2:51.7OR-25
2. Éva Novák-GérardHUN Hungary2:54.4+2.7s-22
3. Elenor Gordon-McKayGBR Great Britain2:57.6+5.9s-19
4. Klára Killermann-BartosHUN Hungary2:57.6+5.9s-23
5. Jytte HansenDEN Denmark2:57.8+6.1s-20
6. Mariya GavrishURS Soviet Union2:58.9+7.2s-21
7. Ulla-Britt EklundSWE Sweden3:01.8+10.1s-17
8. Petronella Fredrika GarritsenNED Netherlands3:02.1+10.4s-19
Venue: Helsinki Swimming Stadium. 33 Competitors from 19 Nations.
World Record: Éva Novák-Gérard, Hungary 2:48.5 Moscow, Soviet Union 5 May 1951
Olympic Record: Petronella "Nel" van Vliet, Netherlands 2:57.2 London, Great Britain 31 July 1948
Todor 66index Swimming OG
index Helsinki 1952index Swimming Helsinki 1952
Men 100m FreestyleWomen 100m Freestyle
Men 400m FreestyleWomen 400m Freestyle
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 Women 100m Butterfly1956 Women 200m Breaststroke
Women 200m Breaststroke History1948 Women 200m Breaststroke
The final was a battle of contrasting styles. Székely was a butterfly swimmer whilst Novák favoured the orthodox breaststroke. It was the butterfly technique that won out, as Székely finished well ahead of Novák with a Hungarian sweep of the medals only thwarted by the finishing effort of Elenor Gordon. Gordon spotted her finish better than Klára Killermann-Bartos. In sixth place was the Ukrainian Mariya Havrysh, the only Soviet swimming finalist of the 1952 Games.

Semi-Finals - Sunday, 27th July

First 8 times advanced to Final.
Semi 1 timegapLYRk.
1. Éva Novák-GérardHUN Hungary2:55.8+1.8s-222.
2. Klára Killermann-BartosHUN Hungary2:56.5+2.5s-233.
3. Mariya GavrishURS Soviet Union2:58.6+4.6s-215.
4. Jytte HansenDEN Denmark2:59.5+5.5s-206.
5. Lies BonnierNED Netherlands3:00.3+6.3s-279.
6. Hendrika BruinsNED Netherlands3:02.4+8.4s-1810.
7. Kazuko SakamotoJPN Japan3:04.2+10.2s-1614.
8. Nancy LyonsAUS Australia3:05.6+11.6s-2215.
Semi 2 timegapLYRk.
1. Éva SzékelyHUN Hungary2:54.0 -251.
2. Elenor Gordon-McKayGBR Great Britain2:57.8+3.8s-194.
3. Petronella Fredrika GarritsenNED Netherlands2:59.5+5.5s-196.
4. Ulla-Britt EklundSWE Sweden2:59.6+5.6s-178.
5. Raymonda Elisa VergauwenBEL Belgium3:02.6+8.6s-2411.
6. Jean WrigleyGBR Great Britain3:03.2+9.2s-1612.
7. Ursula HappeGER Germany3:03.8+9.8s-2513.
8. Kaija Anneli Mäkelä-SyvelahtiFIN Finland3:06.2+12.2s-2116.
World record holder Éva Novák-Gérard headed a trio of Hungarians who would contend for Olympic glory. Novák-Gérard and Éva Székely had been third and fourth respectively in London but were favoured to improve their finishing positions in Helsinki. All three Hungarians record times were under the existing Olympic Record in the preliminaries as did the Scottish swimmer, Elenor Gordon but the reigning European champion, Raymonda Vergauwen of Belguim, missed a place in the final.

Heats - Saturday, 26th July

First 16 times advanced to Semi-Final.
Heat 1 timegapLYRk.
1. Éva Novák-GérardHUN Hungary2:54.0 3221.
2. Ursula HappeGER Germany3:02.7+8.7s12510.
3. Hendrika BruinsNED Netherlands3:04.7+10.7s41816.
4. Vera KostinaURS Soviet Union3:07.3+13.3s5_20.
5. Ilse AlbertAUT Austria3:12.5+18.5s62324.
6. Gail PetersUSA United States3:13.3+19.3s22325.
7. Margrit KnabenhansSUI Switzerland3:17.4+23.4s71728.
Heat 2 timegapLYRk.
1. Lies BonnierNED Netherlands3:00.6+6.6s2277.
2. Nancy LyonsAUS Australia3:04.4+10.4s62213.
3. Valerie Gladys HarrisGBR Great Britain3:04.6+10.6s31615.
4. Roza ZenziveevaURS Soviet Union3:10.5+16.5s42123.
5. Julia May CornellUSA United States3:17.7+23.7s11929.
6. Irene Anita KwokHKG Hong Kong3:19.2+25.2s51830.
-. Aleksandra MrozPOL PolandDSQ 717-.
Heat 3 timegapLYRk.
1. Elenor Gordon-McKayGBR Great Britain2:58.6+4.6s5194.
2. Klára Killermann-BartosHUN Hungary2:59.1+5.1s1235.
3. Kazuko SakamotoJPN Japan3:02.7+8.7s61610.
4. Odette Lusien-CasteurFRA France3:06.7+12.7s42419.
4. Eileen Ward PetersenDEN Denmark3:09.3+15.3s21522.
6. Arati SahaIND India3:40.8+46.8s3_33.
Heat 4 timegapLYRk.
1. Éva SzékelyHUN Hungary2:55.1+1.1s5252.
2. Raymonda Elisa VergauwenBEL Belgium3:02.8+8.8s72412.
3. Jean WrigleyGBR Great Britain3:04.5+10.5s31614.
4. Kaija Anneli Mäkelä-SyvelahtiFIN Finland3:04.7+10.7s42116.
5. Kirsten Hedegaard JensenDEN Denmark3:07.5+13.5s11721.
6. Irene StrongCAN Canada3:13.5+19.5s62326.
7. Dolly Rustom NazirIND India3:37.9+43.9s2_32.
Heat 5 timegapLYRk.
1. Jytte HansenDEN Denmark2:57.7+3.7s7203.
2. Petronella Fredrika GarritsenNED Netherlands2:59.4+5.4s6196.
3. Ulla-Britt EklundSWE Sweden3:01.2+7.2s3178.
4. Mariya GavrishURS Soviet Union3:01.6+7.6s2219.
5. Masayo AokiJPN Japan3:05.6+11.6s41618.
6. Della SehornUSA United States3:13.7+19.7s52527.
7. Liselotte KobiSUI Switzerland3:22.0+28.0s12231.
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