Diving at the 1972 Summer Olympics

At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, four diving events were contested during a competition that took place at the Olympiapark Swimming Hall, from August 27 to September 4 (August 31, rest day), comprising 90 divers from 25 nations.

Medal summary

The events are named according to the International Olympic Committee, but they appeared on the official report as "springboard diving" and "platform diving", respectively.[1]

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
3 metre springboard
Vladimir Vasin
 Soviet Union
Giorgio Cagnotto
 Italy
Craig Lincoln
 United States
10 metre platform
Klaus Dibiasi
 Italy
Richard Rydze
 United States
Giorgio Cagnotto
 Italy

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
3 metre springboard
Micki King
 United States
Ulrika Knape
 Sweden
Marina Janicke
 East Germany
10 metre platform
Ulrika Knape
 Sweden
Milena Duchková
 Czechoslovakia
Marina Janicke
 East Germany

Medal table

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

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. Organizing Committee for the Games of the XX Olympiad, Munich 1972, p. 325.

References

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