Diving at the 1964 Summer Olympics

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]

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 (1964-10-11) through October 18, 1964 (1964-10-18)
No. of events	4
Competitors	80 from 20 nations

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)

Puerto Rico (1)  Rhodesia (3)  South Korea (3)  Soviet Union (12)  Sweden (2)  United States (12)  United Team of Germany (9)

See also

• Diving at the 1963 Pan American Games

Notes

1. "Diving at the 1964 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
2. 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.