Diving at the 1964 Summer Olympics

At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, four diving events were contested during a competition that took place at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium, from 11 to 18 October, comprising 82 divers from 21 nations.

Medal summary

The events are named according to the International Olympic Committee labelling, but they appeared on the official report as "springboard diving" and "high diving", respectively.^[1]

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 metre springboard	Kenneth Sitzberger United States (USA)	Frank Gorman United States (USA)	Lawrence Andreasen United States (USA)
10 metre platform	Bob Webster United States (USA)	Klaus Dibiasi Italy (ITA)	Tom Gompf United States (USA)

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 metre springboard	Ingrid Krämer Germany (EUA)	Jeanne Collier United States (USA)	Patsy Willard United States (USA)
10 metre platform	Lesley Bush United States (USA)	Ingrid Krämer Germany (EUA)	Galina Alekseyeva Soviet Union (URS)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	3	2	3	8
2	Germany (EUA)	1	1	0	2
3	Italy (ITA)	0	1	0	1
4	Soviet Union (URS)	0	0	1	1

Participating nations

Here are listed the nations that were represented in the diving events and, in brackets, the number of national competitors.

Australia (2)
Austria (4)
Canada (3)
Colombia (1)
Denmark (2)
Egypt (1)
Finland (1)

Great Britain (6)
Hungary (2)
India (2)
Iran (1)
Italy (3)
Japan (9)
Mexico (3)

Notes

↑ The Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, p. 522.

References

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"Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2006-11-22.
The Organising Committee for The Games of the XVIII Olympiad (October 1966). The Official Report of The Games of the XVIII Olympiad Tokyo 1964, Volume II (pdf). Tokyo: The Organising Committee for The Games of the XVIII Olympiad. Retrieved 2007-01-03.

Events at the 1964 Summer Olympics (Tokyo)

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