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Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics - Women's 200 metre breaststroke

Women's 200 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Venue Helsinki Swimming Stadium
Date 26 July (heats)
27 July (semifinals)
29 July (final)
Competitors 33 from 19 nations
Winning time 2:51.7 (OR)
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Éva Székely  Hungary
2nd, silver medalist(s) Éva Novák-Gerard  Hungary
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Elenor Gordon  Great Britain
1948
1956
1st, gold medalist(s) Éva Székely  Hungary
2nd, silver medalist(s) Éva Novák-Gerard  Hungary
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Elenor Gordon  Great Britain

The women's 200 metre breaststroke event, included in the swimming competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics, took place on July 26–29, at the Helsinki Swimming Stadium. In this event, swimmers covered four lengths of the 50-metre (160 ft) Olympic-sized pool employing the breaststroke. It was the sixth appearance of the event, which first appeared at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. A total of 33 competitors from 19 nations participated in the event.

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were:

The following records were established during the competition:

Hungarian Éva Székely used the butterfly stroke in this event, which was permissible at the time. At the 1956 Summer Olympics, the 200m breaststroke event only allowed the orthodox breaststroke to be used, and a new 100m butterfly event was created.


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