Diving at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Dates 30 July – 6 August 1948
Medal Events 4

The 1948 diving events were held at the Empire Pool at Wembley Arena. Empire Pool also hosted the swimming and diving events, and boxing was also held at Wembley Arena. There were four diving events – 3-metre springboard and 10-metre platform for men and women, which remained the standard Olympic diving program through 1996. United States’ divers won all four events, as they would from 1924-56, and 10 of 12 medals.

Events

Event Status Date Participants NOCs
Springboard, Men Olympic 30 – 31 July 1948 27 16
Platform, Men Olympic 4 – 5 August 1948 25 15
Springboard, Women Olympic 2 – 3 August 1948 16 8
Platform, Women Olympic 6 August 1948 15 9
63 (39/24) 22 (20/10)

Medals

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Springboard, Men Bruce HarlanUSA Miller AndersonUSA Sammy LeeUSA
Platform, Men Sammy LeeUSA Bruce HarlanUSA Joaquín CapillaMEX
Springboard, Women Vicki DravesUSA Zoe Ann OlsenUSA Patsy ElsenerUSA
Platform, Women Vicki DravesUSA Patsy ElsenerUSA Birte ChristoffersenDEN

Medal table

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States USA 4 4 2 10
Denmark DEN 0 0 1 1
Mexico MEX 0 0 1 1