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Diving at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Diving
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Diving pictogram.svg
VenueOlympic Sports Park Swim Stadium
Dates6 August 1928 through
11 August 1928
No. of events4
Competitors61 from 17 nations

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]

Medal summary

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.

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
3 m springboard
Pete Desjardins (USA) Michael Galitzen (USA) Farid Simaika (EGY)
10 m platform
Pete Desjardins (USA) Farid Simaika (EGY) Michael Galitzen (USA)

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
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)

Participating nations

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:

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States4329
2 Egypt0112
3 Sweden0011
Totals (3 nations)44412

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Diving at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 20 November 2006.
  3. ^ Netherlands Olympic Committee (1928). "The Ninth Olympiad Amsterdam 1928 - Official Report, p. 747" (PDF). Amsterdam J. H. de Bussy, Ltd. Archived from the original (pdf) on 8 April 2008. Retrieved 29 December 2006.

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