1936 Summer Olympics / Diving

Diving at the XI. Summer Olympics
information
venue	Berlin
Competition venue	Olympic swimming stadium
Nations	21st
Athletes	69 (30 women, 39 men)
date	10-15 August 1936
decisions	4th
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At the XI. During the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin , four water jumping competitions were held, two each for women and men. The venue was the Olympic swimming stadium on the " Reichssportfeld " in the Charlottenburg district . A maximum of three participants were allowed per participating nation.

Balance sheet

Medal table

space	country				total
1	United States	4th	4th	2	10
2	German Empire	-	-	2	2

Medalist

Men

competitor	gold	silver	bronze
Jump 3 m	Richard Degener	Marshall Wayne	Alan Greene
Diving 10 m	Marshall Wayne	Elbert Root	Hermann Stork

Women

competitor	gold	silver	bronze
Jump 3 m	Marjorie Gestring	Katherine Rawls	Dorothy Poynton
Diving 10 m	Dorothy Poynton	Velma Dunn	Käthe Koehler

Results men

Diving, 1936 Summer Olympics

Jump 3 m

space	country	athlete	Points
1	United States	Richard Degener	163.57
2	United States	Marshall Wayne	159.56
3	United States	Alan Greene	146.29
4th	JPN	Tsuneo Shibahara	144.92
5	GER	Erhard Weiss	141.24
6th	GER	Leo Esser	137.99
7th	GER	Winfried Mahraun	134.61
8th	JPN	Tomio Koyanagi	133.07
9	TCH	Franz Leikert	131.98
10	YUG	Branko Ziherl	125.26
11	EGY	Ismail Ahmed Ramzi	121.67
12	FRA	Roger Heinkelé	117.72
13	FIN	Ilmari Niemeläinen	116.80
14th	OUT	Ron Masters	115.72
15th	TCH	Josef Nesvadba	111.44
	NED	Hans Haasmann	111.44
17th	AUT	Karl Steiner	109.54
18th	HUN	László Hidvégi	107.49
19th	EGY	Ahmed Ibrahim camel	105.02
20th	GBR	Frederick Hodges	102.98
21st	SUI	Frédéric Boeni	095.84
22nd	HUN	László Hódi	085.42
23	SUI	Max Happle	080.24
	BY	Alfredo Alvárez Calderon	0DNF

Date: August 10th and 11th 1936
24 participants from 15 countries

The competition was held at 8:00 a.m. in the 20 × 20 meter diving pool of the swimming stadium. Five compulsory and five freestyle jumps had to be shown. The compulsory jumps were a forward somersault, a head jump backwards from a standing position, an Auerbach jump with a run-up, a forward somersault, backwards from a standstill and half a drill forward with a run-up. The freestyle was chosen from the jump table with 24 jumps in five groups. The greatest difficulty level of 2.3 included a one and a half Auerbach somersault or one and a half somersault forward with a full twist, each with a run-up. The Peruvian Calderon did not perform all the required jumps, which is why he was placed in last place. All three medals went to athletes from the United States who held a show jumping competition on August 16.

Diving 10 m

space	country	athlete	Points
1	United States	Marshall Wayne	113.58
2	United States	Elbert Root	110.60
3	GER	Hermann Stork	110.31
4th	GER	Erhard Weiss	110.15
5	United States	Frank Kurtz	108.61
6th	JPN	Tsuneo Shibahara	107.40
7th	GER	Siegfried Viebahn	105.00
8th	JPN	Tomio Koyanagi	094.54
9	GBR	Doug Tomalin	094.14
10	ITA	Carlo Dibiasi	090.66
11	HUN	László Hódi	089.25
12	EGY	Up Abu Al-Seoud	088.78
13	EGY	Ibrahim Khalil	088.08
14th	FIN	Ilmari Niemeläinen	087.60
15th	OUT	Ron Masters	086.95
16	TCH	Franz Leikert	086.72
17th	ITA	Ferrero Marianetti	082.78
18th	HUN	László Hidvégi	080.14
19th	TCH	Václav Kacl	080.04
20th	YUG	Branko Ziherl	078.28
21st	NOR	Sam Melberg	077.76
22nd	ITA	Franco Ferraris	077.60
23	SWE	Gösta Ölander	076.84
24	MEX	Jesús Flores Albo	073.28
25th	CAN	George Athans	070.06
26th	TCH	Josef Nesvadba	060.02

Date: August 14th and 15th, 1936
26 participants from 15 countries

The competition was held on August 14th from 8:30 am and on August 15th from 10:00 am. The venue was the 20 × 20 meter diving pool of the swimming stadium. Four compulsory and four freestyle jumps from the 10-meter tower had to be shown. The compulsory jumps were a head jump forwards from standing, a head jump with a run-up, a back somersault from standing and an Auerbach jump from standing. The greatest degree of difficulty of 2.3 in the freestyle jumps was the double backward from standing and the one and a half Auerbach somersault with a run-up or flying.

Results women

Jump 3 m

space	country	sportswoman	Points
1	United States	Marjorie Gestring	89.27
2	United States	Katherine Rawls	88.35
3	United States	Dorothy Poynton	82.36
4th	GER	Gerda Daumerlang	78.27
5	GER	Olga Jensch-Jordan	77.98
6th	JPN	Masayo Ōsawa	73.94
7th	GER	Suse Heinze	71.49
8th	JPN	Fusako Kono	70.27
9	GBR	Betty Slade	69.95
10	CAN	Lynda Adams	67.44
11	NOR	Inger Nordbø	65.94
12	AUT	Magdalena Staudinger	65.76
13	GBR	Katinka Larsen	64.00
14th	SUI	Annie Villiger	62.38
15th	CAN	Thelma Boughner	60.04
16	FRA	Cecile Lesprit-Poirier	58.86

Date: August 12, 1936
16 participants from 9 countries

The competition began at 8:00 a.m., the venue was the 20 × 20 meter diving pool of the swimming stadium. Three compulsory and four freestyle jumps from the 3 meter board had to be shown. The compulsory jumps were a forward somersault with a run-up, a head jump backwards from a standing position and an Auerbach jump with a run-up. In the jumping table for the freestyle there were 14 jumps, of which the Auerbach somersault with a run-up and the one and a half somersault forwards, backwards, pike or crouched with the highest degree of difficulty of 2.0. All three medals went to athletes from the United States. Marjorie Gestring became the youngest ever Olympic champion at the age of 13 years and 266 days.

Diving 10 m

space	country	sportswoman	Points
1	United States	Dorothy Poynton	33.93
2	United States	Velma Dunn	33.63
3	GER	Käthe Koehler	33.43
4th	JPN	Reiko Ōsawa	32.53
5	United States	Cornelia Gilissen	30.47
6th	JPN	Fusako Kono	30.24
7th	GBR	Jean Gilbert	30.16
8th	GER	Anne Ehscheidt	29.90
9	SWE	Ingeborg Sjöqvist	29.67
10	SWE	Ann-Margret Nirling	29.20
11	GER	Anneliese Kapp	28.66
12	NOR	Inger Nordbø	28.62
13	NOR	Tullik Helsing	28.40
14th	JPN	Masayo Ōsawa	28.10
15th	THE	Mette Gregaard	27.54
16	AUT	Therese Rampel	27.16
17th	THE	Gida Andersen	27.08
18th	GBR	Madge Moulton	26.62
19th	CAN	Lynda Adams	26.52
20th	FRA	Cecile Lesprit-Poirier	25.56
21st	AUT	Magdalena Staudinger	25.04
22nd	CAN	Thelma Boughner	24.30

Date: August 13, 1936
22 participants from 10 countries

The competition started at 8:30 a.m., the venue was the 20 × 20 meter diving pool of the swimming stadium. Four mandatory jumps from the 5-meter tower and the 10-meter tower had to be shown. The compulsory jumps were a forward head jump with a run-up (5 meters), a forward head jump from a standing position (10 meters), a forward head jump with a run-up (10 meters) and a back somersault from a standing position (5 meters).

Web links

• Diving at the 1936 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official report of the 1936 Summer Games (PDF, 73.9 MB)