Diving at the 1908 Summer Olympics explained

Event:	Diving
Games:	1908 Summer
Venue:	White City Stadium
Dates:	through
Num Events:	2
Competitors:	39
Nations:	9
Prev:	1904
Next:	1912

At the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, two diving events were contested, both for men only. The competition was held on Tuesday July 14, 1908 and Friday July 24, 1908. While the competitive events were restricted to men only, an exhibition was performed by two women on July 18.^[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 1908 Official Report as high diving and fancy diving.^[3] The high diving event included dives from both 10 metre and 5 metre platforms, while the fancy diving included dives from 3 metre and 1 metre springboards.

3 m springboard
10 m platform

Participating nations

A total of 39 divers from 9 nations competed at the London Games:

References

• Book: Cook, Theodore Andrea . 1908 . The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report . British Olympic Association . London.
• Web site: De Wael . Herman . 2001 . Diving 1908 . Herman's Full Olympians . 2006-05-20 . 2011-06-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110604153308/http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/div1908.html . dead .

51.5136°N 0.2274°W

Notes and References

1. Diving at the 1908 London Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417050309/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1908/DIV/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 11 May 2020.
2. http://olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp IOC medals database
3. Cook, pp. 305-6.