Diving at the 1908 Summer Olympics

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At the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, two diving events were contested, both for men only.

Contents 1 Medal summary 2 Medal table 3 Notes 4 References

[edit] Medal summary

The events are labelled as 3 metre springboard and 10 metre platform by the International Olympic Committee^[1], and appeared on the 1908 Official Report as high diving and fancy diving^[2]. The high diving event included dives from both 10 metre and 5 metre platforms, while the fancy diving included dives from 3 metre and 1 metre springboards.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 metre springboard	Albert Zürner Germany (GER)	Kurt Behrens Germany (GER)	George Gaidzik United States (USA)
			Gottlob Walz Germany (GER)
10 metre platform	Hjalmar Johansson Sweden (SWE)	Karl Malmström Sweden (SWE)	Arvid Spangberg Sweden (SWE)

[edit] Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	1	1	1	3
	Sweden	1	1	1	3
3	United States	0	0	1	1

[edit] Notes

1. ^ IOC medals database
2. ^ Cook, pp. 305-6.

[edit] References

• Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association. 
• De Wael, Herman (2001). Diving 1908. Herman's Full Olympians. Retrieved on May 20, 2006.

Events at the 1908 Summer Olympics (London)
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