Having won 32 olympic medals between them, we count down the most successful olympic divers of all time. A matter of seconds after his final platform dive, the scores appeared and sammy lee became the first asian. Lee would later win platform gold in london and defend that title in helsinki. Access official results for the diving event 3m springboard women at the london 1948 summer games olympics, plus view video highlights of top performances. David boudia nears the pool in a dive as he competes to a first place finish earning a place on the olympic team in the senior 10m platform final during the 2008 usa diving olympic team trials on. Report of the unitedstates olympic committee 1948 games xiv olympiad london, england v olympic winter games st. At the beginning of the century a dive began the moment the. Mar 30, 2012 the canadians even donated a couple of planks of springy pine for the diving boards at wembleys empire pool. Diving has changed over the years and with it the very meaning of the word. The diving competitions at the 2012 olympic games in london took place from 29 july to 11 august at the aquatics centre in the olympic park. Americans secure olympic diving berths, but the chinese. Empire pool also hosted the swimming and diving events, and boxing was also held at wembley arena.
Diving made its debut in the 1904 saint louis olympics, where george sheldon of the usa took home the gold on mens 10meter platform. Diving was first introduced in 1904 and has been an olympic sport since. The 2008 summer olympics will be held in beijing, china. The greeks held the first olympic games in the year 776 bc over 2700 years ago, and had only one event, a sprint a short run that was called the stade. Report of the unitedstates olympic committee 1948 games xiv.
American patsy elsener completed the american sweep. The olympic games had not been held in either 1940 or 1944 due to world war ii, and london was called upon at short notice to host them. Between 1912 and 1928 diving events were decided by ordinals rather by points. Regularly one of the highest rating events on tv during olympics coverage, diving holds a long tradition within the olympic movement. Eight diving events are contested at the olympics four individual events and four synchronized events. Published finally in 1951, its emphasis was on content rather than form, with a more modest approach than previous editions. At the 1908 summer olympics the mens springboard was added to the program. Victoria manalo draves, an asianamerican diver who overcame. The summer olympics were scheduled for tokyo in 1940, but by mid1938, japan was at war with china and withdrew as host. Anderson would repeat as the silver medalist in this event in helsinki.
Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Well be in touch with news, updates, and ways you can help the team. Americans, led by diver sammy lee, won every mens swimming and diving event. The 1948 london olympics, by janie hampton, august 15. She is the author of the critically acclaimed biography of joyce grenfell, of how the girl guides won the war, and, for aurum, the bestselling the austerity olympics, shortlisted for the william hill sports book of the year award 2008, and the british sports book awards best biography 2009. History of diving at the olympic games reference document introduction, key stages and evolution in the number of events from this disciplines. Before the 1960 rome olympics, very few people knew who ingrid kramer was. Javascript must be enabled for the correct page display. The book opens with a chapter called early divers which actually is an introduction. In 1904 there were two events for men, platform diving event called fancy high diving because of the somersaults and twists that were performed and a plunge for distance event. Most gold medals won at the olympics for diving overall.
The mens 10 metre platform, also reported as highboard diving, was one of four diving events. Relive the moments that went down in history from the london 1948 summer olympics. Diving has been an olympic discipline since the 1904 games in st louis and great britain have won a total of seven medals across the olympic history including most recently bronze for tom daley in 2012 and silver for leon taylor and peter waterfield in 2004. There are competitions in both formats for men and women and for individual and synchronised diving, which was introduced to the olympics in 2000. Media in category swimming at the 1948 summer olympics the following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total. Olympic diving comes in two distinct formats, using 3metre springboards and 10metre platforms. After her victories in the womens 3meter springboard and 10meter platform diving competitions in rome, she was the. The london games were the 11th occurrence of the modern olympic games. It was one of four aquatic sports at the games, along with swimming, water polo and synchronised swimming. Moritz 1948 team canada official olympic team website. Before each round, divers submit their list of selected dives women perform five dives, men perform six. Access official videos, results, sport and athlete records. The winners of the 1948 olympic mens 10m platform diving competition, london, england, august 5, 1948.
The london games were the first to be shown on home television and starting blocks for athletes in sprint races were introduced for the first time. Vicki draves wins amazing double diving gold london 1948. Diver vicki manalo draves won two gold medals in rationsenforced london. You are here oly home summer games 1948 london diving womens. Americans secure olympic diving berths, but the chinese loom. Aside from the synchronized diving, there was also the evergratuitous, everwonderful shower scenes. Moritz 1948 the olympic century book 11 by george constable. They were the austerity games because of the postwar economic climate with no new venues and athletes housed in existing accommodation rather than an olympic village. Tab book a book about greece for fluent readers with pages on the map, flag, language, ancient greece, the olympics, and the.
Chen won the womens 10 m platform in 2008 and 2012, and the womens synchronized 10 m platform in 2008, 2012 and 2016. The original games were held on the plain of olympia in peloponnesos, greece. Its a quality which is rare to find, but it does exist and its in jupiter, florida on the. Diving at the 2012 summer olympics simple english wikipedia. The sport first appeared at the 1904 st louis games, however in those days, success was based on distance diving, with the objective formed, to record the longest distance beneath the water before resurfacing. If you are like me, and your diving experience consists of childhood belly flops at the public pool, then you probably have a. The ioc immediately transferred the games to helsinki and the finns eagerly began preparations only to be invaded by the soviet union in 1939. Diver sammy lee is presented with a gold medal at the 1948 olympics in london. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Olympic village is under construction, surrey, 1948 7649952926. Four months after starting training for it, mathias won gold at the 1948 olympics, becoming the youngest person to win a mens athletics event.
A brief history of diving from graceful to fancy diving, the sport has been through many changes. Story of line of chapterbook biographies features sammy lee, a korean american diver who became the first asian american to win an olympic gold medal. The 1948 summer olympics, officially known as the games of the xiv olympiad, was an international multisport event which was held in london, united kingdom from 29 july to 14 august 1948. The 1948 summer olympics, officially known as the games of the xiv olympiad, were held at london in the united kingdom these were the first summer olympics to be held since the 1936 summer olympics in berlin, because no games were held during world war ii. In 1959 harlan was involved in a diving exhibition and at the end helped to take down the scaffolding for the exhibition, when he fell 27 feet to his death. The 4th post in our olympic marathon takes a detailed look at the previous london olympics in 1908 and 1948 westminster city archives is entering the spirit of the london 2012 festival by celebrating the citys sporting heritage a host of online resources, displays and exhibitions. Jul 17, 2012 posts about 1948 olympics written by wcclibraries. You need to see this accidental censorship of mens. Climbed above prejudice, dove into olympic history.
Lee also penned a book called diving that was published in 1979. Womens diving debut happened at the 1912 summer olympics in the platform event and was expanded to springboard diving at the 1920 summer olympics. Olympics book printout print a short book about the olympics, with pages on the ancient olympics, the olympic flame, the olympic flag, the summer and winter games, olympic awards, and recent olympic locations. See actions taken by the people who manage and post content. Diving dream to olympic team is the fascinating story of 1968 olympic diver keith russell. Despite shortages of essential products due to rationing, the city rose magnificently to the challenge a true victory over dark times. The most gold medals won at the olympics for diving overall is 5, achieved by wu minxia china from 2004 to 2016 and chen ruolin china from 2008 to 2016.
Everything you need to know about diving at the olympics. Media in category 1948 summer olympics the following 19 files are in this category, out of 19 total. No acrobatic moves were allowed, only a simple straight dive off the platform. At the 1948 summer olympics in london, four diving events were contested. At the age of 20, keith was the youngest athlete ever named the. At the first postwar olympics, 28yearold koreanamerican army doctor sammy lee won the first of his two consecutive platform gold medals. The 1948 diving events were held at the empire pool at wembley arena. You need to see this accidental censorship of mens olympic divers the internet loves it. Jul 31, 2012 the flying housewife of the 1948 london games. The womens 3 metre springboard, also reported as springboard diving, was one of four diving events on the diving at the 1948 summer olympics programme.
Nov 18, 2019 when his high school coach had suggested he try out for the olympics in the decathlon, mathias didnt even know what that event was. The flying housewife of the 1948 london games history. The general lack of resources for these first postwar olympic games had an impact on the official report, the official report of the organising committee for the xiv olympiad. Diving at the 1948 summer olympics mens 10 metre platform. But draves was able to hang on to win the gold medal, with olsen second. The reigning world and european champion had a clear lead after the compulsory figures and extended that. Coverage of diving events from the rio 2016 olympics final. Compulsory dives divers performed five prechosen dives one from each category a running straight header forward, backward header with pike. And to stock up on stylish team usa gear that you can wear all year round, visit the team usa shop. Four of the events take place on the threemeter springboard, while the other four are on the tenmeter platform. It was one of four aquatic sports at the games, along with swimming, water polo and synchronised swimming the 2012 games had competitions in eight events men and women events each of.
The 2012 london olympics marked the 64th anniversary of dr. Victoria vicki draves wins the incredible 10m and 3m diving double gold medal in these classic highlights from the london 1948 olympic. The london games were the first to be shown on home television, although. Lees gold and bronze medal wins at the 1948 olympics in london. At the 1948 london olympics, the first summer games held since 1936, an abeyance caused by the second world war, manalo draves became the first american woman to win two gold medals in an olympic games, as well as the first american woman to win both the springboard and platform diving finals at the olympics. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. Moritz, ice hockey and figure skating shared the ice at the olympic ice stadium. After a twelveyear hiatus caused by the outbreak of world war ii. Get the latest diving olympic news, photos, rankings, lists and more on bleacher report. Victoria draves of the united states earned a gold medal in both platform and springboard diving.
Womens 3m springboard diving final rio 2016 replay youtube. Jan 01, 2012 janie hampton has written more than 15 books, from biography to fiction. This is the complete list of olympic medalists in diving current program men 10 metre platform. Succeeding in that effort was a 19yearold from ottawa, barbara ann scott. Draves would return in a few days and become the first woman to win the springboardplatform double at a single olympics, with elsener taking silver on platform. Diving olympic bleacher report latest news, videos. Olympic diving is very exciting and yet also very confusing. Claudia kishi as an asian american style icon, and her new book, fashion forecasts. Ingrid engel kraemer carries the unified german teams olympic banner at 1964 tokyo olympics, from the book, the olympic century the xviii olympiad. Sammy lee, american diver who was the first asian american man to win an olympic gold medal. Read on to learn more about the origins, and evolution of diving. Diving at the 1948 summer olympics womens 10 metre. Womens 3m springboard diving final rio 2016 replay.
The competition, held on friday august 6, was held from both 10 and 5 metre platforms and was split into two sets of dives. Fall 2019 florida coast magazine tristan cavalear is a nineyearold boy with big dreams. London 1948 olympic games, athletic festival held in london that took place july 29aug. How london rescued the games first edition by phillips, bob isbn. This short book seems to be a potted history of diving up to the early 1800s theres a fair bit of diving history covered but not a lot of detail. The womens 10 metre platform, also reported as highboard diving, was one of four diving events on the diving at the 1948 summer olympics programme. He grew up in seoul, south korea, and went on to illustrate books in both the united states and korea.
But for all the excitement over cook and johnstons spots, they have a hill to climb at the olympics. Olympic divers funny faces photo 1 pictures cbs news. All the best photo and video highlights of diving at the london 1948 summer games olympics, plus official results and medals by event and athlete. The ancient greeks dedicated the olympic games to the god zeus. The 1948 olympics featured the debuts of several legendary olympic performers. Diving at the 1948 london summer games olympics at. The competition was held on saturday july 31, on monday august 2, and on tuesday august 3. Jul 09, 2012 the report below, published in the manchester guardian on 9 july 1948, describes the wild weather at the outdoor pool in scarborough, with the springboard diving event being abandoned after k. The competitions were held from friday july 30, 1948 to friday august 6, 1948. That challenged the figure skaters to work around the badly rutted surface. The book is then divided into broad diving subjects and goes into more fie detail within the sections. Olympics diving olympics diving is a discipline that has four events which can be contested by both men and women. A parallel platform diving event for men, called plain high diving, was presented at the games of the v olympiad.