At the
1928 Summer Olympics in
Amsterdam
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diving
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* Diving (sport), the sport of jumping into deep water
* Underwater diving, human activity underwater for recreational or occupational purposes
Diving or Dive may also refer to:
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events were contested. The men's plain high diving event was dropped from the Olympic program. The competitions were held from Monday, 6 August 1928 to Saturday, 11 August 1928.
Medal summary
The events are labelled as 3 metre springboard and 10 metre platform by the
International Olympic Committee
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and appeared on the 1928 Official Report as ''fancy diving'' and ''high diving'', respectively.
The platform events included dives from both 10 metre and 5 metre platforms, while the springboard events included dives from 3 metre and 1 metre springboards.
Men
Women
Participating nations
A total of 61 divers (38 men and 23 women) from 17 nations (men from 16 nations - women from 9 nations) competed at the Amsterdam Games:
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(men:1 women:0)
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(men:1 women:1)
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(men:1 women:0)
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(men:2 women:0)
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(men:0 women:1)
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(men:2 women:0)
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(men:1 women:1)
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(men:3 women:1)
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(men:5 women:4)
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(men:4 women:3)
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(men:3 women:0)
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(men:1 women:0)
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(men:1 women:0)
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(men:3 women:4)
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(men:5 women:3)
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(men:1 women:0)
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(men:4 women:5)
Medal table
References
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