Diving at the 1948 Summer Olympics

At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, four diving events were contested. The competitions were held from Friday 30 July 1948 to Friday 6 August 1948.[1][2]

Diving
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
VenueWembley Arena
Dates30 July 1948 (1948-07-30) through
5 August 1948 (1948-08-05)
No. of events4
Competitors63 from 22 nations

Medal summary

The events are labelled as 3 metre springboard and 10 metre platform by the International Olympic Committee,[3] and appeared on the 1948 Official Report as springboard diving and highboard diving, respectively.[4]

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
3 m springboard
 Bruce Harlan (USA)  Miller Anderson (USA)  Sammy Lee (USA)
10 m platform
 Sammy Lee (USA)  Bruce Harlan (USA)  Joaquín Capilla (MEX)

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
3 m springboard
 Vicki Draves (USA)  Zoe Ann Olsen (USA)  Patsy Elsener (USA)
10 m platform
 Vicki Draves (USA)  Patsy Elsener (USA)  Birte Christoffersen (DEN)

Participating nations

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)44210
2 Denmark (DEN)0011
 Mexico (MEX)0011
Totals (3 nations)44412

Notes

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Diving at the 1948 London Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  2. "Diving at the 1948 Summer Olympics". OlyMADMen. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  3. IOC medals database
  4. The Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad London 1948, p. 637.

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