Diving at the 1904 Summer Olympics

Diving; at the Games of the III Olympiad
Venue	Forest Park
Dates	5 September 1904 through; 6 September 1904
No. of events	2
Competitors	10 from 2 nations

At the 1904 Summer Olympics, in St. Louis, diving debuted as an official two-event Olympic sport. The competitions were held on Monday, 5 September 1904 and on Wednesday, 6 September 1904. It included the only Olympic appearance of the plunge for distance event.[1]

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Platform	George Sheldon (USA)	Georg Hoffmann (GER)	Alfred Braunschweiger (GER)
Platform	George Sheldon (USA)	Georg Hoffmann (GER)	Frank Kehoe (USA)
Plunge for distance	William Paul Dickey (USA)	Edgar Adams (USA)	Leo Budd Goodwin (USA)

Participating nations

A total of ten divers from two nations competed at the St. Louis Games:

Germany (3)
United States (7)

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	2	1	2	5
2	Germany (GER)	0	1	1	2
Totals (2 nations)		2	2	3	7

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References

Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Diving at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2020.

Sources

"Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 November 2007.

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[1] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Diving at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2020.