The Diving competition in the 1961 Summer Universiade were held in Sofia, Bulgaria.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| 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) |
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