Diving at the 1936 Summer Olympics - Men's 3 metre springboard

The men's 3 metre springboard, also reported as springboard 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.

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

Compulsory dives (Monday, August 10)

Divers performed five pre-chosen dives (one from each category) – a running 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...

forward, standing header backward with pike, running straight isander-half gainer, standing backward spring and forward somersault with pike, and running pike dive with half-screw forward.
Facultative dives (Tuesday, August 11)

Divers performed five dives of their choice (one from each category and different from the compulsory).

Twenty-four divers from 15 nations competed.

Results

Place	Diver	Score
1		163.57
2		159.56
3		146.29
4		144.92
5		141.21
6		137.99
7		134.61
8		133.07
9		131.98
10		125.26
11		121.67
12		117.72
13		116.80
14		115.72
15		111.44
15		111.44
17		109.54
18		107.49
19		105.02
20		102.98
21		95.84
22		85.42
23		80.24
24		DNF

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