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 m springboard	Kenneth Sitzberger  United States	Frank Gorman  United States	Lawrence Andreasen  United States
10 m platform	Bob Webster  United States	Klaus Dibiasi  Italy	Tom Gompf  United States

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 m springboard	Ingrid Krämer  United Team of Germany	Jeanne Collier  United States	Patsy Willard  United States
10 m 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
Totals (4 nations)		4	4	4	12

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

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Diving at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

• "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.

Coordinates: 35°40′04″N 139°42′01″E / 35.6678°N 139.7003°E / 35.6678; 139.7003