The diving competition in the 1961 Summer Universiade was held in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Medal overview
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 3-Meter Springboard |  Shunsuke Kaneto (JPN)
|
 Len Rapkins (GBR)
|
 Gheorghe Banu (ROM)
|
| Men's Platform | Tadao Tosa (JPN)
|
 Horst Rosenfeld (FRG)
|
Gheorghe Banu (ROM)
|
| Women's 3-Meter Springboard | Liz Ferris (GBR)
|
Helga Berg (FRG)
|
 Konstantina Popova (BUL)
|
| Women's Platform | Liz Ferris (GBR)
|
 Irmgard Lurf (AUT)
|
Emilia Negulescu (ROM)
|
Medal table
edit* Host nation (Bulgaria)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Japan (JPN) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 |  Romania (ROM) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
References
edit- "Universiade: Diving Medalists". HickokSports.com. Archived from the original on September 27, 2012.