Diving at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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Diving
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Diving pictogram.svg
Venue Helsinki Swimming Stadium
Dates27 July 1952 (1952-07-27) through
2 August 1952 (1952-08-02)
No. of events4
Competitors76 from 22 nations
  1948
1956  

At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, four diving events were contested. [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 1952 Official Report as springboard diving and high diving, respectively. [3]

Men

EventGoldSilverBronze
3 metre springboard
details
David Browning
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Miller Anderson
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Bob Clotworthy
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
10 metre platform
details
Samuel Lee
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Joaquín Capilla
Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico
Günther Haase
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany

Women

EventGoldSilverBronze
3 metre springboard
details
Pat McCormick
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Madeleine Moreau
Flag of France.svg  France
Zoe-Ann Olsen-Jensen
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
10 metre platform
details
Pat McCormick
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Paula Jean Myers
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Juno Stover-Irwin
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1US flag 48 stars.svg  United States  (USA)4239
2Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)0101
Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico  (MEX)0101
4Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)0011
Totals (4 entries)44412

Participating nations

See also

Notes

  1. "Diving at the 1952 Summer Olympics". OlyMADMen. Retrieved 15 May 2020.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. IOC medals database
  3. The Organising Committee for the XV Olympiad Helsinki 1952, pp. 584-5, 598.

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