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 (1948-07-30) through 5 August 1948 (1948-08-05)
No. of events	4
Competitors	63 from 22 nations
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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 details	Bruce Harlan (USA)	Miller Anderson (USA)	Sammy Lee (USA)
10 m platform details	Sammy Lee (USA)	Bruce Harlan (USA)	Joaquín Capilla (MEX)

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 m springboard details	Vicki Draves (USA)	Zoe Ann Olsen (USA)	Patsy Elsener (USA)
10 m platform details	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 entries)		4	4	4	12