1904 Summer Olympics / Diving

Diving at the III. Summer Olympics
information
venue	St. Louis
Competition venue	Life Saving Exhibition Lake
Nations	2
Athletes	10 (10 men)
date	5th-7th September 1904
decisions	2
London 1908 →

With the III. Olympics 1904 in St. Louis found even two competitions for the first time Diving instead. The venue was the Life Saving Exhibition Lake on September 5th and 7th at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition site .

It was an artificial lake in which the United States Coast Guard , the American Coast Guard , usually demonstrated lifeguard exercises. The lake was traversed by a stream and was heavily polluted by manure residues and the cattle manure from the neighboring agricultural exhibition, which is why numerous water sports enthusiasts fell ill during and after the competitions.

Medal table

space	country				total
1	United States	2	1	2	5
2	German Empire	-	1	1	2

Results

Jumping

space	country	athlete	Points
1	United States	George Sheldon	12.66
2	GER	Georg Hoffmann	11.66
3	United States	Frank Kehoe	11.33
	GER	Alfred Braunschweiger	11.33
5	GER	Otto Hooff	k. A.

Date: September 7th

The five registered participants of the artificial jumping could not start because there was no springboard. After an unsuccessful protest at the exhibition management, the German participants procured material and made a 2.50 meter long board, which they placed about 3.50 meters above the water surface. From the audience's point of view, the German participants offered the best jumps, but the jury surprisingly put the American George Sheldon at the top because he had displaced the least amount of water when he was submerged (although he was also of much smaller stature). The German team management lodged a protest, which the jury rejected. For their part, the Germans refused to make a decision jump between the two third-placed winners.

Head wide jump

space	country	athlete	Expanse
1	United States	Billy Dickey	19.05 m
2	United States	Edgar Adams	17.52 m
3	United States	Leo Goodwin	17.37 m
4th	United States	Newman Samuels	16.76 m
5	United States	Charles Pyrah	14.02 m

Date: September 5, 1904

Five participants were registered for the head long jump, all Americans. After a pike jump, they had to stay under water as long as possible without doing swimming strokes. Everyone had three tries. The distance was measured where the athletes reappeared or when a minute had passed.

Web links

• Diving at the Olympic Games 1904 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Official report of the 1904 Summer Olympics (PDF, 3.1 MB)