Diving at the 1912 Summer Olympics

Diving
at the Games of the V Olympiad
VenueDjurgårdsbrunnsviken
Dates6 July 1912 (1912-07-06) through
15 July 1912 (1912-07-15)
No. of events4
Competitors57 from 10 nations
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At the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, four diving events were contested. For the first time, women competed in diving at the Olympic Games. The competitions were held from Saturday 6 July 1912 to Monday 15 July 1912.[1]

Medal summary

The events are labelled as 10 metre platform, 3 metre springboard and plain high diving by the International Olympic Committee,[2] and appeared on the 1912 Official Report as Plain and Variety Diving combined, Spring-board Diving and High (plain) Diving.[3] The high diving events included dives from both 10 metre and 5 metre platforms, while the springboard diving included dives from 3 metre and 1 metre springboards.

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
3 m springboard
details
 Paul Günther (GER)  Hans Luber (GER)  Kurt Behrens (GER)
10 m platform
details
 Erik Adlerz (SWE)  Albert Zürner (GER)  Gustaf Blomgren (SWE)
Plain high diving
details
 Erik Adlerz (SWE)  Hjalmar Johansson (SWE)  John Jansson (SWE)

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
10 m platform
details
 Greta Johansson (SWE)  Lisa Regnell (SWE)  Isabelle White (GBR)

Participating nations

A total of 57 divers (43 men and 14 women) from 10 nations (men from 9 nations - women from 3 nations) competed at the Stockholm Games:

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Sweden3227
2 Germany1214
3 Great Britain0011
Totals (3 entries)44412

Notes

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Diving at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  2. ^ IOC medals database
  3. ^ Swedish Olympic Committee, pp. 993-4.

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