At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, four diving events were contested, two for men, and two for women.

[1] The events are labelled as 3 metre springboard and 10 metre platform by the International Olympic Committee,[2] and appeared on the 1937 Official Report as springboard diving and high diving, respectively.

[3] Following the reduction of the springboard events to the 3 metre height, in 1932, the platform events were also reduced to dives from the 10 metre platform, but only for men.

[4][5] Meanwhile, women still dived from both 10 and 5 metre heights.

[6][7] A total of 69 divers (39 men and 30 women) from 21 nations (men from 20 nations - women from 11 nations) competed at the Berlin Games: