Dates | 30 July – 6 August 1948 |
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Medal Events | 4 |
The 1948 diving events were held at the Empire Pool at Wembley Arena. Empire Pool also hosted the swimming and diving events, and boxing was also held at Wembley Arena. There were four diving events – 3-metre springboard and 10-metre platform for men and women, which remained the standard Olympic diving program through 1996. United States’ divers won all four events, as they would from 1924-56, and 10 of 12 medals.
Event | Status | Date | Participants | NOCs |
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Springboard, Men | Olympic | 30 – 31 July 1948 | 27 | 16 |
Platform, Men | Olympic | 4 – 5 August 1948 | 25 | 15 |
Springboard, Women | Olympic | 2 – 3 August 1948 | 16 | 8 |
Platform, Women | Olympic | 6 August 1948 | 15 | 9 |
63 (39/24) | 22 (20/10) |
NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
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United States | USA | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
Denmark | DEN | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Mexico | MEX | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |