Diving at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Diving
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Diving; at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venue	Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex
Dates	20 July 1980 through; 28 July 1980
No. of events	4
Competitors	67 from 21 nations

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 21 nations.[1]

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.[2]

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 m springboard	Aleksandr Portnov Soviet Union	Carlos Girón Mexico	Giorgio Cagnotto Italy
10 m platform	Falk Hoffmann East Germany	Vladimir Aleynik Soviet Union	David Ambartsumyan Soviet Union

Women

Event width=225	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 m springboard	Irina Kalinina Soviet Union	Martina Proeber East Germany	Karin Guthke East Germany
10 m platform	Martina Jäschke East Germany	Sirvard Emirzyan Soviet Union	Liana Tsotadze Soviet Union

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
Totals (4 entries)		4	4	4	12

Participating nations

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

Australia (4)
Austria (2)
Brazil (1)
Bulgaria (2)
Cuba (2)
Czechoslovakia (2)
Denmark (1)

Mexico (6)
Poland (2)
Romania (3)
Soviet Union (12)
Spain (3)
Sweden (2)
Zimbabwe (3)

Notes

"Diving at the 1980 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
Organising Committee of the Games of the XXII Olympiad. p. 461.

References

"Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 22 November 2006.
The Official Report of the Games of the XXIInd Olympiad, Moscow 1980 – Volume 3: Participants and Results (pdf). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. 1981. Retrieved 9 January 2007.

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[1] "Diving at the 1980 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 20 May 2020.

[OR-2] Organising Committee of the Games of the XXII Olympiad. p. 461.