Diving at the 1928 Summer Olympics explained

Event:Diving
Games:1928 Summer
Venue:Olympic Sports Park Swim Stadium
Dates: through
Num Events:4
Competitors:61
Nations:17
Prev:1924
Next: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

3 m springboard
10 m platform

Women

3 m springboard
10 m platform

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:

References

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Notes and References

  1. Diving at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games . 12 May 2020.
  2. Web site: Olympic Medal Winners . . 20 November 2006 .
  3. Web site: The Ninth Olympiad Amsterdam 1928 - Official Report, p. 747. . https://web.archive.org/web/20080408184510/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1928/1928.pdf . dead . 8 April 2008 . 29 December 2006 . Netherlands Olympic Committee . 1928 . pdf . Amsterdam J. H. de Bussy, Ltd. .