Diving at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Diving at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue	Olympia Schwimmhalle
Dates	27 August 1972 (1972-08-27) through 4 September 1972 (1972-09-04)
No. of events	4
Competitors	91 from 25 nations
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At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, four diving events were contested during a competition that took place at the Olympiapark Swimming Hall, from 27 August to 4 September (31 August, rest day), comprising 91 divers from 25 nations. ^[1]

Medal summary

The events are named according to the International Olympic Committee, but they appeared on the official report as "springboard diving" and "platform diving", respectively. ^[2]

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 m springboard details	Vladimir Vasin   Soviet Union	Giorgio Cagnotto   Italy	Craig Lincoln   United States
10 m platform details	Klaus Dibiasi   Italy	Richard Rydze   United States	Giorgio Cagnotto   Italy

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 m springboard details	Micki King   United States	Ulrika Knape   Sweden	Marina Janicke   East Germany
10 m platform details	Ulrika Knape   Sweden	Milena Duchková   Czechoslovakia	Marina Janicke   East Germany

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy	1	1	1	3
	United States	1	1	1	3
3	Sweden	1	1	0	2
4	Soviet Union	1	0	0	1
5	Czechoslovakia	0	1	0	1
6	East Germany	0	0	2	2
Totals (6 entries)		4	4	4	12

Participating nations

Here are listed the nations that were represented in the diving events and, in brackets, the number of national competitors.

Australia  (3)   Austria  (4)   Canada  (8)   Colombia  (2)   Czechoslovakia  (1)

East Germany  (7)   Finland  (2)   France  (3)   Great Britain  (8)   Indonesia  (1)

Italy  (2)   Jamaica  (1)   Japan  (3)   Mexico  (4)   Netherlands  (2)

Norway  (1)   Poland  (3)   Puerto Rico  (1)   Romania  (3)   Soviet Union  (9)

Spain  (2)   Sweden  (2)   Switzerland  (1)   United States  (8)   West Germany  (9)

See also

• Diving at the 1971 Pan American Games

Notes

1. "Diving at the 1972 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 May 2020.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
2. Organizing Committee for the Games of the XX Olympiad, Munich 1972, p. 325.

References

• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 22 November 2006.
• Organising Committee for the Games of the XX Olympiad (1974). The Official Report for the Games of the XX Olympiad Munich 1972 (PDF). Vol. 3: The competitions. proSport GmbH & Co, KG, München. Retrieved 6 January 2007.