Diving at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Women's 3 metre springboard
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| 3 m springboard | men | women |
| 10 m platform | men | women |
The women's 3 metre springboard, also reported as springboard diving, was one of four diving events on the diving at the 1936 Summer Olympics programme.[1][2]
The competition, held on Wednesday 12 August, was split into two sets of dives held on the same day:
- Compulsory dives
- Divers performed three pre-chosen dives – a running straight somersault forward, standing header backward with pike, and running straight isander-half gainer.
- Facultative dives
- Divers performed three dives of their choice (from different categories and different from the compulsory).
Sixteen divers from nine nations competed.
At the age of 13 years and 268 days, Marjorie Gestring won the gold medal in 3-meter springboard diving at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, making her at the time the youngest person ever to win an Olympic gold medal. She remains the second-youngest Olympic gold medalist, as of 2024.[a]
Results[edit]
| Place | Diver | Nation | Score |
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Marjorie Gestring |  United States |
89.27 |
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Katherine Rawls | United States |
88.35 |
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Dorothy Poynton-Hill | United States |
82.36 |
| 4 | Gerda Daumerlang |  Germany |
78.27 |
| 5 | Olga Jensch-Jordan | Germany |
77.98 |
| 6 | Masayo Osawa |  Japan |
73.94 |
| 7 | Suse Heinz | Germany |
71.49 |
| 8 | Fusako Kono | Japan |
70.27 |
| 9 | Betty Slade |  Great Britain |
69.95 |
| 10 | Lynda Adams |  Canada |
67.44 |
| 11 | Inger Nordbø |  Norway |
65.94 |
| 12 | Magdalene Epply-Staudinger |  Austria |
65.76 |
| 13 | Katinka Larsen | Great Britain |
64.00 |
| 14 | Annie Villiger |  Switzerland |
62.38 |
| 15 | Thelma Boughner | Canada |
60.04 |
| 16 | Cécile Lesprit-Poirier |  France |
58.86 |
Notes[edit]
- ^ In the 1900 men's coxed pair rowing, an unidentified boy aged 12 or less coxed the winning pair in the final; however, only semifinal cox Hermanus Brockmann is listed by the IOC.[3] Winners received silver medals at the 1900 games.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Diving at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games: Women's Springboard". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ^ "Olympedia – Springboard, Women". Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
- ^ "Hermanus Gerardus BROCKMANN — Olympic Rowing". International Olympic Committee. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- ^ Mallon, Bill (1998). The 1900 Olympic Games, Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. ISBN 0-7864-0378-0.
Sources[edit]
- Organisationskomitee für die XI. Olympiade Berlin 1936 e.V. (1937). "The XIth Olympic Games, Berlin 1936 - Official Report, Volume II" (PDF). Wilhelm Limpert, Berlin, S.W. 68. pp. pp.338–41. Archived from the original (pdf) on 9 July 2007. Retrieved 31 December 2006.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - Herman de Wael (9 October 2002). "Diving - women's springboard (Berlin 1936)". Retrieved 31 December 2006.
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