Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke
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| Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics  |
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| Freestyle | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 1500 m | men | |||
| Backstroke | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| Breaststroke | ||||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Freestyle relay | ||||
| 4×100 m | women | |||
| 4×200 m | men | |||
The men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1952 Olympic Games took place between July 30 and August 1, at the Swimming Stadium. This swimming event used the backstroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.
Medalists
| Gold | Yoshi Oyakawa United States |
| Silver | Gilbert Bozon France |
| Bronze | Jack Taylor United States |
Results
Heats
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Semifinals
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Final
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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Yoshi Oyakawa | United States |
1:05.4 | OR |
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Gilbert Bozon | France |
1:06.2 | |
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Jack Taylor | United States |
1:06.4 | |
| 4 | Allen Stack | United States |
1:07.6 | |
| 5 | Pedro Galvão |  Argentina |
1:07.7 | |
| 6 | Bert Wardrop |  Great Britain |
1:07.8 | |
| 7 | Boris Škanata |  Yugoslavia |
1:08.1 | |
| 8 | Lin Meiring | 23x15px South Africa | 1:08.3 |
Key: OR = Olympic record
| 100 yards |
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| 100 metres |
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References
- 1952 Summer Olympics results: Men's 100 m backstroke, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2009-10-23.
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