Men Springboard Diving XI Olympic Games Berlin, Germany 1936 - Monday, 10th August and Tuesday 11th, August - Gold Medal: Richard Degener, United States
Venue: Olympia-Schwimmstadion. 24 competitors from 15 nations.
Final
Pts
Score
1. Richard Degener
USA
163.57
2. Marshall Wayne
USA
159.56
3. Alan Greene
USA
146.29
4. Tsuneo Shibahara
JPN
144.92
5. Erhard Weiß
GER
141.21
6. Leo Esser
GER
137.99
7. Winfried Mahraun
GER
134.61
8. Tomio Koyanagi
JPN
133.07
9. František Leikert
TCH
131.98
10.Branko Ziherl
YUG
125.26
11.Ismail Ahmed Ramzi
EGY
121.67
12.Roger Heinkelé
FRA
117.72
13.Ilmari Niemeläinen
FIN
116.80
14.Ron Masters
AUS
115.72
15.Hans Haasmann
NED
111.44
15.Josef Nesvadba
TCH
111.44
17.Karl Steiner
AUT
109.54
18.László Hidvégi
HUN
107.49
19.Ahmed Ibrahim Kamel
EGY
105.02
20.Frederick Hodges
GBR
102.98
21.Frédéric Boeni
SUI
95.84
22.László Hódi
HUN
85.42
23.Max Happle
SUI
80.24
24.Alfredo Álvarez
PER
DNF
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 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).