Editing 1952 Summer Olympics (section)

===Swimming===
{{Main article | Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics}}
At the [[Helsinki Swimming Stadium]] men competed in six sports and women in five sports. High-level competitions were held from July 25 to 2 August. [[Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics in London]] had resulted in significant progress in the sport, and every Olympic record was broken in each event.{{sfn|Kolkka|1955|p=558}}

The Americans dominated men's events and the Hungarians dominated women. Both countries won four gold medals.{{sfn|Arponen|1996|pp=158–159}} [[Ford Konno]] was the most successful swimmer with two gold medals and one silver. In the women's events [[Katalin Szőke]] won two gold medals and [[Éva Novák]] two silver in addition to the gold medal. The only world record in the Games was set by the Hungarian women's 4 × 100 meter freestyle message team. The Helsinki Olympics, was the last instance where competitors could participate in [[Breaststroke]] in the [[butterfly stroke]]. In the men's events, no athlete swimming in the breaststroke style made it to the finals. In women, Novák won silver.{{sfn|Arponen|1996|pp=158–159}}