Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke
Rank Athlete Country Time
1 John Davies Australia 2:36.8
2 Ľudovít Komadeľ Czechoslovakia 2:38.8
3 Nobuyasu Hirayama Japan 2:39.1
4 Gerald Holan United States 2:39.2
5 Monte Nitzkowski United States 2:41.4
6 Daan Buijze Netherlands 2:42.6
7 Orlando Cossani Argentina 2:43.1
8 George Portelance Canada 2:43.8
Results -- Semifinals
Eight fastest swimmers advanced to final . Semifinal 1
The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1952 Olympic Games took place between 31 July and 2 August at the Swimming Stadium. This swimming event used the breaststroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of four lengths of the pool.