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Springboard diving was added in 1908 and platform diving in 1912, when the combined event was dropped. Women's platform diving was also added in 1912, followed by women's springboard diving in 1920. From 1912 through 1928, divers were ranked by ordinals; that is, the places assigned them by the judges. Thus, if there were three judges and a diver was ranked first by two and second by one, that diver's score would be 4 (1+1+2). A diver with a lower point score but higher ordinals could therefore win the gold medal. Since 1932, divers have been ranked by the total number of points for all their dives. The score for a dive is the score awarded by the judges, on a scale from to 6, multiplied by the dive's degree of difficulty. The degree of difficulty ranges from a low of 1.2 to a high of 3.6. The newest discipline, synchronized diving, became an Olympic event in 2000.

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4. History Of The Modern Olympic Games
history of the Modern olympic Games Where Athens, Greece Countries Participating 13 When March 25April 3 Athletes Participating 311 Male 0 Female Overall medal winner Greece of Events 43 However, the American swimming diving team of Duke Paoa Kahanamoku, Ethleda Bleibtrey, and 14 year-old Aileen Riggin
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5. Olympic History: Diving - Olympics 2000
olympic history diving. Although it is impossible to say when manfirst plunged headfirst into water some suggestions date back
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Although it is impossible to say when man first plunged headfirst into water some suggestions date back at least to the time of Greece's ancient Games the British were the first to take the sport of diving seriously, diving into ponds. The only dive then was what is now known as the forward dive straight. The sport took a more artistic side in the early 1800s, when Swedish and German gymnasts took their acrobatics to the beach to practice their jumps and twists over the water. Diving was one of the two introductory events at the 1904 Games in St. Louis. Springboard diving joined the original platform event four years later and women first competed in the event in 1912 at Stockholm with their own platform event, and women's springboard followed in 1920.

6. History - Olympics 2000
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Olympic History: Swimming
There is no exact date for when swimming was invented, but there is evidence dating the sport back for centuries. Mosaics and drawings from Middle Eastern civilizations and Pompeii show man swimming in a dog stroke. Greeks held swimming in a high regard as well, so much so that men of the ancient times often considered others less worthy if they could not run or swim. A man was considered uneducated by Plato if he could not swim. But it was an 1844 race in London, England that displayed swimming close to what we know today. Thanks to England's Swimming Society, several American Indians were brought over for the race and dominated the competition using windmill strokes resembling today's freestyle. Despite the Indians' advanced style, the English still relied on the breaststroke - the stroke mainly used by Captain Matthew Webb when he became the first to swim across the English Channel in 1875.

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olympic history Competing in his first olympics. Accomplishments The only memberof the 2000 US diving Team to qualify for the olympics at 3meters and
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Men: Troy Dumais David Pichler Mark Ruiz Women: Michelle Davison Jenny Keim Sara Reiling Laura Wilkinson MEN Troy Dumais Age: Height: Weight: Birthdate: Jan. 20, 1980 Hometown: Ventura, Calif. Event: Springboard Olympic History: Competing in his first Olympics Accomplishments:
Six-time U.S. National Champion at 3-meter Springboard
2000 NCAA 3- and 1-meter champion and platform silver medalist
1999 Pan Am Games 3-meter bronze medalist
1998 Goodwill Games 3-meter silver medalist
Named 1997 U.S. Diving Athlete of the Year Back to the top David Pichler Age: Height: Weight: Birthdate: Sept. 3, 1968 Hometown: Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Event: Platform Olympic History: Competing in his second Olympics after finishing sixth in the Platform at the 1996 Atlanta Games. Accomplishments:
Silver medalist at 3-meter and platform at 2000 U.S. National Indoor Championships

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diving into history Latest Thursday September 28, 2000 1259 PM. tying AmericansPat McCormick and Greg Louganis for most by a diver in olympic history.
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Storylines By Albert Lin, CNNSI.com SYDNEY, Australia Upon winning two more golds at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, Chinese diver Fu Mingxia decided to hang up her suit at the tender age of 18. Two years ago, however, she regained the itch and began her comeback. No longer the dominant diver in the world, she was still formidable. Entering Thursday night's three-meter springboard final, Fu trailed teammate Guo Jingjing by 8.4 points through five semifinal dives. Guo maintained her lead through the evening's first two attempts, then nearly surrendered it on the third when Fu nailed her back 2 1/2 somersault in a pike position. However, the New Zealand judge inexplicably gave her a 5.5, keeping her in second. Fu had momentum, though, and she passed Guo on her fourth dive of the final and ninth overall doing a reverse 2 1/2 somersault in a pike position to go up by 1.68 points.

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olympic history. Springboard diving was born at the 1908 Games for men and in 1912 a women's platform event was
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OLYMPIC HISTORY Springboard diving was born at the 1908 Games for men and in 1912 a women's platform event was introduced, though it was not until 1920 that women took part in a springboard event. In those early days, the swallow dive, a straight plunge forward was the favoured leap. However, in the 1920s, pikes, tucks and twists became more common, resulting in dives involving somersaults. The British "Fancy Diving" team from 1908 Sweden and Germany dominated the sport in its infancy, while the US took the lead from the late 1920s to the 1980s, when China, today's masters took over as the world's greatest diving nation. Pat McCormick, of the US, won both women's titles in 1952 and 1956, the latter just eight months after becoming a mother. Her double double success was repeated by Greg Louganis, of the US, in 1984 and 1988. The accident in which he cracked his head on the highboard and had to receive stitches led to a tightening of safety measures after the diver revealed some time later that he had been carrying the HIV virus.

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The olympic Games in history. A brief look at humankind's most enduring sports spectacle wins 7 gold medals in swimming; Greg Louganis earns golds in platform and springboard diving.
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In 1892, French educator Baron Pierre de Coubertin proposes a renaissance of ancient Greek competition. In 1896, his dream is realized as England, Greece, Italy, Russia, Spain, Sweden and the United States open Games. James B. Connolly wins triple jump (the first medal in modern Olympic history); American flag is raised and Star Spangled Banner played, beginning tradition of honoring victor and his/her country.
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Games opened to women. First female winner: Charlotte Cooper of Great Britain in singles tennis. Margaret Abbot of Chicago wins a gold medal in golf. Alvin Kraenzlein of U.S becomes first to win 4 gold medals.
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17. History | Diving | ABC Olympic Games Coverage
history. Divers are pond users. The sport made its olympic debut at StLouis in 1912 under the label fancy diving. By today's
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Divers are judged on their ability to perform manoeuvres in the air between the take-off point and the pool, one of the key scoring criteria being the ability to enter the water smoothly. These manoeuvres include pikes, tucks, twists and somersaults and can be performed in forward or reverse directions. Of course, times have changed somewhat since the earliest diving competitions. Diving competitions began in Britain in the 1880s, after the sport began in Europe in the 17th century as a training drill for gymnasts. Those early competitions were held in ponds, with divers forced to compete for space with other pond users. The sport made its Olympic debut at St Louis in 1912 under the label fancy diving.

18. ABC Coverage Of The Sydney 2000 Olympic Games - Diving
fifth olympic diving crown Sautin in battle with Chinese for platform title Australiandivers secure place in 10m platform final Fu rewrites history
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Two bronzes break medal famine
The Chinese have been the diving champs since the 70s and the Sydney Games were no exception. China scored five out of the eight gold medals on offer and scooped five silvers too.
But the Olympic diving competition did produce some surprise wins. Australia broke it's 76 year medal famine in the sport with a bronze winning dive from Robert Newbery and Dean Pullar. They finished third behind China and Russia in the men's synchronised three-metre springboard final. This was followed up by another bronze win by Australia's women's synchronized diving pairing of Loudy Tourky and Rebecca Gilmore.
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olympic history, diving was contested at the 1904 olympics in St. Louis,and its appearance on the olympic programme in both springboard
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