Diving at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Diving at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Venue	Helsinki Swimming Stadium
Dates	27 July 1952 (1952-07-27) through 2 August 1952 (1952-08-02)
No. of events	4
Competitors	76 from 22 nations
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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

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 metre springboard details	David Browning   United States	Miller Anderson   United States	Bob Clotworthy   United States
10 metre platform details	Samuel Lee   United States	Joaquín Capilla   Mexico	Günther Haase   Germany

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 metre springboard details	Pat McCormick   United States	Madeleine Moreau   France	Zoe-Ann Olsen-Jensen   United States
10 metre platform details	Pat McCormick   United States	Paula Jean Myers   United States	Juno Stover-Irwin   United States

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States  (USA)	4	2	3	9
2	France  (FRA)	0	1	0	1
	Mexico  (MEX)	0	1	0	1
4	Germany  (GER)	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 entries)		4	4	4	12

Participating nations

•   Australia  (2)
•   Austria  (4)
•   Bermuda  (1)
•   Brazil  (2)
•   Ceylon  (1)
•   Denmark  (2)
•   Egypt  (4)
•   Finland  (3)
•   France  (4)
•   Germany  (4)
•   Great Britain  (9)
•   Israel  (1)
•   Italy  (1)
•   Japan  (2)
•   Mexico  (5)
•   Netherlands  (2)
•   South Africa  (1)
•   Soviet Union  (11)
•   Sweden  (4)
•   Switzerland  (2)
•   United States  (11)
•   Venezuela  (1)

See also

• Diving at the 1951 Pan American Games

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.

References

• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 22 November 2006.
• The Organising Committee for the XV Olympiad Helsinki 1952 (1955). "The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XV Olympiad Helsinki 1952" (pdf). The Organising Committee for the XV Olympiad Helsinki 1952. Retrieved 1 January 2007.