Diving at the 1928 Summer Olympics Diving at the 1928 Summer Olympics At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, four diving events were contested. The men's plain high diving event was dropped from the Olympic program. The competitions were held from Monday, August 6, 1928 to Saturday, August 11, 1928. The events are labelled as 3 metre springboard and 10 metre platform by the International Olympic Committee, 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
Summer Olympic Games team events. American swimmer Michael Phelps set a record for gold medals at a single Games with eight, and tied the record of most gold medals by a single competitor previously held by both Heiden and Scherbo. Another major star of the Games was Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, who became the first male athlete ever to set world records in the finals of both the 100 and 200 metres in the same Games. Equestrian events were held in Hong Kong. London held the 2012 Summer Olympics, becoming the first city to host the Games three times. In his closing address