1928 Summer Olympics / Diving

Diving at the IX. Olympic Games
information
venue	Amsterdam
Competition venue	Olympic Zwemstadion
Nations	17th
Athletes	61 (23 women, 38 men)
date	6-11 August 1928
decisions	4th
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With the IX. 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam found four competitions Diving place, two each for women and men. The venue was the Olympic Zwemstadion (swimming stadium), a temporary facility next to the Olympic Stadium .

Balance sheet

Medal table

space	country				total
1	United States	4th	3	2	9
2	Egypt	-	1	1	2
3	Sweden	-	-	1	1

Medalist

Men

competitor	gold	silver	bronze
Jump 3 m	Pete Desjardins	Michael Galitzen	Farid Simaika
Diving 10 m	Pete Desjardins	Farid Simaika	Michael Galitzen

Women

competitor	gold	silver	bronze
Jump 3 m	Helen Meany	Dorothy Poynton	Georgia Coleman
Diving 10 m	Elizabeth Becker	Georgia Coleman	Laura Sjöqvist

Results men

Swimming stadium

Jump 3 m

space	country	athlete	space- digit	Points
1	United States	Pete Desjardins	05.0	185.04
2	United States	Michael Galitzen	14.0	174.06
3	EGY	Farid Simaika	13.0	172.46
4th	United States	Harold Smith	18.0	168.96
5	GER	Arthur mouth	29.5	154.72
6th	GER	Ewald Riebschläger	31.0	153.86
7th	CAN	Alfred Philipps	32.5	149.48
8th	GER	Heinz Plumanns	37.0	150.18
20th	SUI	Arthur Bischoff	35.0	100.14

Date: August 6-8, 1928
23 participants from 15 countries

Diving 10 m

space	country	athlete	space- digit	Points
1	United States	Pete Desjardins	06th	98.74
2	EGY	Farid Simaika	09	99.58
3	United States	Michael Galitzen	15th	92.34
4th	United States	Walter Colbath	21st	85.78
5	GER	Ewald Riebschläger	27	82.44
6th	GER	Karl Schumm	28	80.54
7th	CAN	Alfred Philipps	35	77.26
8th	GBR	Albert Knight	41	72.22
9	GER	Julius Rehborn	43	67.78
17th	AUT	Josef Staudinger	26th	73.32

Date: August 9-11, 1928
24 participants from 12 countries

Women

Jump 3 m

space	country	sportswoman	space- digit	Points
1	United States	Helen Meany	06th	78.62
2	United States	Dorothy Poynton	13	75.62
3	United States	Georgia Coleman	14th	73.38
4th	GER	Ilse Meudtner	22nd	67.42
5	GER	Margret Borgs	26th	65.16
6th	GER	Lini's little son	34	63.28
7th	NED	Geertruida Klapwijk	35	60.98
8th	NED	Alida van Leeuwen	35	59.82
9	AUT	Klara Bornett	40	56.90
10	NED	Catharina Hesterman	50	48.20

Date: August 9, 1928
10 participants from 4 countries

Diving 10 m

space	country	sportswoman	space- digit	Points
1	United States	Elizabeth Becker	09.0	31.60
2	United States	Georgia Coleman	10.5	30.60
3	SWE	Laura Sjöqvist	13.5	29.20
4th	NED	Mietje Baron	21.0	27.20
5	FIN	Greta Onnela	25.0	26.00
6th	GER	Hanni Rehborn	26.0	26.50
7th	GBR	Isabelle White	22.5	27.80
8th	FRA	Renée Cretet-Flavier	17.5	27.60
17th	GER	Margret Borgs	43.0	23.60

Date: August 10th and 11th, 1928 17 participants from 8 countries

Web links

• Diving at the 1928 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official report of the 1928 Summer Olympics (PDF, 77.8 MB)