Diving at the 1904 Summer Olympics

Diving

at the Games of the III Olympiad

Venue| Forest Park (U.S. Life Saving Exhibition Lake)
Dates| 5 September 1904 (1904-09-05) through
6 September 1904 (1904-09-06)
No. of events| 2
Competitors| 10 from 2 nations

1908 ->

Diving at the
1904 Summer Olympics

Platform| men
Plunge for distance| men

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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

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Platform
details |  George Sheldon (USA) |  Georg Hoffmann (GER) |  Frank Kehoe (USA)
Plunge for distance
details |  William Paul Dickey (USA) |  Edgar Adams (USA) |  Leo Budd Goodwin (USA)

## Participating nations

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

* Germany (3)
* United States (7)

## Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  United States (USA)| 2| 1| 2| 5
2|  Germany (GER)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Totals (2 entries)| 2| 2| 2| 6

## References

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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.

## Sources

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

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Events at the 1904 Summer Olympics (St. Louis)

* Archery
* Athletics
* Basketball (demonstration)
* Boxing
* Cycling
* Diving
* Fencing
* Football
* Gaelic football (unofficial)
* Golf
* Gymnastics
* Hurling (unofficial)
* Lacrosse
* Roque
* Rowing
* Swimming
* Tennis
* Tug of war
* Water polo
* Weightlifting
* Wrestling

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