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===Olympic era=== [[File:Diver2.jpg|thumb|Swedish high diver [[Arvid Spångberg]] at the [[1908 Olympic Games]] from the fourth Olympiad]] Plain diving was first introduced into the [[Olympics]] at the [[Diving at the 1904 Summer Olympics|1904 event]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Crego|first=Robert|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XCl1c2yy5ooC&q=diving+part+of+olympic+games&pg=PA137|title=Sports and Games of the 18th and 19th Centuries|date=2003|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-31610-4|language=en}}</ref> The [[Diving at the 1908 Summer Olympics|1908 Olympics in London]] added 'fancy diving' and introduced elastic boards rather than fixed platforms. Women were first allowed to participate in the diving events for the [[Diving at the 1912 Summer Olympics|1912 Olympics]] in [[Stockholm]].<ref name="hoa"/> In the 1928 Olympics, 'plain' and 'fancy' diving were amalgamated into one event – 'Highboard Diving'. The diving event was first held indoors in the [[Wembley Arena|Empire Pool]] for the [[1934 British Empire Games]] and [[1948 Summer Olympics]] in [[London]].
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