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Diving at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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Diving
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
VenueMelbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre
Dates30 November 1956 (1956-11-30) through
7 December 1956 (1956-12-07)
No. of events4
Competitors60 from 16 nations
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1960 →

At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, four diving events were contested.[1]

Medal summary

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

Men

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

Women

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

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)3429
2 Mexico (MEX)1012
3 Canada (CAN)0011
Totals (3 entries)44412

Participating nations

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ "Diving at the 1956 Summer Olympics". OlyMADMen. Retrieved 16 May 2020.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ IOC medals database
  3. ^ The Organising Committee of the XVI Olympiad Melbourne 1956, pp. 591, 594.

References

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