Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke
Rank Athlete Country Time
1 Gilbert Bozon France 1:07.8
2 Allen Stack United States 1:08.9
3 Bert Wardrop Great Britain 1:09.9
4 Jitse van der Veen Netherlands 1:10.5
5 Norihiko Kurahashi Japan 1:10.7
6 Vladimir Lopatin Soviet Union 1:10.8
7 Lucien Beaumont Canada 1:14.2
8 Khamlillal Shah India 1:18.3
Results -- Heats
Heat 1
The men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1952 Olympic Games took place between 30 July and 1 August, 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.