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1 Medal summary  





2 Participating nations  





3 Medal table  





4 Notes  





5 References  














Diving at the 1908 Summer Olympics






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Coordinates: 51°3049N 0°1339E / 51.5136°N 0.2274°E / 51.5136; 0.2274
 

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Diving

at the Games of the IV Olympiad

VenueWhite City Stadium
DatesJuly 14, 1908 (1908-07-14) through
July 24, 1908 (1908-07-24)
No. of events2
Competitors39 from 9 nations
← 1904
1912 →

At the 1908 Summer OlympicsinLondon, two diving events were contested, both for men only. The competition was held on Tuesday July 14, 1908 and Friday July 24, 1908. While the competitive events were restricted to men only, an exhibition was performed by two women on July 18.[1]

Medal summary

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The events are labelled as 3 metre springboard and 10 metre platform by the International Olympic Committee,[2] and appeared on the 1908 Official Report as high diving and fancy diving.[3] 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 m springboard
details
 Albert Zürner (GER)  Kurt Behrens (GER)  George Gaidzik (USA)
 Gottlob Walz (GER)
10 m platform
details
 Hjalmar Johansson (SWE)  Karl Malmström (SWE)  Arvid Spångberg (SWE)

Participating nations

[edit]

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

Medal table

[edit]
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Germany1113
 Sweden1113
3 United States0011
Totals (3 entries)2237

Notes

[edit]
  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Diving at the 1908 London Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  • ^ IOC medals database
  • ^ Cook, pp. 305-6.
  • References

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