Diving at the 1904 Summer Olympics

Summary

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]

Diving
at the Games of the III Olympiad
VenueU.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 →

Medal summary edit

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 edit

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

Medal table edit

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

References edit

  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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