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Women's 400 m freestyle - Swimming |   | ||||
 Women's 400 m freestyle 1952
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| Final | |||||
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Valeria Gyenge |  |
HUN | 5.12,1 | OR |
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Eva Novak | |
HUN | 5.13,7 | |
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Evelyn Kawamoto |  |
USA | 5.14,6 | |
| 4. | Carolyn Green | |
USA | 5.16,5 | |
| 5. | Ragnhild Hveger |  |
DEN | 5.16,9 | |
| 6. | Eva Szekely | |
HUN | 5.17,9 | |
| 7. | Ana Maria Schultz |  |
ARG | 5.24,0 | |
| 8. | Greta Andersen | |
DEN | 5.27,0 | |
| Semifinal - Heat 1 | |||||
| 1. | Evelyn Kawamoto | |
USA | 5.21,2 | q |
| 2. | Eva Novak | |
HUN | 5.21,3 | q |
| 3. | Ana Maria Schultz | |
ARG | 5.22,0 | q |
| 4. | Greta Andersen | |
DEN | 5.22,1 | q |
| 5. | Joan Harrison |  |
RSA | 5.23,1 | |
| 6. | Judy Davies |  |
AUS | 5.25,6 | |
| 7. | Piedade de Azevedo Tavares |  |
BRA | 5.28,5 | |
| Ingegärd Fredin |  |
SWE | dns | ||
| Semifinal - Heat 2 | |||||
| 1. | Valeria Gyenge | |
HUN | 5.16,9 | q |
| 2. | Carolyn Green | |
USA | 5.18,3 | q |
| 3. | Eva Szekely | |
HUN | 5.19,3 | q |
| 4. | Ragnhild Hveger | |
DEN | 5.19,5 | q |
| 5. | Daphne Wilkinson |  |
GBR | 5.27,2 | |
| 6. | Deliana Meulenkamp | |
USA | 5.27,9 | |
| 7. | Denise Norton | |
AUS | 5.30,9 | |
| 8. | Huguette Peeters |  |
BEL | 5.36,5 | |
| Round 1 - Heat 1 | |||||
| 1. | Ana Maria Schultz | | ARG | 5.26,1 | q |
| 2. | Huguette Peeters | | BEL | 5.29,8 | q |
| 3. | Mette Petersen | | DEN | 5.30,6 | |
| 4. | Grace Wood | | GBR | 5.31,2 | |
| 5. | Kathleen McNamee |  | CAN | 5.50,5 | |
| 6. | Geertje Wielema |  | NED | 6.02,6 | |
| Round 1 - Heat 2 | |||||
| 1. | Ragnhild Hveger | | DEN | 5.19,6 | q |
| 2. | Eva Szekely | | HUN | 5.20,9 | q |
| 3. | Judy Davies | | AUS | 5.21,2 | q |
| 4. | Deliana Meulenkamp | | USA | 5.21,4 | q |
| 5. | Lillian Preece | | GBR | 5.32,1 | |
| 6. | Sybille Verckist | | BEL | 5.40,1 | |
| 7. | Ritva Järvinen |  | FIN | 5.53,5 | |
| Round 1 - Heat 3 | |||||
| 1. | Valeria Gyenge | | HUN | 5.22,6 | q |
| 2. | Carolyn Green | | USA | 5.23,8 | q |
| 3. | Colette Thomas |  | FRA | 5.36,8 | |
| 4. | Elisabeth Rechlin |  | GER | 5.38,0 | |
| 5. | Johanna Termeulen | | NED | 5.45,5 | |
| 6. | Gladys Priestley | | CAN | 5.52,7 | |
| 7. | Cynthia Eager |  | HKG | 5.55,8 | |
| Round 1 - Heat 4 | |||||
| 1. | Evelyn Kawamoto | | USA | 5.16,6 | OR |
| 2. | Daphne Wilkinson | | GBR | 5.16,6 | q |
| 3. | Joan Harrison | | RSA | 5.21,8 | q |
| 4. | Ingegärd Fredin | | SWE | 5.28,7 | q |
| 5. | Ginette Jany | | FRA | 5.32,6 | |
| 6. | Irma Heyting-Schuhmacher | | NED | 5.45,2 | |
| 7. | Sadako Yamashita |  | JPN | 5.48,4 | |
| Round 1 - Heat 5 | |||||
| 1. | Eva Novak | | HUN | 5.19,1 | q |
| 2. | Greta Andersen | | DEN | 5.21,3 | q |
| 3. | Piedade de Azevedo Tavares | | BRA | 5.26,9 | q |
| 4. | Denise Norton | | AUS | 5.28,5 | q |
| 5. | Marianne Lundqvist | | SWE | 5.34,4 | |
| 6. | Josette Arene | | FRA | 5.44,1 | |
| 7. | Misako Tamura | | JPN | 5.59,0 | |
| Women's 400 m freestyle - Swimming - Helsinki 1952 Summer Olympics
Event Format:
Swimmers competed in preliminary heats, semifinals and final. Normally eight swimmers competed in each heat. The 16 swimmers with the best time in the preliminary heats advanced to the semifinals. From the semifinals the eight swimmers with the best time in the semifinals advanced to the final. Event facts: Women's 400 m freestyle competition was held at the Uimastadion and 34 athletes participated in the event. |
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| These results for Women's 400 m freestyle - Helsinki 1952 Summer Olympics - are based on the official olympic reports and the Olympian Database | |||||
