# Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics

At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, a total number of eleven swimming events were contested, six for men and five for women. The events were held at the Swimming Stadium. There was a total of 319 participants from 48 countries competing.

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | Hungary (HUN) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | South Africa (RSA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | Totals (12 entries) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 |

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m freestyle details | Clarke Scholes United States | 57.4 | Hiroshi Suzuki Japan | 57.4 | Göran Larsson Sweden | 58.2 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Jean Boiteux France | 4:30.7 (OR) | Ford Konno United States | 4:31.3 | Per-Olof Östrand Sweden | 4:35.2 |
| 1500 m freestyle details | Ford Konno United States | 18:30.3 (OR) | Shiro Hashizume Japan | 18:41.4 | Tetsuo Okamoto Brazil | 18:51.3 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Yoshi Oyakawa United States | 1:05.4 (OR) | Gilbert Bozon France | 1:06.2 | Jack Taylor United States | 1:06.4 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | John Davies Australia | 2:34.4 (OR) | Bowen Stassforth United States | 2:34.7 | Herbert Klein Germany | 2:35.9 |
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay details | United States (USA) Wayne Moore Bill Woolsey Ford Konno Jimmy McLane | 8:31.1 (OR) | Japan (JPN) Hiroshi Suzuki Yoshihiro Hamaguchi Toru Goto Teijiro Tanikawa | 8:33.5 | France (FRA) Joseph Bernardo Aldo Eminente Alexandre Jany Jean Boiteux | 8:45.9 |

### Women's events

| Games | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m freestyle details | Katalin Szöke Hungary | 1:06.8 | Hannie Termeulen Netherlands | 1:07.0 | Judit Temes Hungary | 1:07.1 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Valéria Gyenge Hungary | 5:12.1 (OR) | Éva Novák Hungary | 5:13.7 | Evelyn Kawamoto United States | 5:14.6 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Joan Harrison South Africa | 1:14.3 | Geertje Wielema Netherlands | 1:14.5 | Jean Stewart New Zealand | 1:15.8 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Éva Székely Hungary | 2:51.7 (OR) | Éva Novák Hungary | 2:54.4 | Helen Gordon Great Britain | 2:57.6 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay details | Hungary (HUN) Ilona Novák Judit Temes Éva Novák Katalin Szöke | 4:24.4 (WR) | Netherlands (NED) Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen Koosje van Voorn Hannie Termeulen Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher | 4:29.0 | United States (USA) Jackie LaVine Marilee Stepan Jody Alderson Evelyn Kawamoto | 4:30.1 |

## Participating nations

319 swimmers from 48 nations competed.
* Argentina (7)
* Australia (10)
* Austria (3)
* Belgium (10)
* Bermuda (2)
* Brazil (12)
* Canada (9)
* Ceylon (1)
* Chile (1)
* China (1)
* Cuba (2)
* Czechoslovakia (4)
* Denmark (9)
* Egypt (3)
* Finland (13)
* France (16)
* Germany (9)
* Great Britain (21)
* Guatemala (1)
* Hong Kong (4)
* Hungary (15)
* India (5)
* Indonesia (1)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (10)
* Japan (22)
* Luxembourg (1)
* Mexico (8)
* Netherlands (13)
* New Zealand (2)
* Norway (3)
* Pakistan (2)
* Philippines (1)
* Poland (7)
* Portugal (4)
* Romania (1)
* Saar (1)
* Singapore (1)
* South Africa (6)
* Soviet Union (18)
* Spain (3)
* Sweden (12)
* Switzerland (8)
* United States (30)
* Uruguay (1)
* Venezuela (1)
* Vietnam (1)
* Yugoslavia (3)