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  • Evolution of Diving at the Olympics | Olympics

    Evolution of Diving at the Olympics | Olympics

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    Men’s and Women’s diving through time: London 1908 Stockholm 1912 Erik Adlerz 🇸🇪/ Antwerp 1920 Pete Desjardins 🇺🇸/ Amsterdam 1928 Georgia Coleman 🇺🇸/ Los Angeles 1932 Samuel Lee 🇺🇸/ London 1948 Pat Mccormick 🇺🇸/ Melbourne 1956 Ingrid Kramer 🇩🇪/ Rome 1960 Klaus Dibiasi 🇮🇹/ Munich 1972 Greg Louganis 🇺🇸/ Seoul 1988 Fu Mingxia 🇨🇳/ Barcelona…

  • Video Archive: Judy Grinham, Melbourne 1956 Olympic Champion

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    At the age of 17, Judy Grinham became the first British woman since 1924 to win an Olympic swimming gold medal, setting a world record en route to the 100m backstroke title at the 1956 Melbourne Games. When she returned to London airport on 16 December, she was greeted by enthusiastic relations, friends from the…

  • Historical Olympic Swimming

    Historical Olympic Swimming

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    Vintage swimming footage from the Japan 1933, Helsinki 1952, Melbourne 1956, Rome 1960 and Munich 1972 Olympics. WestCoastMedia have a DVDs from these Championships that you can purchase for $20 if you live in North America and $26 if you live overseas, see video description.