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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Diving at the
1912 Summer Olympics
3 m springboardmen
10 m platformmenwomen
Plain high divingmen

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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