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At the 1904 Summer Olympics, in St. Louis, diving debuted as an official two-event Olympic sport, exclusive for men. The competitions were held on Monday, September 5, 1904 and on Wednesday, September 6, 1904. It included the only Olympic appearance of the plunge for distance event.

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Medal summary [edit]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Platform
details		  George Sheldon
United States (USA)		  Georg Hoffmann
Germany (GER)		  Alfred Braunschweiger
Germany (GER)
 Frank Kehoe
United States (USA)
Plunge for distance
details		  William Dickey
United States (USA)		  Edgar Adams
United States (USA)		  Leo Goodwin
United States (USA)

Participating nations [edit]

A total of ten divers from two nations competed at the St. Louis Games:

Medal table [edit]

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  United States (USA) 2 1 2 5
2  Germany (GER) 0 1 1 2
Total 2 2 3 7

References [edit]
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