Diving at the 1948 Summer Olympics

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

Medal summary

The events are labelled as 3 metre springboard and 10 metre platform by the International Olympic Committee^[1], and appeared on the 1948 Official Report as springboard diving and highboard diving, respectively^[2].

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 metre springboard details	Bruce Harlan United States (USA)	Miller Anderson United States (USA)	Sammy Lee United States (USA)
10 metre platform details	Sammy Lee United States (USA)	Bruce Harlan United States (USA)	Joaquín Capilla Mexico (MEX)

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 metre springboard details	Vicki Draves United States (USA)	Zoe Ann Olsen United States (USA)	Patsy Elsener United States (USA)
10 metre platform details	Vicki Draves United States (USA)	Patsy Elsener United States (USA)	Birte Christoffersen Denmark (DEN)

Participating nations

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
Total		4	4	4	12

Notes

1. ^ IOC medals database
2. ^ The Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad London 1948, p. 637.

References

• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp. Retrieved 2006-11-22. 
• 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. http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1948/OR1948.pdf. Retrieved 2008-04-03.