Diving at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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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 (July 24, rest day), comprising 82 divers from 22 nations.

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[edit] 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.[1]

[edit] Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
3 metre springboard
details
United States Phil Boggs
United States (USA)
Italy Giorgio Cagnotto
Italy (ITA)
Soviet Union Aleksandr Kosenkov
Soviet Union (URS)
10 metre platform
details
Italy Klaus Dibiasi
Italy (ITA)
United States Greg Louganis
United States (USA)
Soviet Union Vladimir Aleynik
Soviet Union (URS)

[edit] Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
3 metre springboard
details
United States Jennifer Chandler
United States (USA)
East Germany Christa Köhler
East Germany (GDR)
United States Cynthia Potter
United States (USA)
10 metre platform
details
Soviet Union Elena Vaytsekhovskaya
Soviet Union (URS)
Sweden Ulrika Knape
Sweden (SWE)
United States Deborah Wilson
United States (USA)

[edit] Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 United States United States (USA) 2 1 2 5
2 Italy Italy (ITA) 1 1 0 2
3 Soviet Union Soviet Union (URS) 1 0 2 3
4 East Germany East Germany (GDR) 0 1 0 1
Sweden Sweden (SWE) 0 1 0 1

[edit] Participating nations

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

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIst Olympiad, Montréal 1976 (COJO 76), p. 441.

[edit] References