Diving at the 1932 Summer Olympics

At the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, four diving events were organized, two for men, and two for women. The United States swept the medals in all four events. The competitions were held from Monday, August 8, 1932 to Saturday, August 13, 1932.

Medal summary

The events are labelled as 3 metre springboard and 10 metre platform by the International Olympic Committee,[1] and appeared on the 1932 Official Report as springboard diving and high diving, respectively.[2] The platform events included dives from both 10 metre and 5 metre platforms, but, from now on, the springboard events were reduced to dives from the 3 metre board.[3]

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
3 m springboard
  Michael Galitzen (USA)  Harold Smith (USA)  Richard Degener (USA)
10 m platform
  Harold Smith (USA)  Michael Galitzen (USA)  Frank Kurtz (USA)

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
3 m springboard
  Georgia Coleman (USA)  Katherine Rawls (USA)  Jane Fauntz (USA)
10 m platform
  Dorothy Poynton (USA)  Georgia Coleman (USA)  Marion Roper (USA)

Participating nations

A total of 28 divers (17 men and 11 women) from nine nations (men from seven nations - women from seven nations) competed at the Los Angeles Games:

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States44412
Totals (1 nations)44412


Notes

  1. ↑ "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2006-11-21.
  2. ↑ Xth Olympiad Committee Los Angeles, U.S.A. 1932, Ltd. (1933). "The Games of the Xth Olympiad Los Angeles 1932 - Official Report, p. 617" (PDF). Archived from the original (pdf) on 2010-07-07. Retrieved 2006-12-30.
  3. ↑ "Olympic Games Medalists - Swimming and Diving (Men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2006-12-30.
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