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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 →

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]

Medal summary

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

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

Medal table

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

References

  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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