- Diving at the 1964 Summer Olympics
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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.
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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.
Puerto Rico (1)
Rhodesia (3)
South Korea (3)
Soviet Union (12)
Sweden (2)
United States (12)
Germany (9)
See also
Notes
- ^ The Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, p. 522.
References
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp. Retrieved 2006-11-22.
- The Organising Committee for The Games of the XVIII Olympiad (October 1966) (pdf). The Official Report of The Games of the XVIII Olympiad Tokyo 1964, Volume II. Tokyo: The Organising Committee for The Games of the XVIII Olympiad. http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1960/OR1960v2.pdf. Retrieved 2007-01-03.
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