Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke
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Women's 200 metre breaststroke at the Games of the XV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Helsinki Swimming Stadium | ||||||||||||
Date | 26 July (heats) 27 July (semifinals) 29 July (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 34 from 19 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 2:51.7 (OR) | ||||||||||||
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The women's 200 metre breaststroke event, included in the swimming competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics, took place on 26–29 July, 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.[1]