Diving at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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Diving
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Diving pictogram.svg
VenueMontréal Olympic Pool
Dates19 July 1976 (1976-07-19) through
27 July 1976 (1976-07-27)
No. of events4
Competitors80 from 22 nations
  1972
1980  

At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, four diving events were contested during a competition that took place at the Montréal Olympic Pool, from 19 to 27 July (24 July, rest day), comprising 80 divers from 22 nations. [1]

Medal summary

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

Men

EventGoldSilverBronze
3 m springboard
details
Phil Boggs
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Giorgio Cagnotto
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Aleksandr Kosenkov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
10 m platform
details
Klaus Dibiasi
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Greg Louganis
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Vladimir Aleynik
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union

Women

EventGoldSilverBronze
3 m springboard
details
Jennifer Chandler
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Christa Köhler
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Cynthia Potter
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
10 m platform
details
Elena Vaytsekhovskaya
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Ulrika Knape
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Deborah Wilson
Flag of the United States.svg  United States

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)2125
2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)1102
3Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)1023
4Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany  (GDR)0101
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)0101
Totals (5 entries)44412

Participating nations

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

See also

Notes

  1. "Diving at the 1976 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 19 May 2020.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIst Olympiad, Montréal 1976 (COJO 76), p. 441.

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