Diving at the 1912 Summer Olympics

At the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, four diving events were contested. For the first time, women competed in diving at the Olympic Games. The competitions were held from Saturday July 6, 1912 to Monday July 15, 1912.

Medal summary

The events are labelled as 10 metre platform, 3 metre springboard and plain high diving by the International Olympic Committee, and appeared on the 1912 Official Report as Plain and Variety Diving combined, Spring-board Diving and High (plain) Diving. The high diving events included dives from both 10 metre and 5 metre platforms, while the springboard diving included dives from 3 metre and 1 metre springboards.

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 metre springboard	Paul Günther  Germany	Hans Luber  Germany	Kurt Behrens  Germany
10 metre platform	Erik Adlerz  Sweden	Albert Zürner  Germany	Gustaf Blomgren  Sweden
Plain high diving	Erik Adlerz  Sweden	Hjalmar Johansson  Sweden	John Jansson  Sweden

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
10 metre platform	Greta Johansson  Sweden	Lisa Regnell  Sweden	Isabelle White  Great Britain

Participating nations

A total of 57 divers (43 men and 14 women) from 10 nations (men from 9 nations - women from 3 nations) competed at the Stockholm Games:

•  Austria (1) (men:0 women:1)
•  Canada (2) (men:2 women:0)
•  Finland (6) (men:6 women:0)
•  Germany (4) (men:4 women:0)
•  Great Britain (3) (men:2 women:1)
•  Italy (1) (men:1 women:0)
•  Norway (3) (men:3 women:0)
•  Russia (1) (men:1 women:0)
•  Sweden (34) (men:22 women:12)
•  United States (2) (men:2 women:0)

Medal table

1	Sweden	3	2	2	7
2	Germany	1	2	1	4
3	Great Britain	0	0	1	1
Total		4	4	4	12

References

• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2006-11-20.
• Swedish Olympic Committee (1913). "The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912" (pdf). Wahlström & Widstrand. Retrieved 2006-12-23. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)