Diving at the 1936 Summer Olympics explained

Event:Diving
Games:1936 Summer
Venue:Olympiapark Schwimmstadion Berlin
Dates: through
Num Events:4
Competitors:69
Nations:21
Prev:1932
Next:1948

At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, four diving events were contested, two for men, and two for women. The competitions were held from Monday 10 August 1936 to Saturday 15 August 1936.[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 1937 Official Report as springboard diving and high diving, respectively.[3] Following the reduction of the springboard events to the 3 metre height, in 1932, the platform events were also reduced to dives from the 10 metre platform, but only for men.[4] [5] Meanwhile, women still dived from both 10 and 5 metre heights.[6] [7]

Men

3 m springboard
10 m platform

Women

3 m springboard
10 m platform

Participating nations

A total of 69 divers (39 men and 30 women) from 21 nations (men from 20 nations - women from 11 nations) competed at the Berlin Games:

References

Notes and References

  1. Diving at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games . 13 May 2020.
  2. http://olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp IOC medals database
  3. Organisationskomitee für die XI. Olympiade Berlin 1936 e.V., p. 301.
  4. Web site: Olympic Games Medalists - Swimming and Diving (Men) . GBRAthletics . 31 December 2006 .
  5. Official Report, p. 962. For men, "All dives were executed from 10 m. board."
  6. Web site: Olympic Games Medalists - Swimming and Diving (Women) . GBRAthletics . 31 December 2006 .
  7. Official Report, p. 982. For women, compulsory dives listed include two from 5 metres and two from 10 metres.

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