Diving at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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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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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

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)4239
2 France (FRA)0101
 Mexico (MEX)0101
4 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.

References