Diving at the 1912 Summer Olympics
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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 July 6, 1912 to Monday July 15, 1912.
, and appeared on the 1912 Official Report as Plain and Variety Diving combined, Spring-board Diving and High (plain) Diving. 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:0 women:1) (men:2 women:0) (men:6 women:0) (men:4 women:0) (men:2 women:1) (men:1 women:0) (men:3 women:0) (men:1 women:0) (men:22 women:12) (men:2 women:0)
1912 Summer Olympics
The 1912 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, between 5 May and 27 July 1912. Twenty-eight nations and 2,407 competitors, including 48 women, competed in 102 events in 14 sports...
in Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
, four diving
Diving
Diving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, sometimes while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime.Diving is one...
events were contested. For the first time, women competed in diving at the Olympic Games. The competitions were held from Saturday July 6, 1912 to Monday July 15, 1912.
Medal summary
The events are labelled as 10 metre platform, 3 metre springboard and plain high diving by the International Olympic CommitteeInternational Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee is an international corporation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin on 23 June 1894 with Demetrios Vikelas as its first president...
, and appeared on the 1912 Official Report as Plain and Variety Diving combined, Spring-board Diving and High (plain) Diving. 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
| 3 metre springboard |
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| 10 metre platform |
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| Plain high diving |
Women
| 10 metre platform |
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:(men:0 women:1) (men:2 women:0) (men:6 women:0) (men:4 women:0) (men:2 women:1) (men:1 women:0) (men:3 women:0) (men:1 women:0) (men:22 women:12) (men:2 women:0)
Medal table
| 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
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