Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle
Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics | ||
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Freestyle | ||
100 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
200 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4 × 100 m | women | |
4 × 200 m | men | |
The men's 100 metre freestyle event at the 1952 Olympic Games took place between July 26 and 27 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 two lengths of the pool.
Medalists
Gold | Clarke Scholes![]() |
Silver | Hiroshi Suzuki![]() |
Bronze | Göran Larsson![]() |
Results
Heats
24 fastest swimmer from nine heats advanced to semifinal.
Heat 1
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | Yoshihiro Hamaguchi | ![]() |
58.0 | |
2 | Aldo Eminente | ![]() |
58.2 | |
3 | Iosif Novac | ![]() |
1:00.5 | |
4 | René Muñiz | ![]() |
1:00.5 | |
5 | Leo Telivuo | ![]() |
1:02.0 | |
6 | Ricardo Conde | ![]() |
1:02.6 | |
7 | Nahum Buch | ![]() |
1:05.6 |
Heat 2
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | Ronald Roberts | ![]() |
59.5 | |
2 | Olle Johansson | ![]() |
1:00.5 | |
3 | Neo Chwee Kok | ![]() |
1:00.6 | |
4 | Frank O'Neill | ![]() |
1:00.6 | |
5 | Francisco Monteiro | ![]() |
1:03.1 | |
6 | Robert Cook | ![]() |
1:04.1 |
Heat 3
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | Rex Aubrey | ![]() |
58.2 | |
2 | Alex Jany | ![]() |
58.9 | |
3 | Lev Balandin | ![]() |
58.9 | |
4 | John Durr | ![]() |
1:00.0 | |
5 | Cheung Kin Man | ![]() |
1:00.3 | |
6 | Hernán Avilés | ![]() |
1:02.8 | |
7 | Walter Bardgett | ![]() |
1:04.4 |
Heat 4
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | Dick Cleveland | ![]() |
57.8 | |
2 | Hiroshi Suzuki | ![]() |
58.0 | |
3 | Carlo Pedersoli | ![]() |
58.8 | |
4 | Federico Zwanck | ![]() |
1:01.2 | |
5 | Haroldo Lara | ![]() |
1:01.2 | |
6 | Fernando Madeira | ![]() |
1:02.6 | |
7 | Isaac Monsoor | ![]() |
1:10.8 |
Heat 5
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | Ronald Gora | ![]() |
58.0 | |
2 | György Ipacs | ![]() |
59.1 | |
3 | Juan Lanz | ![]() |
1:00.9 | |
4 | Michel Vandamme | ![]() |
1:00.9 | |
5 | Pentti Ikonen | ![]() |
1:01.1 | |
6 | Oscar Saiz | ![]() |
1:01.7 | |
7 | Abdel Aziz El-Shafei | ![]() |
1:02.0 |
Heat 6
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | Göran Larsson | ![]() |
57.5 | |
2 | Clarke Scholes | ![]() |
58.3 | |
3 | Nicasio Silverio | ![]() |
1:00.0 | |
4 | Roberto Queralt | ![]() |
1:01.6 | |
5 | Aram Boghossian | ![]() |
1:02.0 | |
6 | Mauno Valkeinen | ![]() |
1:02.5 | |
7 | Nguyễn Văn Phan | ![]() |
1:05.0 |
Heat 7
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | Jack Wardrop | ![]() |
58.9 | |
2 | Lucien Beaumont | ![]() |
1:00.4 | |
3 | Alberto Isaac | ![]() |
1:01.4 | |
4 | Marcello Trabucco | ![]() |
1:01.5 | |
5 | Dorri El-Said | ![]() |
1:02.3 | |
6 | Guilherme Patroni | ![]() |
1:03.7 | |
7 | Michel Currat | ![]() |
1:07.2 |
Heat 8
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | Toru Goto | ![]() |
58.3 | |
2 | Joris Tjebbes | ![]() |
59.1 | |
3 | Endel Edasi | ![]() |
1:00.1 | |
4 | Dennis Ford | ![]() |
1:01.3 | |
5 | Per Olsen | ![]() |
1:02.1 | |
6 | Alfonso Buonocore | ![]() |
1:02.3 | |
7 | Geoffrey Marks | ![]() |
1:04.1 |
Heat 9
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | Géza Kádas | ![]() |
58.4 | |
2 | Thomas Welsh | ![]() |
59.5 | |
3 | Vladimir Skomarovsky | ![]() |
1:00.0 | |
4 | Peter Salmon | ![]() |
1:01.0 | |
5 | Lars Svantesson | ![]() |
1:01.4 | |
6 | José Valdes | ![]() |
1:04.5 |
Semifinals
8 fastest swimmers advanced to final.
Semifinal 1
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | Clarke Scholes | ![]() |
57.1 | |
2 | Göran Larsson | ![]() |
57.8 | |
3 | Yoshihiro Hamaguchi | ![]() |
58.3 | →tie break |
4 | Aldo Eminente | ![]() |
58.3 | →tie break |
5 | Carlo Pedersoli | ![]() |
58.9 | |
6 | Jack Wardrop | ![]() |
59.4 | |
7 | Endel Edasi | ![]() |
59.8 | |
8 | Nicasio Silverio | ![]() |
59.9 |
Semifinal 2
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | Géza Kádas | ![]() |
57.8 | |
2 | Hiroshi Suzuki | ![]() |
58.0 | |
3 | Dick Cleveland | ![]() |
58.6 | |
4 | Lev Balandin | ![]() |
58.8 | |
5 | Joris Tjebbes | ![]() |
59.8 | |
6 | John Durr | ![]() |
1:00.2 | |
7 | Thomas Welsh | ![]() |
1:00.3 | |
8 | Cheung Kin Man | ![]() |
1:00.9 |
Semifinal 3
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | Ronald Gora | ![]() |
57.7 | |
2 | Rex Aubrey | ![]() |
57.8 | |
3 | Toru Goto | ![]() |
58.3 | →tie break |
4 | Alex Jany | ![]() |
58.9 | |
5 | Lucien Beaumont | ![]() |
59.3 | |
6 | György Ipacs | ![]() |
59.4 | |
7 | Ronald Roberts | ![]() |
59.5 | |
8 | Vladimir Skomarovsky | ![]() |
1:01.1 |
Tie Break
Because there were 3 swimmers with the same swim time, a tie-breaking heat was held. Two fastest swimmer advanced to the final.
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | Toru Goto | ![]() |
58.5 | |
2 | Aldo Eminente | ![]() |
58.8 | |
3 | Yoshihiro Hamaguchi | ![]() |
59.1 |
Final
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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Clarke Scholes | ![]() |
57.4 | |
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Hiroshi Suzuki | ![]() |
57.4 | |
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Göran Larsson | ![]() |
58.2 | |
4 | Toru Goto | ![]() |
58.5 | |
5 | Géza Kádas | ![]() |
58.6 | |
6 | Rex Aubrey | ![]() |
58.7 | |
7 | Aldo Eminente | ![]() |
58.7 | |
8 | Ronald Gora | ![]() |
58.8 |
References
- ^ "Swimming at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Retrieved 17 September 2016.