1952 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 100m Freestyle (Men)

sport	swim
discipline	100 m freestyle
gender	Men
Attendees	Athletes from countries
Competition location	Helsingin uimastadion
Competition phase	July 26-27, 1952
Winning time	57.4 s
Medalist  Clarke Scholes ( USA )  Hiroshi Suzuki ( JPN )  Göran Larsson ( SWE )

Swimming competitions at the 1952 Olympic Games
100 m freestyle	Men	Women
400 m freestyle	Men	Women
1500 m freestyle	Men
100 m back	Men	Women
200 m chest	Men	Women
4 × 100 m freestyle		Women
4 × 200 m freestyle	Men

The men's 100-meter freestyle swimming competition at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki was held on July 26th and 27th. The American Clarke Scholes won the gold medal. Silver went to Hiroshi Suzuki from Japan and bronze to Göran Larsson from Sweden.

Results

Prelims

The 24 fastest athletes of all runs qualified for the semi-finals.

Run 1

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Yoshihiro Hamaguchi	Japan	58.0 s
2	Aldo Eminent	France	58.2 s
3	Iosif Novac	Romania	1: 00.5 min
4th	René Muñiz	Mexico	1: 00.5 min
5	Leo Telivuo	Finland	1: 02.0 min
6th	Ricardo Conde	Spain	1: 02.6 min
7th	Nahum book	Israel	1: 05.6 min

Run 2

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Ronald Roberts	Great Britain	59.5 s
2	Olle Johansson	Sweden	1: 00.5 min
3	Neo Chwee Kok	Singapore	1: 00.6 min
4th	Frank O'Neill	Australia	1: 00.6 min
5	Francisco Monteiro	Hong Kong	1: 03.1 min
6th	Robert Cook	Bermuda	1: 04.1 min

Run 3

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Rex Aubrey	Australia	58.2 s
2	Alex Jany	France	58.9 s
3	Lev Balandin	Soviet Union	58.9 s
4th	John Durr	South African Union	1: 00.0 min
5	Cheung Kin Man	Hong Kong	1: 00.3 min
6th	Hernán Avilés	Chile	1: 02.8 min
7th	Walter Bardgett	Bermuda	1: 04.4 min

Run 4

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Dick Cleveland	United States	57.8 s
2	Hiroshi Suzuki	Japan	58.0 s
3	Carlo Pedersoli	Italy	58.8 s
4th	Federico Zwanck	Argentina	1: 01.2 min
5	Haroldo Lara	Brazil	1: 01.2 min
6th	Fernando Madeira	Portugal	1: 02.6 min
7th	Isaac Monsoor	India	1: 10.8 min

Run 5

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Ronald Gora	United States	58.0 s
2	György Ipacs	Hungary	59.1 s
3	Juan Lanz	Mexico	1: 00.9 min
4th	Michel Vandamme	France	1: 00.9 min
5	Pentti icons	Finland	1: 01.1 min
6th	Oscar Saiz	Venezuela	1: 01.7 min
7th	Abdel Aziz El-Shafei	Egypt	1: 02.0 min

Run 6

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Göran Larsson	Sweden	57.5 s
2	Clarke Scholes	United States	58.3 s
3	Nicasio Silverio	Cuba	1: 00.0 min
4th	Roberto Queralt	Spain	1: 01.6 min
5	Aram Boghossian	Brazil	1: 02.0 min
6th	Mauno Valkeinen	Finland	1: 02.5 min
7th	Nguyễn Văn Phan	Vietnam	1: 05.0 min

Run 7

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Jack Wardrop	Great Britain	58.9 s
2	Lucien Beaumont	Canada	1: 00.4 min
3	Alberto Isaac	Mexico	1: 01.4 min
4th	Marcello Trabucco	Argentina	1: 01.5 min
5	Dorri El-Said	Egypt	1: 02.3 min
6th	Guilherme Patroni	Portugal	1: 03.7 min
7th	Michel Currat	Switzerland	1: 07.2 min

Run 8

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Toru Goto	Japan	58.3 s
2	Joris Tjebbes	Netherlands	59.1 s
3	Endel Edasi	Soviet Union	1: 00.1 min
4th	Dennis Ford	South African Union	1: 01.3 min
5	Per Olsen	Norway	1: 02.1 min
6th	Alfonso Buonocore	Italy	1: 02.3 min
7th	Geoffrey Marks	Ceylon	1: 04.1 min

Run 9

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Géza Kádas	Hungary	58.4 s
2	Thomas Welsh	Great Britain	59.5 s
3	Vladimir Skomarovsky	Soviet Union	1: 00.0 min
4th	Peter Salmon	Canada	1: 01.0 min
5	Lars Svantesson	Sweden	1: 01.4 min
6th	José Valdes	Guatemala	1: 04.5 min

Semifinals

Run 1

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Clarke Scholes	United States	57.1 s
2	Göran Larsson	Sweden	57.8 s
3	Yoshihiro Hamaguchi	Japan	58.3 s	Decision run
4th	Aldo Eminent	France	58.3 s	Decision run
5	Carlo Pedersoli	Italy	58.9 s
6th	Jack Wardrop	Great Britain	59.4 s
7th	Endel Edasi	Soviet Union	59.8 s
8th	Nicasio Silverio	Cuba	59.9 s

Run 2

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Géza Kádas	Hungary	57.8 s
2	Hiroshi Suzuki	Japan	58.0 s
3	Dick Cleveland	United States	58.6 s
4th	Lev Balandin	Soviet Union	58.8 s
5	Joris Tjebbes	Netherlands	59.8 s
6th	John Durr	South African Union	1: 00.2 min
7th	Thomas Welsh	Great Britain	1: 00.3 min
8th	Cheung Kin Man	Hong Kong	1: 00.9 min

Run 3

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Ronald Gora	United States	57.7 s
2	Rex Aubrey	Australia	57.8 s
3	Toru Goto	Japan	58.3 s	Decision run
4th	Alex Jany	France	58.9 s
5	Lucien Beaumont	Canada	59.3 s
6th	György Ipacs	Hungary	59.4 s
7th	Ronald Roberts	Great Britain	59.5 s
8th	Vladimir Skomarovsky	Soviet Union	1: 01.1 min

Decision run

Since three athletes swam the same time, they had to compete in a run-off for the last two places for the final,

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Toru Goto	Japan	58.5 s
2	Aldo Eminent	France	58.8 s
3	Yoshihiro Hamaguchi	Japan	59.1 s

final

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Clarke Scholes	United States	57.4 s
2	Hiroshi Suzuki	Japan	57.4 s
3	Göran Larsson	Sweden	58.2 s
4th	Toru Goto	Japan	58.5 s
5	Géza Kádas	Hungary	58.6 s
6th	Rex Aubrey	Australia	58.7 s
7th	Aldo Eminent	France	58.7 s
8th	Ronald Gora	United States	58.8 s

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