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Encyclopedia > Diving at the 1912 Summer Olympics

At the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, four diving events were contested. For the first time, women competed in diving at the Olympic Games. The 1912 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad, were held in 1912 in Stockholm, Sweden. ...   (IPA: ; UN/LOCODE: SE STO) is the capital of Sweden, and consequently the site of its Government and Parliament as well as the residence of the Swedish head of state, King Carl XVI Gustaf. ... Diving refers to the sport of acrobatically jumping or falling into water. ...

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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. Bold textralf is gay IOC redirects here. ...


Men

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

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Women

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

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Medal table

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

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Notes

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

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