Diving at the 1952 Summer Olympics

At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, four diving events were contested.[1]

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

Medal summary edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States (USA)4239
2  France (FRA)0101
  Mexico (MEX)0101
4  Germany (GER)0011
Totals (4 entries)44412

Participating nations edit

See also edit

Notes edit

  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 edit