For the first time, the competition was held exclusively from the 3 metre springboard.

Divers performed five compulsory dives – running pike dive forward, standing backward straight somersault, standing Mollberg (full gainer) with tuck, standing backward spring somersault with pike, standing forward screw – and five dives of the competitor's choice (different from the compulsory) for a total of ten dives.

The competition was held on Monday 8 August 1932.

Thirteen divers from seven nations competed.

[1] Since there were only thirteen entries, instead of groups, a direct final was contested.