Diving at the 1932 Summer Olympics

At the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, four diving events were organized, two for men, and two for women. The competitions were held from Monday, 8 August 1932 to Saturday, 13 August 1932.^[1]

Diving at the Games of the X Olympiad
Venue	LA84 Foundation/John C. Argue Swim Stadium
Dates	8 August 1932 (1932-08-08) through 13 August 1932 (1932-08-13)
No. of events	4
Competitors	28 from 9 nations
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Medal summary

The events are labelled as 3 metre springboard and 10 metre platform by the International Olympic Committee,^[2] and appeared on the 1932 Official Report as springboard diving and high diving, respectively.^[3] 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.^[4]

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 m springboard details	Michael Galitzen (USA)	Harold Smith (USA)	Richard Degener (USA)
10 m platform details	Harold Smith (USA)	Michael Galitzen (USA)	Frank Kurtz (USA)

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 m springboard details	Georgia Coleman (USA)	Katherine Rawls (USA)	Jane Fauntz (USA)
10 m platform details	Dorothy Poynton (USA)	Georgia Coleman (USA)	Marion Roper (USA)

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:

•  Austria (2) (men:1 women:1)
•  Canada (3) (men:2 women:1)
•  Denmark (1) (men:0 women:1)
•  France (1) (men:1 women:0)
•  Germany (2) (men:1 women:1)
•  Japan (4) (men:3 women:1)
•  Mexico (5) (men:5 women:0)
•  Sweden (1) (men:0 women:1)
•  United States (9) (men:4 women:5)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	4	4	4	12
Totals (1 entries)		4	4	4	12