Diving at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Diving
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Diving; at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Sports Park Swim Stadium
Dates	6 August 1928 through; 11 August 1928
No. of events	4
Competitors	61 from 17 nations
	← 1924 1932 →

At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, four diving events were contested. The men's plain high diving event was dropped from the Olympic program. The competitions were held from Monday, 6 August 1928 to Saturday, 11 August 1928.^[1]

Medal summary

The events are labelled as 3 metre springboard and 10 metre platform by the International Olympic Committee,^[2] and appeared on the 1928 Official Report as fancy diving and high diving, respectively.^[3] The platform events included dives from both 10 metre and 5 metre platforms, while the springboard events included dives from 3 metre and 1 metre springboards.

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 m springboard details	Pete Desjardins (USA)	Michael Galitzen (USA)	Farid Simaika (EGY)
10 m platform details	Pete Desjardins (USA)	Farid Simaika (EGY)	Michael Galitzen (USA)

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 m springboard details	Helen Meany (USA)	Dorothy Poynton (USA)	Georgia Coleman (USA)
10 m platform details	Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston (USA)	Georgia Coleman (USA)	Laura Sjöqvist (SWE)

Participating nations

A total of 61 divers (38 men and 23 women) from 17 nations (men from 16 nations - women from 9 nations) competed at the Amsterdam Games:

Australia (1) (men:1 women:0)
Austria (2) (men:1 women:1)
Canada (1) (men:1 women:0)
Czechoslovakia (2) (men:2 women:0)
Denmark (1) (men:0 women:1)
Egypt (2) (men:2 women:0)
Finland (2) (men:1 women:1)
France (4) (men:3 women:1)
Germany (9) (men:5 women:4)
Great Britain (7) (men:4 women:3)
Italy (3) (men:3 women:0)
Japan (1) (men:1 women:0)
Mexico (1) (men:1 women:0)
Netherlands (7) (men:3 women:4)
Sweden (8) (men:5 women:3)
Switzerland (1) (men:1 women:0)
United States (9) (men:4 women:5)

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	4	3	2	9
2	Egypt	0	1	1	2
3	Sweden	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 entries)		4	4	4	12

References

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Diving at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
^ "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 20 November 2006.
^ Netherlands Olympic Committee (1928). "The Ninth Olympiad Amsterdam 1928 - Official Report, p. 747" (PDF). Amsterdam J. H. de Bussy, Ltd. Archived from the original (pdf) on 8 April 2008. Retrieved 29 December 2006.

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[1] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Diving at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2020.

[database-2] "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 20 November 2006.

[OR-3] Netherlands Olympic Committee (1928). "The Ninth Olympiad Amsterdam 1928 - Official Report, p. 747" (PDF). Amsterdam J. H. de Bussy, Ltd. Archived from the original (pdf) on 8 April 2008. Retrieved 29 December 2006.

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