Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke
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The men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1952 Olympic Games took place between 30 July and 1 August, at the Swimming Stadium.[1] This swimming event used the backstroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.
Date30 July 1952 (heats)
31 July 1952 (semifinals)
1 August 1952 (final)
31 July 1952 (semifinals)
1 August 1952 (final)
Competitors38 from 25 nations
Winning time1:05.4 OR
| Men's 100 metre backstroke at the Games of the XV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Helsinki Swimming Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Date | 30 July 1952 (heats) 31 July 1952 (semifinals) 1 August 1952 (final) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 38 from 25 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:05.4 OR | ||||||||||||
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Results
Heats
Heat 1
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gilbert Bozon |  France | 1:07.8 | |
| 2 | Allen Stack |  United States | 1:08.9 | |
| 3 | Bert Wardrop |  Great Britain | 1:09.9 | |
| 4 | Norihiko Kurahashi |  Japan | 1:10.7 | |
| 5 | Vladimir Lopatin |  Soviet Union | 1:10.8 | |
| 6 | Lucien Beaumont |  Canada | 1:14.2 | |
| 7 | Khamlillal Shah |  India | 1:18.3 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pedro Galvão |  Argentina | 1:08.1 | |
| 2 | Yasumasa Nishino | Japan | 1:10.1 | |
| 3 | Clemente Mejía |  Mexico | 1:10.7 | |
| 4 | Helmut Koppelstätter |  Austria | 1:11.9 | |
| 5 | Hermann Gericke |  Switzerland | 1:12.6 | |
| 6 | Jerzy Boniecki |  Poland | 1:13.4 | |
| 7 | Eurico Surgey |  Portugal | 1:13.7 |
Heat 3
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack Taylor | United States | 1:07.2 | |
| 2 | Boris Škanata |  Yugoslavia | 1:07.5 | |
| 3 | João Gonçalves Filho |  Brazil | 1:09.7 | |
| 4 | Ladislav Bačík |  Czechoslovakia | 1:10.2 | |
| 5 | Imre Nyéki |  Hungary | 1:10.6 | |
| 6 | Peter Salmon | Canada | 1:13.8 | |
| 7 | Tom Pettersen |  Norway | 1:15.4 |
Heat 4
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yoshi Oyakawa | United States | 1:06.0 | |
| 2 | Lin Meiring |  South Africa | 1:08.5 | |
| 3 | Fernando Pavan | Brazil | 1:09.1 | |
| 4 | Jitse van der Veen |  Netherlands | 1:09.1 | |
| 5 | Bijoy Barman | India | 1:27.3 |
Heat 5
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Brockway | Great Britain | 1:08.8 | |
| 2 | Lucien Zins | France | 1:09.7 | |
| 3 | Ilo da Fonseca | Brazil | 1:09.9 | |
| 4 | Leonid Sagayduk | Soviet Union | 1:11.4 | |
| 5 | Wu Chuanyu |  China | 1:12.3 | |
| 6 | Eduardo Barbeiro | Portugal | 1:13.0 |
Heat 6
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egidio Massaria |  Italy | 1:08.8 | |
| 2 | Viktor Solovyov | Soviet Union | 1:09.5 | |
| 3 | Lincoln Hurring |  New Zealand | 1:09.6 | |
| 4 | László Gyöngyösi | Hungary | 1:10.0 | |
| 5 | Frank O'Neill |  Australia | 1:10.5 | |
| 6 | Erkki Marttinen |  Finland | 1:15.2 |
Tie-breaker
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bert Wardrop | Great Britain | 1:07.8 | |
| 2 | Ilo da Fonseca | Brazil | 1:09.5 |
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Yoshi Oyakawa | United States | 1:05.4 | OR |
 | Gilbert Bozon | France | 1:06.2 | |
 | Jack Taylor | United States | 1:06.4 | |
| 4 | Allen Stack | United States | 1:07.6 | |
| 5 | Pedro Galvão | Argentina | 1:07.7 | |
| 6 | Bert Wardrop | Great Britain | 1:07.8 | |
| 7 | Boris Škanata | Yugoslavia | 1:08.1 | |
| 8 | Lin Meiring | South Africa | 1:08.3 |
Key: OR = Olympic record