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.
At the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, four diving events were contested. For the first time, women competed in diving at the Olympic Games. The competitions were held from Saturday 6 July 1912 to Monday 15 July 1912.
At the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, five diving events were contested. The women's 3 metre springboard competition was added to the Olympic programme. The competitions were held from Monday, 22 August 1920 to Monday, 29 August 1920.
At the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, five diving events were contested. The competitions were held from Monday, 14 July 1924 to Sunday, 20 July 1924.
At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, four diving events were contested. The men's plain high diving event was dropped from the Olympic program. The competitions were held from Monday, 6 August 1928 to Saturday, 11 August 1928.
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 10 August 1936 to Saturday 15 August 1936.
The men's plain high diving was one of four diving events on the diving at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was held on Saturday 6 July 1912, on Sunday 7 July 1912, and on Thursday 11 July 1912. Thirty-one divers from nine nations competed.
The men's 10 metre platform, also known as plain and variety diving combined competition, was one of four diving events on the Diving at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was held from Friday 12 July 1912 to Monday 15 July 1912. Twenty-three divers from seven nations competed.
The women's 10 metre platform, also known as high (plain) diving for ladies competition, was one of four diving events on the diving at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the first diving event for women at the Summer Olympic Games. The competition was held from Wednesday 10 July 1912, to Saturday 13 July 1912. Fourteen divers from three nations competed.
The women's 10 metre platform was one of five diving events on the diving at the 1920 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was held on Wednesday, 24 August 1920 and on Montag, 29 August 1920 (final). Fifteen divers from six nations competed.
The men's 10 metre platform was one of five diving events on the diving at the 1920 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was held on Sunday, 28 August 1920 and on Monday, 29 August 1920 (final).
The men's 3 metre springboard, also reported as plongeons du tremplin, was one of five diving events on the diving at the 1924 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was actually held from both 3 metre and 1 metre boards. Divers performed six compulsory dives - standing backward plain dive, standing forward dive with twist, standing inward piked dive with twist, standing reverse piked dive, standing reverse plain dive with twist and a standing forward somersault piked dive - two jury-drawn dives and four dives of the competitor's choice for a total of twelve dives. The competition was held on Wednesday 16 July 1924, and Thursday 17 July 1924.
The women's 3 metre springboard, also reported as plongeons du tremplin, was one of five diving events on the diving at the 1924 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was actually held from both 3 metre and 1 metre boards. The competitors performed six dives of their choice. The competition was held on Thursday 17 July 1924, and Friday 18 July 1924. Seventeen divers from seven nations competed.
The men's 10 metre platform, also reported as plongeons de haut vol variés, was one of five diving events on the diving at the 1924 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was actually held from both 10 metre and 5 metre platforms. Divers performed four compulsory dives - standing inward plain dive, standing backward dive with twist, running forward somersault dive and running reverse somersault dive - and four dives of the competitor's choice for a total of eight dives. The competition was held on Saturday, 19 July 1924, and Sunday, 20 July 1924. Twenty divers from ten nations competed.
The men's plain high diving, also reported as plongeons de haut vol ordinaires, was one of five diving events on the diving at the 1924 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was actually held from both 10 metre and 5 metre platforms. The competitors performed four times a forward plain dive: two from the 10 metre and two from the 5 metre platforms. The competition was held on Monday 14 July 1924, and Tuesday 15 July 1924. Twenty-five divers from ten nations competed.
The men's 10 metre platform, also reported as high diving, was one of four diving events on the diving at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was actually held from both 10 metre and 5 metre boards. Divers performed four compulsory dives – running plain dive, backward somersault, standing plain dive, running plain dive – and four dives of the competitor's choice, from either platform, for a total of eight dives. The competition was held from Thursday 9 August 1928 to Saturday 11 August 1928. Twenty-four divers from twelve nations competed.
The women's 10 metre platform, also reported as high diving, was one of four diving events on the diving at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was actually held from both 10 metre and 5 metre boards. Divers performed a total of four compulsory dives: a standing plain header and running plain header from both the 10 metre and 5 metre platforms. The competition was held on Friday 10 August 1928, and on Saturday 11 August 1928. Seventeen divers from eight nations competed.
The women's 10 metre platform, also reported as high diving, was one of four diving events on the diving at the 1932 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was actually held from both 10 metre and 5 metre platforms. Divers performed a total of four compulsory dives – running plain header forward, standing backward spring and forward dive with pike, standing forward plain header, running forward plain header. The competition was held on Friday 12 August 1932. Seven divers from five nations competed.
The women's 10 metre platform, also reported as high diving, was one of four diving events on the diving at the 1936 Summer Olympics programme.
The men's 10 metre platform, also reported as high diving, was one of four diving events on the diving at the 1936 Summer Olympics programme. For the first time, all dives were made exclusively from the 10 metre platform.
