At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, four diving events were contested. The men's plain high diving event was dropped from the Olympic program. The competitions were held from Monday, 6 August 1928 to Saturday, 11 August 1928.[1]
Diving at the Games of the IX Olympiad | |
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Venue | Olympic Sports Park Swim Stadium |
Dates | 6 August 1928 11 August 1928 | through
No. of events | 4 |
Competitors | 61 from 17 nations |
The events are labelled as 3 metre springboard and 10 metre platform by the International Olympic Committee,[2] and appeared on the 1928 Official Report as fancy diving and high diving, respectively.[3] The platform events included dives from both 10 metre and 5 metre platforms, while the springboard events included dives from 3 metre and 1 metre springboards.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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3 m springboard |
Pete Desjardins (USA) | Michael Galitzen (USA) | Farid Simaika (EGY) |
10 m platform |
Pete Desjardins (USA) | Farid Simaika (EGY) | Michael Galitzen (USA) |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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3 m springboard |
Helen Meany (USA) | Dorothy Poynton (USA) | Georgia Coleman (USA) |
10 m platform |
Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston (USA) | Georgia Coleman (USA) | Laura Sjöqvist (SWE) |
A total of 61 divers (38 men and 23 women) from 17 nations (men from 16 nations - women from 9 nations) competed at the Amsterdam Games:
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
2 | Egypt | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
3 | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (3 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
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