Diving at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Diving; at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
	Diving at the 1964 Olympics on a stamp of Japan
Venue	Yoyogi National Gymnasium
Dates	October 11, 1964 through; October 18, 1964
No. of events	4
Competitors	80 from 20 nations

At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, four diving events were contested during a competition that took place at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium, from 11 to 18 October, comprising 80 divers from 20 nations.[1]

Medal summary

The events are named according to the International Olympic Committee labelling, but they appeared on the official report as "springboard diving" and "high diving", respectively.[2]

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 m springboard	Kenneth Sitzberger United States	Frank Gorman United States	Lawrence Andreasen United States
10 m platform	Bob Webster United States	Klaus Dibiasi Italy	Tom Gompf United States

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 m springboard	Ingrid Krämer United Team of Germany	Jeanne Collier United States	Patsy Willard United States
10 m platform	Lesley Bush United States	Ingrid Krämer United Team of Germany	Galina Alekseyeva Soviet Union

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	3	2	3	8
2	United Team of Germany (EUA)	1	1	0	2
3	Italy (ITA)	0	1	0	1
4	Soviet Union (URS)	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 nations)		4	4	4	12

Participating nations

Here are listed the nations that were represented in the diving events and, in brackets, the number of national competitors.

Australia (2)
Austria (4)
Canada (3)
Colombia (1)
Denmark (2)
Egypt (1)
Finland (1)

Great Britain (6)
Hungary (2)
India (2)
Iran (1)
Italy (3)
Japan (9)
Mexico (3)

Notes

"Diving at the 1964 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
The Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, p. 522.

References

"Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2006-11-22.
The Organising Committee for The Games of the XVIII Olympiad (October 1966). The Official Report of The Games of the XVIII Olympiad Tokyo 1964, Volume II (PDF). Tokyo: The Organising Committee for The Games of the XVIII Olympiad. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2011-08-13. Retrieved 2007-01-03.

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[1] "Diving at the 1964 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 May 2020.

[OR-2] The Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, p. 522.