Diving at the 1948 Summer Olympics

At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, four diving events were contested. The competitions were held from Friday 30 July 1948 to Friday 6 August 1948.[1][2]

Diving at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Venue	Wembley Arena
Dates	30 July 1948 through 5 August 1948
No. of events	4
Competitors	63 from 22 nations

Medal summary

The events are labelled as 3 metre springboard and 10 metre platform by the International Olympic Committee,[3] and appeared on the 1948 Official Report as springboard diving and highboard diving, respectively.[4]

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 m springboard	Bruce Harlan (USA)	Miller Anderson (USA)	Sammy Lee (USA)
10 m platform	Sammy Lee (USA)	Bruce Harlan (USA)	Joaquín Capilla (MEX)

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 m springboard	Vicki Draves (USA)	Zoe Ann Olsen (USA)	Patsy Elsener (USA)
10 m platform	Vicki Draves (USA)	Patsy Elsener (USA)	Birte Christoffersen (DEN)

Participating nations

Australia (1)  Austria (4)  Brazil (3)  Canada (2)  Chile (1)  Cuba (1)  Denmark (3)  Egypt (4)  Finland (1)  France (5)

Great Britain (11)  Hungary (1)  Ireland (1)  Mexico (4)  Netherlands (2)  Norway (2)  South Africa (1)  Syria (1)  Sweden (3)  Switzerland (2)  United States (7)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	4	4	2	10
2	Denmark (DEN)	0	0	1	1
	Mexico (MEX)	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 nations)		4	4	4	12

Notes

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Diving at the 1948 London Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
2. "Diving at the 1948 Summer Olympics". OlyMADMen. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
3. IOC medals database
4. The Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad London 1948, p. 637.

References

• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 22 November 2006.
• Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad London 1948 (1951). "The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad London 1948" (PDF). Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad London 1948. Archived from the original (pdf) on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2008.