At the 1936 Summer Olympics

1936 Summer Olympics

The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany. Berlin won the bid to host the Games over Barcelona, Spain on April 26, 1931, at the 29th IOC Session in Barcelona...

in Berlin

Berlin

Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...

, four diving

Diving

Diving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, sometimes while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime.Diving is one...

events were contested, two for men, and two for women. The competitions were held from Monday August 10, 1936 to Saturday August 15, 1936.

Medal summary

The events are labelled as 3 metre springboard and 10 metre platform by the International Olympic Committee

International Olympic Committee

The International Olympic Committee is an international corporation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin on 23 June 1894 with Demetrios Vikelas as its first president...

, and appeared on the 1936 Official Report as springboard diving and high diving, respectively. Following the reduction of the springboard events to the 3 metre height, in 1932

1932 Summer Olympics

The 1932 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the X Olympiad, was a major world wide multi-athletic event which was celebrated in 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States. No other cities made a bid to host these Olympics. Held during the worldwide Great Depression, many nations...

, the platform events were also reduced to dives from the 10 metre platform, but only for men. Meanwhile, women still dived from both 10 and 5 metre heights.

Men

3 metre springboard
10 metre platform

Women

3 metre springboard
10 metre 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:
(men:1 women:0) (men:1 women:2) (men:1 women:2) (men:3 women:0) (men:0 women:2) (men:4 women:0) (men:1 women:0) (men:1 women:1) (men:5 women:6) (men:2 women:4) (men:2 women:0) (men:3 women:0) (men:2 women:3) (men:1 women:0) (men:1 women:0) (men:1 women:2) (men:1 women:0) (men:1 women:2) (men:2 women:1) (men:5 women:5) (men:1 women:0)

Medal table

1		4	4	2	10
2		0	0	2	2
Total		4	4	4	12