Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke
Rank Athlete Country Time
1 Egidio Massaria Italy 1:08.8
2 Viktor Solovyov Soviet Union 1:09.5
3 Lincoln Hurring New Zealand 1:09.6
4 László Gyöngyösi Hungary 1:10.0
5 Frank O'Neill Australia 1:10.5
6 Erkki Marttinen Finland 1:15.2
Results -- Heats
Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3 Heat 4 Heat 5 Heat 6
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.