Diving at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Diving at the 1964 Olympics on a stamp of Japan

At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, four diving events were contested during a competition that took place at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium, from 11 to 18 October, comprising 82 divers from 21 nations.^[1]

Medal summary

The events are named according to the International Olympic Committee labelling, but they appeared on the official report as "springboard diving" and "high diving", respectively.^[2]

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 metre springboard	Kenneth Sitzberger  United States	Frank Gorman  United States	Lawrence Andreasen  United States
10 metre platform	Bob Webster  United States	Klaus Dibiasi  Italy	Tom Gompf  United States

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 metre springboard	Ingrid Krämer  United Team of Germany	Jeanne Collier  United States	Patsy Willard  United States
10 metre platform	Lesley Bush  United States	Ingrid Krämer  United Team of Germany	Galina Alekseyeva  Soviet Union

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	3	2	3	8
2	United Team of Germany (EUA)	1	1	0	2
3	Italy (ITA)	0	1	0	1
4	Soviet Union (URS)	0	0	1	1

Participating nations

Here are listed the nations that were represented in the diving events and, in brackets, the number of national competitors.

See also

• Diving at the 1963 Pan American Games

Notes

1. ↑ Diving at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games. sports-reference.com
2. ↑ The Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, p. 522.

References

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• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2006-11-22. 
• The Organising Committee for The Games of the XVIII Olympiad (October 1966). The Official Report of The Games of the XVIII Olympiad Tokyo 1964, Volume II (pdf). Tokyo: The Organising Committee for The Games of the XVIII Olympiad. Retrieved 2007-01-03. 

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