Diving at the 1904 Summer Olympics

Diving
at the Games of the III Olympiad
VenueForest Park (U.S. Life Saving Exhibition Lake)
Dates5 September 1904 (1904-09-05) through
6 September 1904 (1904-09-06)
No. of events2
Competitors10 from 2 nations
1908 →
Diving at the
1904 Summer Olympics
Platformmen
Plunge for distancemen

At the 1904 Summer Olympics, in St. Louis, diving debuted as an official two-event Olympic sport. The competitions were held on Monday, 5 September 1904 and on Wednesday, 6 September 1904. It included the only Olympic appearance of the plunge for distance event.[1]

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Platform
details 		 George Sheldon (USA)  Georg Hoffmann (GER)  Frank Kehoe (USA)
Plunge for distance
details 		 William Paul Dickey (USA)  Edgar Adams (USA)  Leo Budd Goodwin (USA)

Participating nations

A total of ten divers from two nations competed at the St. Louis Games:

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)2125
2 Germany (GER)0101
Totals (2 entries)2226

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Diving at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2020.

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