Diving at the 1912 Summer Olympics

Summary

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 6 July 1912 to Monday 15 July 1912.[1]

Diving
at the Games of the V Olympiad
VenueDjurgårdsbrunnsviken
Dates6 July 1912 (1912-07-06) through
15 July 1912 (1912-07-15)
No. of events4
Competitors57 from 10 nations
← 1908
1920 →

Medal summary edit

The events are labelled as 10 metre platform, 3 metre springboard and plain high diving by the International Olympic Committee,[2] and appeared on the 1912 Official Report as Plain and Variety Diving combined, Spring-board Diving and High (plain) Diving.[3] 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 edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
3 m springboard
details
  Paul Günther (GER)   Hans Luber (GER)   Kurt Behrens (GER)
10 m platform
details
  Erik Adlerz (SWE)   Albert Zürner (GER)   Gustaf Blomgren (SWE)
Plain high diving
details
  Erik Adlerz (SWE)   Hjalmar Johansson (SWE)   John Jansson (SWE)

Women edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
10 m platform
details
  Greta Johansson (SWE)   Lisa Regnell (SWE)   Isabelle White (GBR)

Participating nations edit

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:

Medal table edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Sweden3227
2  Germany1214
3  Great Britain0011
Totals (3 entries)44412

Notes edit

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Diving at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  2. ^ IOC medals database
  3. ^ Swedish Olympic Committee, pp. 993-4.

References edit