Diving at the 1912 Summer Olympics

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At the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, four diving events were contested. For the first time, women competed in diving at the Olympic Games.

Contents 1 Medal summary 1.1 Men 1.2 Women 2 Participating nations 3 Medal table 4 Notes 5 References

[edit] Medal summary

The events are labelled as 10 metre platform, 3 metre springboard and plain high diving by the International Olympic Committee^[1], and appeared on the 1912 Official Report as Plain and Variety Diving combined, Spring-board Diving and High (plain) Diving^[2]. The high diving events included dives from both 10 metre and 5 metre platforms, while the springboard diving included dives from 3 metre and 1 metre springboards.

[edit] Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 metre springboard details	Paul Günther Germany (GER)	Hans Luber Germany (GER)	Kurt Behrens Germany (GER)
10 metre platform details	Erik Adlerz Sweden (SWE)	Albert Zürner Germany (GER)	Gustaf Blomgren Sweden (SWE)
Plain high diving details	Erik Adlerz Sweden (SWE)	Hjalmar Johansson Sweden (SWE)	John Jansson Sweden (SWE)

[edit] Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
10 metre platform details	Greta Johansson Sweden (SWE)	Lisa Regnell Sweden (SWE)	Isabelle White Great Britain (GBR)

[edit] Participating nations

A total of 57 divers (43 men and 14 women) from 10 nations (men from 9 nations - women from 3 nations) competed at the Stockholm Games:

• Austria (1) (men:0 women:1)
• Canada (2) (men:2 women:0)
• Finland (6) (men:6 women:0)
• Germany (4) (men:2 women:0)
• Great Britain (3) (men:2 women:1)
• Italy (1) (men:1 women:0)
• Norway (3) (men:3 women:0)
• Russia (1) (men:1 women:0)
• Sweden (34) (men:22 women:12)
• United States (2) (men:2 women:0)

[edit] Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Sweden	3	2	2	7
2	Germany	1	2	1	4
3	Great Britain	0	0	1	1

[edit] Notes

1. ^ IOC medals database
2. ^ Swedish Olympic Committee, pp. 993-4.

[edit] References

• Olympic Medal Winners. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2006-11-20.
• Swedish Olympic Committee; Erik Bergvall (December 1913). The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912 (pdf). Wahlström & Widstrand. Retrieved on 2006-12-23.

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