Diving at the 1904 Summer Olympics

Diving
at the Games of the III Olympiad
VenueForest Park (U.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
Diving at the
1904 Summer Olympics
Platformmen
Plunge for distancemen

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
 George Sheldon
 United States 		Georg Hoffmann
 Germany 		Frank Kehoe
 United States
Plunge for distance
 William Paul Dickey
 United States 		Edgar Adams
 United States 		Leo Budd Goodwin
 United States

Participating nations

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

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States2125
2 Germany0101
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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