Diving at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Dates 10 – 15 August 1936
Medal Events 4

The 1936 diving events were held at the Schwimmstadion in the Reichssportfeld in Berlin, which was also the site of the swimming events, the water polo tournament and the swimming section of the modern pentathlon. There were four diving events – 3-metre springboard and 10-metre platform for men and women, which remained the standard Olympic diving program through 1996. United States’ divers won all four events, as they would from 1924-56, and 10 of 12 medals, with Germany earning the other two bronze medals, one in both platform events.

Events

Event Status Date Participants NOCs
Springboard, Men Olympic 10 – 11 August 1936 24 15
Platform, Men Olympic 14 – 15 August 1936 26 15
Springboard, Women Olympic 12 August 1936 16 9
Platform, Women Olympic 13 August 1936 22 10
69 (39/30) 21 (20/11)

Medals

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Springboard, Men Dick DegenerUSA Marshall WayneUSA Al GreeneUSA
Platform, Men Marshall WayneUSA Elbert RootUSA Hermann StorkGER
Springboard, Women Marjorie GestringUSA Katherine RawlsUSA Dorothy Poynton-HillUSA
Platform, Women Dorothy Poynton-HillUSA Velma DunnUSA Käthe KöhlerGER

Medal table

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States USA 4 4 2 10
Germany GER 0 0 2 2