Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle

The women's 400 metre freestyle event at the 1952 Olympic Games took place between 31 July and 2 August at the Swimming Stadium.[1] This swimming event used freestyle swimming, which means that the method of the stroke is not regulated (unlike backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly events). Nearly all swimmers use the front crawl or a variant of that stroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of sixteen lengths of the pool.

Medalists

GoldValéria Gyenge
 Hungary
SilverÉva Novák
 Hungary
BronzeEvelyn Kawamoto
 United States

Results

Heats

Sixteen fastest swimmers advanced to semi-finals.

Heat 1

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Ana María Schultz Argentina5:26.1Q
2Huguette Peters Belgium5:29.8Q
3Mette Petersen Denmark5:30.6
4Grace Wood Great Britain5:31.2
5Kay McNamee Canada5:50.5
6Geertje Wielema Netherlands6:02.6

Heat 2

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Ragnhild Hveger Denmark5:19.6Q
2Éva Székely Hungary5:20.9Q
3Judy Davies Australia5:21.2Q
4Delia Meulenkamp United States5:21.4Q
5Lillian Preece Great Britain5:32.1
6Sybille Verckist Belgium5:40.1
7Ritva Järvinen Finland5:53.5

Heat 3

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Valéria Gyenge Hungary5:22.6Q
2Carolyn Green United States5:23.8Q
3Colette Thomas France5:36.8
4Elisabeth Rechlin Germany5:38.0
5Johanna Termeulen Netherlands5:45.5
6Gladys Priestley Canada5:52.7
7Cynthia Eager Hong Kong5:55.8

Heat 4

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Evelyn Kawamoto United States5:16.6Q
2Daphne Wilkinson Great Britain5:16.6Q
3Joan Harrison South Africa5:21.8Q
4Ingegärd Fredin Sweden5:28.7Q
5Ginette Jany France5:32.6
6Irma Heyting-Schumacher Netherlands5:45.2
7Sadako Yamashita Japan5:48.4

Heat 5

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Éva Novák Hungary5:19.1Q
2Greta Andersen Denmark5:21.3Q
3Piedade Coutinho-Tavares Brazil5:26.9Q
4Denise Norton Australia5:28.5Q
5Marianne Lundqvist Sweden5:34.4
6Josette Arene France5:44.1
7Misako Tamura Japan5:59.0

Semifinals

Eight fastest swimmers advanced to the finals.

Heat 1

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Evelyn Kawamoto United States5:21.2Q
2Éva Novák Hungary5:21.3Q
3Ana María Schultz Argentina5:22.0Q
4Greta Andersen Denmark5:22.1Q
5Joan Harrison South Africa5:23.1
6Judy Davies Australia5:25.6
7Piedade Coutinho-Tavares Brazil5:28.5
Ingegärd Fredin Sweden

Heat 2

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Valéria Gyenge Hungary5:16.9Q
2Carolyn Green United States5:18.3Q
3Éva Székely Hungary5:19.3Q
4Ragnhild Hveger Denmark5:19.5Q
5Daphne Wilkinson Great Britain5:27.2
6Delia Meulenkamp United States5:27.9
7Denise Norton Australia5:30.9
8Huguette Peters Belgium5:36.5

Final

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
Valéria Gyenge Hungary5:12.1OR
Éva Novák Hungary5:13.7
Evelyn Kawamoto United States5:14.6
4Carolyn Green United States5:16.5
5Ragnhild Hveger Denmark5:16.9
6Éva Székely Hungary5:17.9
7Ana María Schultz Argentina5:24.0
8Greta Andersen Denmark5:27.0

Key: OR = Olympic record

References

  1. "Swimming at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Women's 400 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
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