Diving at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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]

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

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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]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
3 m springboard
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Phil Boggs
  United States
Giorgio Cagnotto
  Italy
Aleksandr Kosenkov
  Soviet Union
10 m platform
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Klaus Dibiasi
  Italy
Greg Louganis
  United States
Vladimir Aleynik
  Soviet Union

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
3 m springboard
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Jennifer Chandler
  United States
Christa Köhler
  East Germany
Cynthia Potter
  United States
10 m platform
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Elena Vaytsekhovskaya
  Soviet Union
Ulrika Knape
  Sweden
Deborah Wilson
  United States

Medal table

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

Participating nations

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

See also

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Notes

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  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.

References

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