Diving at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Diving at the 1980 Summer Olympics
3 m springboard   men   women
10 m platform   men   women

At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, four diving events were contested during a competition that took place at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex Swimming Pool, from 20 to 28 July (24 July, rest day), comprising 67 divers from 23 nations.

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]

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
3 metre springboard
 Aleksandr Portnov
Soviet Union (URS)
 Carlos Girón
Mexico (MEX)
 Giorgio Cagnotto
Italy (ITA)
10 metre platform
 Falk Hoffmann
East Germany (GDR)
 Vladimir Aleynik
Soviet Union (URS)
 David Ambartsumyan
Soviet Union (URS)

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
3 metre springboard
 Irina Kalinina
Soviet Union (URS)
 Martina Pröeber
East Germany (GDR)
 Karin Guthke
East Germany (GDR)
10 metre platform
 Martina Jäschke
East Germany (GDR)
 Sirvard Emirzyan
Soviet Union (URS)
 Liana Tsotadze
Soviet Union (URS)

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Soviet Union (URS) 2 2 2 6
2  East Germany (GDR) 2 1 1 4
3  Mexico (MEX) 0 1 0 1
4  Italy (ITA) 0 0 1 1

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. Organising Committee of the Games of the XXII Olympiad. p. 461.

References