Diving at the 1932 Summer Olympics
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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.
, and appeared on the 1932 Official Report as springboard diving and high diving, respectively. 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.
(men:1 women:1) (men:2 women:1) (men:0 women:1) (men:1 women:0) (men:1 women:1) (men:3 women:1) (men:5 women:0) (men:0 women:1) (men:4 women:5)
1932 Summer Olympics
The 1932 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the X Olympiad, was a major world wide multi-athletic event which was celebrated in 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States. No other cities made a bid to host these Olympics. Held during the worldwide Great Depression, many nations...
in Los Angeles
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, four diving
Diving
Diving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, sometimes while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime.Diving is one...
events were organized, two for men, and two for women. The United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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 CommitteeInternational Olympic Committee
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, and appeared on the 1932 Official Report as springboard diving and high diving, respectively. 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.
Men
| 3 metre springboard |
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| 10 metre platform |
Women
| 3 metre springboard |
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| 10 metre platform |
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:(men:1 women:1) (men:2 women:1) (men:0 women:1) (men:1 women:0) (men:1 women:1) (men:3 women:1) (men:5 women:0) (men:0 women:1) (men:4 women:5)
Medal table
| 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |