Diving at the 1904 Summer Olympics

At the 1904 Summer Olympics, in St. Louis, diving debuted as an official two-event Olympic sport. The competitions were held on Monday, 5 September 1904 and on Wednesday, 6 September 1904. It included the only Olympic appearance of the plunge for distance event.^[1]

Diving at the Games of the III Olympiad
Venue	Forest Park (U.S. Life Saving Exhibition Lake)
Dates	5 September 1904 (1904-09-05) through 6 September 1904 (1904-09-06)
No. of events	2
Competitors	10 from 2 nations
1908 →

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Platform details	George Sheldon (USA)	Georg Hoffmann (GER)	Frank Kehoe (USA)
Plunge for distance details	William Paul Dickey (USA)	Edgar Adams (USA)	Leo Budd Goodwin (USA)

Participating nations

A total of ten divers from two nations competed at the St. Louis Games:

•  Germany (3)
•  United States (7)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	2	1	2	5
2	Germany (GER)	0	1	0	1
Totals (2 entries)		2	2	2	6