Diving at the 1956 Summer Olympics

At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, four diving events were contested.

Diving at the 1956 Summer Olympics
3 m springboard		men		women
10 m platform		men		women

Medal summary

The events are labelled as 3 metre springboard and 10 metre platform by the International Olympic Committee,^[1] and appeared on the 1956 Official Report as springboard diving and high diving, respectively.^[2]

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 metre springboard	Bob Clotworthy United States (USA)	Donald Harper United States (USA)	Joaquín Capilla Mexico (MEX)
10 metre platform	Joaquín Capilla Mexico (MEX)	Gary Tobian United States (USA)	Richard Connor United States (USA)

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 metre springboard	Pat McCormick United States (USA)	Jeanne Stunyo United States (USA)	Irene MacDonald Canada (CAN)
10 metre platform	Pat McCormick United States (USA)	Juno Stover-Irwin United States (USA)	Paula Jean Myers-Pope United States (USA)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	3	4	2	9
2	Mexico (MEX)	1	0	1	2
3	Canada (CAN)	0	0	1	1

See also

• Diving at the 1955 Pan American Games

Notes

1. IOC medals database
2. The Organising Committee of the XVI Olympiad Melbourne 1956, pp. 591, 594.

References

• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2006-11-22.
• The Organizing Committee of the XVI Olympiad, Melbourne, 1956 (1958). "The Official Report of the Organizing Committee of the XVI Olympiad Melbourne 1956" (pdf). The Organizing Committee of the XVI Olympiad, Melbourne, 1956. Retrieved 2007-01-02.