Diving at the 1956 Summer Olympics explained

Event:	Diving
Games:	1956 Summer
Venue:	Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre
Dates:	through
Num Events:	4
Competitors:	60
Nations:	16
Prev:	1952
Next:	1960

At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, four diving events were contested.^[1]

Medal summary

The events are labelled as 3 metre springboard and 10 metre platform by the International Olympic Committee,^[2] and appeared on the 1956 Official Report as springboard diving and high diving, respectively.^[3]

Men

3 metre springboard
10 metre platform

Women

3 metre springboard
10 metre platform

Medal table

Participating nations

See also

• Diving at the 1955 Pan American Games

References

• Web site: Olympic Medal Winners . . 22 November 2006 .
• Web site: The Official Report of the Organizing Committee of the XVI Olympiad Melbourne 1956 . 2 January 2007 . The Organizing Committee of the XVI Olympiad, Melbourne, 1956 . 1958 . The Organizing Committee of the XVI Olympiad, Melbourne, 1956 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080912181829/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1956/OR1956.pdf . 12 September 2008 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Diving at the 1956 Summer Olympics . OlyMADMen . 16 May 2020 .
2. http://olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp IOC medals database
3. The Organising Committee of the XVI Olympiad Melbourne 1956, pp. 591, 594.