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

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Men's 10 metre platform
at the Games of the XI Olympiad
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Marshall Wayne US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Elbert Root US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Hermann Stork Flag of the German Reich (1935-1945).svg  Germany
  1932
1948  

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. [1]

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

  1. Compulsory dives (Friday, 14 August)
    Divers performed four pre-chosen dives – a standing straight header forward, running straight header forward, standing straight somersault backward, and standing straight isander-half gainer.
  2. Facultative dives (Saturday, 15 August)
    Divers performed four dives of their choice (from different categories and different from the compulsory).

Twenty-six divers from 15 nations competed.

Results

RankDiverNationScore
Gold medal icon.svg Marshall Wayne US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 113.58
Silver medal icon.svg Elbert Root US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 110.60
Bronze medal icon.svg Hermann Stork Flag of the German Reich (1935-1945).svg  Germany 110.31
4 Erhard Weiß Flag of the German Reich (1935-1945).svg  Germany 110.15
5 Frank Kurtz US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 108.61
6 Tsuneo Shibahara Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 107.40
7 Siegfried Viebahn Flag of the German Reich (1935-1945).svg  Germany 105.00
8 Tomio Koyanagi Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 94.54
9 Doug Tomalin Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 94.14
10 Carlo Dibiasi Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 90.66
11 László Hódi Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary 89.25
12 Rauf Abu Al-Seoud Flag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg  Egypt 88.78
13 Ibrahim Khalil Flag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg  Egypt 88.08
14 Ilmari Niemeläinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 87.60
15 Ron Masters Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 86.95
16 František Leikert Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 86.72
17 Ferrero Marianetti Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 82.78
18 László Hidvégi Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946; 3-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary 80.14
19 Václav Kacl Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 80.04
20 Branko Ziherl Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 78.28
21 Sam Melberg Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 77.76
22 Franco Ferraris Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 77.60
23 Gösta Ölander Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 76.84
24 Jesús Flores Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico 73.28
25 George Athans Canadian Red Ensign 1921-1957 (with disc).svg  Canada 70.06
26 Josef Nesvadba Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 60.02

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References

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