Diving at the 1904 Summer Olympics

At the 1904 Summer Olympics, in St. Louis, diving debuted as an official two-event Olympic sport, exclusive for men. The competitions were held on Monday, September 5, 1904 and on Wednesday, September 6, 1904. It included the only Olympic appearance of the plunge for distance event.

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Platform	George Sheldon (USA)	Georg Hoffmann (GER)	Alfred Braunschweiger (GER)
Platform	George Sheldon (USA)	Georg Hoffmann (GER)	Frank Kehoe (USA)
Plunge for distance	William Dickey (USA)	Edgar Adams (USA)	Leo Goodwin (USA)

Participating nations

A total of ten divers from two nations competed at the St. Louis Games:

Germany (3)
United States (7)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	2	1	2	5
2	Germany (GER)	0	1	1	2

Total		2	2	3	7

References

"Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2007-11-23.

Events at the 1904 Summer Olympics (St. Louis)

Archery Athletics Basketball (demonstration) Boxing Cycling Diving Fencing Football Gaelic football (unofficial) Golf Gymnastics Lacrosse Roque Rowing Swimming Tennis Tug of war Water polo Weightlifting Wrestling

Diving at the Summer Olympics

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