Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

The women's 200 metre breaststroke event, included in the swimming competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics, took place from 30 July to 3 August at the Empire Pool. In this event, swimmers covered four lengths of the 50-metre (160 ft) Olympic-sized pool employing the breaststroke. It was the fifth appearance of the event, which first appeared at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. It was also the first appearance of the event since the outbreak of World War II. A total of 22 competitors from 14 nations participated in the event.[1]

Women's 200 metre breaststroke
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
VenueEmpire Pool
Date30 July (heats)
31 July (semifinals)
3 August (final)
Competitors22 from 14 nations
Winning time2:57.2
Medalists
Nel van Vliet  Netherlands
Nancy Lyons  Australia
Éva Novák-Gerard  Hungary

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were:

World record Nel van Vliet (NED)2:49.2 sHilversum, Netherlands20 July 1947[2]
Olympic record Hideko Maehata (JPN)3:01.9 sBerlin, Germany11 August 1936[2]

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationalityTimeORWR
30 JulyHeat 2Éva Székely Hungary3:01.2OR
30 JulyHeat 3Nel van Vliet Netherlands2:57.4OR
31 JulySemifinalsNel van Vliet Netherlands2:57.0OR

Hungarian Éva Székely set her Olympic record in the event using the butterfly stroke, which was allowed at the time.[3] At the 1956 Summer Olympics, a new 100m butterfly event was created. The technique was disallowed in the 200m breaststroke event that year and in all future Olympic Games.

Results

Heats

The four fastest swimmers in each heat and the next four fastest swimmers overall advanced to the semifinals on 31 July.[2]

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Nancy Lyons Australia 3:02.9Q
1 Éva Novák-Gerard Hungary 3:02.9Q
3 Janny de Groot Netherlands 3:04.4Q
4 Elizabeth Church Great Britain 3:07.4Q
5 Dorotea Turnbull Argentina 3:12.2q
6 Liselotte Kobi Switzerland 3:16.2q
7 Jeanne Wilson United States 3:18.3
8 Anna Ólafsdóttir Iceland 3:19.9

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Éva Székely Hungary 3:01.2Q, OR[2]
2 Tonnie Hom Netherlands 3:06.0Q
3 Yvonne Vandekerckhove Belgium 3:09.0Q
4 Jacqueline Bertrand France 3:10.7Q
5 Jean Caplin Great Britain 3:17.0q
6 Helga Diederichsen Mexico 3:27.8
7 Penny Pence United States 3:28.1

Heat 3

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Nel van Vliet Netherlands 2:57.4Q, OR[2]
2 Jytte Hansen Denmark 3:09.1Q
3 Margit Leskinen Finland 3:11.4Q
4 Elenor Gordon Great Britain 3:13.3Q
5 Irene Strong Canada 3:14.2q
6 Clara LaMore United States 3:23.6
7 Þórdís Árnadóttir Iceland 3:26.1

Semifinals

The three fastest swimmers in each heat and the next two fastest overall advanced to the final on 3 August.[2]

Semifinal 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Nancy Lyons Australia 3:00.9Q
2 Janny de Groot Netherlands 3:01.4Q
3 Éva Székely Hungary 3:02.8Q
4 Yvonne Vandekerckhove Belgium 3:09.7
5 Jacqueline Bertrand France 3:13.1
6 Jean Caplin Great Britain 3:14.4
6 Dorotea Turnbull Argentina 3:14.4
8 Irene Strong Canada 3:16.9

Semifinal 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Nel van Vliet Netherlands 2:57.0Q, OR[2]
2 Éva Novák-Gerard Hungary 2:58.0Q
3 Jytte Hansen Denmark 3:05.5Q
4 Tonnie Hom Netherlands 3:05.7q
5 Elizabeth Church Great Britain 3:07.1q
6 Margit Leskinen Finland 3:10.0
7 Liselotte Kobi Switzerland 3:13.9
8 Elenor Gordon Great Britain 3:15.8

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Nel van Vliet Netherlands 2:57.2
Nancy Lyons Australia 2:57.7
Éva Novák-Gerard Hungary 3:00.2
4 Éva Székely Hungary 3:02.5
5 Janny de Groot Netherlands 3:06.2
6 Elizabeth Church Great Britain 3:06.1
7 Tonnie Hom Netherlands 3:07.5
8 Jytte Hansen Denmark 3:08.1

Sources

  • "The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad" (PDF). The Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad. 1948. p. 462. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  • "Swimming at the 1948 London Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Breaststroke". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2012.

References

  1. "Swimming at the 1948 London Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Breaststroke". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  2. OCXIVO, p. 590.
  3. Mallon, Bill (1988). "Olympic Records by Sport; Summer Sports". The Olympic Record Book. Garland Publishing. p. 240. ISBN 0824029488.
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