Diving at the Games of the III Olympiad | |
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Venue | U.S. Life Saving Exhibition Lake |
Dates | 5 September 1904 6 September 1904 | through
No. of events | 2 |
Competitors | 10 from 2 nations |
Diving at the 1904 Summer Olympics | |
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Platform | men |
Plunge for distance | men |
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]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Platform |
George Sheldon ( USA) | Georg Hoffmann ( GER) | Frank Kehoe ( USA) |
Plunge for distance |
William Paul Dickey ( USA) | Edgar Adams ( USA) | Leo Budd Goodwin ( USA) |
A total of ten divers from two nations competed at the St. Louis Games:
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States (USA) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
2 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Totals (2 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |