| Diving at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | |
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| Venue | Georgia Tech Aquatic Center |
| Dates | 26 July 1996 through 2 August 1996 |
| No. of events | 4 |
| Competitors | 122 from 39 nations |
| Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics | ||
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| 3 m springboard | men | women |
| 10 m platform | men | women |
At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, four diving events were contested during a competition that took place at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center, from 26 July to 2 August, comprising a total of 122 divers from 39 nations. [1]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 m springboard | Xiong Ni  China | Yu Zhuocheng China | Mark Lenzi  United States |
| 10 m platform | Dmitri Sautin  Russia | Jan Hempel  Germany | Xiao Hailiang China |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 m springboard | Fu Mingxia China | Irina Lashko Russia | Annie Pelletier  Canada |
| 10 m platform | Fu Mingxia China | Annika Walter Germany | Mary Ellen Clark United States |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  China (CHN) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 |  Russia (RUS) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 |  Germany (GER) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 |  United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 |  Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
Here are listed the nations that were represented in the diving events and, in brackets, the number of national competitors.
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