1956 Summer Olympics / Diving

Diving at the XVI. Summer Olympics
information
venue	Melbourne
Competition venue	Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Center
Nations	16
Athletes	60 (27 women, 33 men)
date	Nov 30 - Dec 7, 1956
decisions	4th
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At the XVI. 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne found four competitions Diving place, two each for women and men. The venue was the Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Center .

Balance sheet

Medal table

space	country				total
1	United States	3	4th	2	9
2	Mexico	1	-	1	2
3	Canada	-	-	1	1

Medalist

Men

competitor	gold	silver	bronze
Jump 3 m	Bob Clotworthy	Donald Harper	Joaquín Capilla
Diving 10 m	Joaquín Capilla	Gary Tobian	Richard Connor

Women

competitor	gold	silver	bronze
Jump 3 m	Patricia McCormick	Jeanne Stunyo	Irene MacDonald
Diving 10 m	Patricia McCormick	Juno Irwin	Paula Pope

Results men

Jump 3 m

space	country	athlete	Points
1	United States	Bob Clotworthy	159.56
2	United States	Donald Harper	156.23
3	MEX	Joaquín Capilla	150.69
4th	United States	Glen Whitten	148.55
5	URS	Gennady Udalov	140.64
6th	URS	Roman Brener	139.14
7th	CHI	Günther Mund	137.53
8th	HUN	József Gerlach	136.08

Date: November 30th and December 1st, 1956
24 participants from 13 countries

Diving 10 m

space	country	athlete	Points
1	MEX	Joaquín Capilla	152.44
2	United States	Gary Tobian	152.41
3	United States	Richard Connor	149.79
4th	HUN	József Gerlach	149.25
5	URS	Roman Brener	142.95
6th	United States	William Farrell	139.12
7th	HUN	Ferenc Siák	138.83
8th	URS	Mikhail Chachba	134.52

Date: 5th and 6th December 1956
22 participants from 10 countries

Results women

Jump 3 m

space	country	sportswoman	Points
1	United States	Patricia McCormick	142.36
2	United States	Jeanne Stunyo	125.89
3	CAN	Irene MacDonald	121.40
4th	United States	Barbara Gilders	120.76
5	URS	Valentina Chumicheva	118.50
6th	GBR	Ann Long	107.61
7th	FRA	Nicolle Pellissard	106.32
8th	JPN	Kanoko Tsutani	103.12

Date: December 3rd and 4th, 1956
17 participants from 9 countries

Diving 10 m

space	country	sportswoman	Points
1	United States	Patricia McCormick	84.85
2	United States	Juno Irwin	81.64
3	United States	Paula Pope	81.58
4th	FRA	Nicolle Pellissard	78.80
5	URS	Tatjana Wereina	76.95
6th	URS	Lyubov Zhigalova	76.40
7th	GBR	Ann Long	76.15
8th	THE	Birte Christoffersen	75.21
13	AUT	Eva Pfarrhofer	46.02

Date: December 6th and 7th, 1956
18 participants from 10 countries

Web links

• Diving at the 1956 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official report of the 1956 Summer Games (PDF, 32.5 MB)