1960 Summer Olympics / Diving

Diving at the 1960 Summer Olympics
information
venue	Rome
Competition venue	Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto
Nations	25th
Athletes	75 (49 , 26 )
date	August 26 - September 2, 1960
decisions	4th
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At the XVII. 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome found four competitions Diving place, two each for women and men. The venue was the Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto at the Foro Italico .

Balance sheet

Olympic swimming stadium

Medal table

space	country				total
1	United States	2	4th	-	6th
2	Germany	2	-	-	2
3	Great Britain	-	-	2	2
4th	Mexico	-	-	1	1
	Soviet Union	-	-	1	1

Medalist

Men

competitor	gold	silver	bronze
Jump 3 m	Gary Tobian	Sam Hall	Juan Botella
Diving 10 m	Robert Webster	Gary Tobian	Brian Phelps

Women

competitor	gold	silver	bronze
Jump 3 m	Ingrid Kramer	Paula Pope	Elizabeth Ferris
Diving 10 m	Ingrid Kramer	Paula Pope	Ninel Krutova

Results men

Jump 3 m

space	country	athlete	Points
1	United States	Gary Tobian	170.00
2	United States	Sam Hall	167.08
3	MEX	Juan Botella	162.30
4th	MEX	Álvaro Gaxiola	150.42
5	CAN	Ernest Meissner	144.07
6th	ITA	Lamberto Mari	143.97
7th	JPN	Toshio Yamano	140.46
8th	EUA	Hans-Dieter Pophal	133.95
11	EUA	Rudi Oertel	091.90
15th	AUT	Kurt Mrkwicka	090.73
19th	AUT	Peter Huber	050.49
31	SUI	Hans Klug	038.65

Gary Tobian (left) and Bob Webster (right)

Date: August 27th and 29th, 1960
32 participants from 19 countries

Diving 10 m

space	country	athlete	Points
1	United States	Robert Webster	165.56
2	United States	Gary Tobian	165.25
3	GBR	Brian Phelps	157.13
4th	MEX	Roberto Madrigal	152.86
5	EUA	Rolf Sperling	151.83
6th	URS	Gennady Galkin	141.69
7th	EUA	Fritz Enskat	138.86
8th	URS	Anatoly Sysoyev	135.59
9	AUT	Kurt Mrkwicka	091.37

Date: August 31 to September 2, 1960
28 participants from 18 countries

Results women

Jump 3 m

space	country	sportswoman	Points
1	EUA	Ingrid Kramer	155.81
2	United States	Paula Pope	141.24
3	GBR	Elizabeth Ferris	139.09
4th	United States	Patsy Willard	137.82
5	URS	Ninel Krutova	136.11
6th	CAN	Irene MacDonald	134.69
7th	GBR	Ann Long	129.63
8th	NED	Dorothea du Pon	123.35
10	EUA	Waltraud Oertel	084.49

Award ceremony, from left: Pope, Krämer, Ferris

Date: August 26th and 27th, 1960
18 participants from 12 countries

Diving

space	country	sportswoman	Points
1	EUA	Ingrid Kramer	91.28
2	United States	Paula Pope	88.94
3	URS	Ninel Krutova	86.99
4th	United States	Juno Stover-Irwin	83.59
5	URS	Raissa Gorokhovskaya	83.03
6th	GBR	Norma Thomas	82.21
7th	FRA	Nicolle Pellissard	81.18
8th	GBR	Phyllis Long	80.98
15th	EUA	Gabriele Schöpe	48.81

Award ceremony, from left: Pope, Krämer, Krutowa

Date: August 29th and 30th, 1960
18 participants from 12 countries

Web links

Commons : Diving in the Water at the 1960 Summer Olympics  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Diving at the 1960 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official results of the 1960 Summer Games (PDF, 11.9 MB)