Diving at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 3 metre springboard

Men's 3 metre springboard
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Bruce Harlan  United States
2nd, silver medalist(s) Miller Anderson  United States
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Sammy Lee  United States

The men's 3 metre springboard, also reported as springboard diving, was one of four diving events on the diving at the 1948 Summer Olympics programme.

The competition, held on Friday July 30 and on Tuesday August 3, was split into two sets of dives:

  1. Compulsory dives
    Divers performed five pre-chosen dives (one from each category) – a running straight header forward, backward header with pike, running straight isander-half gainer reverse dive, backward spring and forward dive with pike, and running straight forward twist.
  2. Facultative dives
    Divers performed five dives of their choice (one from each category and different from the compulsory).

Twenty-seven divers from 16 nations competed. Eddie Heron of Ireland competed in the preliminary round but withdrew along with the rest of the Irish Amateur Swimming Association squad in protest at FINA's refusal to allow swimmers from Northern Ireland to compete for the team.[1]

Results

RankDiverPoints
1st, gold medalist(s) Bruce Harlan (USA)163.64
2nd, silver medalist(s) Miller Anderson (USA)157.29
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Sammy Lee (USA)145.52
4 Joaquín Capilla (MEX)141.79
5 Raymond Mulinghausen (FRA)126.55
6 Svante Johansson (SWE)120.20
7 Kamal Ali Hassan (EGY)119.90
8 Thomas Christiansen (DEN)114.59
9 George Athans (CAN)114.13
10 Francis Gosling (BER)113.98
11 Milton Busin (BRA)113.86
12 Franz Worisch (AUT)112.15
13 Peter Heatly (GBR)111.73
14 Roger Heinkelé (FRA)110.78
15 Ismail Ahmed Ramzi (EGY)110.18
16 David Norris (AUS)109.67
17 Diego Mariscal (MEX)107.78
18 Charles Johnson (GBR)105.32
19 Wilhelm Lippa (AUT)103.18
20 Guy Hernandez (FRA)102.89
21 Gunnar Kemnitz (BRA)102.22
22 Mohamed Ibrahim (EGY)97.52
23 Peter Elliott (GBR)91.23
24 José Castillo (CUB)84.81
25 Ernst Strupler (SUI)80.09
26 Günther Mund (CHI)68.08
27 Eddie Heron (IRL)WD

References

Sources

  • sports-reference.com
  • Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad London 1948 (1951). "The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad London 1948" (pdf). Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad London 1948. pp. pp.637–9. Retrieved 2006-12-31.
  • Herman de Wael (2001-05-24). "Diving - men's springboard (London 1948)". Retrieved 2006-12-31.

Citations

  1. Rouse, Paul (14 January 2016). "When crowds turned out to see the graceful Eddie Heron dive". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
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