Diving at the 1936 Summer Olympics - Men's 10 metre platform

The men's 10 metre platform, also reported as high diving, was one of 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 on the diving at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Diving at the 1936 Summer Olympics

At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, four diving events were contested, two for men, and two for women. The competitions were held from Monday August 10, 1936 to Saturday August 15, 1936.-Medal summary:...

programme. For the first time, all dives were made exclusively from the 10 metre platform.

The competition was split into two sets of dives on separate days:

Compulsory dives (Friday, August 14)

Divers performed four pre-chosen dives – a standing straight header forward, running straight header forward, standing straight somersault
Somersault
A somersault is an acrobatic exercise in which a person does a full 360° flip, moving the feet over the head. A somersault can be performed either forwards, backwards, or sideways and can be executed in the air or on the ground...

backward, and standing straight isander-half gainer.
Facultative dives (Saturday, August 15)

Divers performed four dives of their choice (from different categories and different from the compulsory).

Twenty-six divers from 15 nations competed.

Results

Place	Diver	Score
1		113.58
2		110.60
3		110.31
4		110.15
5		108.61
6		107.40
7		105.00
8		94.54
9		94.14
10		90.66
11		89.25
12		88.78
13		88.08
14		87.60
15		86.95
16		86.72
17		82.78
18		80.14
19		80.04
20		78.28
21		77.76
22		77.60
23		76.84
24		73.28
25		70.06
26		60.02

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