Diving at the 1932 Summer Olympics

Diving
at the Games of the X Olympiad
Diving; at the Games of the X Olympiad
Venue	LA84 Foundation/John C. Argue Swim Stadium
Dates	8 August 1932 through; 13 August 1932
No. of events	4
Competitors	28 from 9 nations
	← 1928 1936 →

At the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, four diving events were organized, two for men, and two for women. The competitions were held from Monday, 8 August 1932 to Saturday, 13 August 1932.^[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 1932 Official Report as springboard diving and high diving, respectively.^[3] 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.^[4]

Men

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

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 m springboard details	Georgia Coleman (USA)	Katherine Rawls (USA)	Jane Fauntz (USA)
10 m platform details	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:

Austria (2) (men:1 women:1)
Canada (3) (men:2 women:1)
Denmark (1) (men:0 women:1)
France (1) (men:1 women:0)
Germany (2) (men:1 women:1)
Japan (4) (men:3 women:1)
Mexico (5) (men:5 women:0)
Sweden (1) (men:0 women:1)
United States (9) (men:4 women:5)

Medal table

References

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Diving at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
^ "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 21 November 2006.
^ 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 7 July 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2006.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "Olympic Games Medalists - Swimming and Diving (Men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 30 December 2006.

[1] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Diving at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2020.

[database-2] "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 21 November 2006.

[OR-3] 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 7 July 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2006.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[4] "Olympic Games Medalists - Swimming and Diving (Men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 30 December 2006.

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	4	4	4	12
Totals (1 entries)		4	4	4	12

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