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Diving at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Coordinates: 51°30′49″N 0°13′39″E / 51.5136°N 0.2274°E / 51.5136; 0.2274
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At the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, two diving events were contested, both for men only. The competition was held on Tuesday July 14, 1908 and Friday July 24, 1908.

Diving

Medal summary

The events are labelled as 3 metre springboard and 10 metre platform by the International Olympic Committee,[1] and appeared on the 1908 Official Report as high diving and fancy diving.[2] The high diving event included dives from both 10 metre and 5 metre platforms, while the fancy diving included dives from 3 metre and 1 metre springboards.

Event Gold Silver Bronze
3 metre springboard
details 		 Albert Zürner (GER)  Kurt Behrens (GER)  George Gaidzik (USA)
 Gottlob Walz (GER)
10 metre platform
details 		 Hjalmar Johansson (SWE)  Karl Malmström (SWE)  Arvid Spångberg (SWE)

Participating nations

A total of 39 divers from 9 nations competed at the London Games:

Medal table

1  Germany 1 1 1 3
 Sweden 1 1 1 3
3  United States 0 0 1 1
Total 2 2 3 7

Notes

  1. ^ IOC medals database
  2. ^ Cook, pp. 305-6.

References

  • Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
  • De Wael, Herman (2001). "Diving 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. Retrieved 2006-05-20.

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