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  →

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

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Platform details	George Sheldon   United States	Georg Hoffmann   Germany	Frank Kehoe   United States
Plunge for distance details	William Paul Dickey   United States	Edgar Adams   United States	Leo Budd Goodwin   United States

Participating nations

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

•   Germany  (3)
•   United States  (7)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	2	1	2	5
2	Germany	0	1	0	1
Totals (2 entries)		2	2	2	6

References

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

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