Diving at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Diving; at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Venue	Montréal Olympic Pool
Dates	19 July 1976 through; 27 July 1976
No. of events	4
Competitors	80 from 22 nations

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]

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	Phil Boggs United States	Giorgio Cagnotto Italy	Aleksandr Kosenkov Soviet Union
10 m platform	Klaus Dibiasi Italy	Greg Louganis United States	Vladimir Aleynik Soviet Union

Women

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

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	2	1	2	5
2	Italy (ITA)	1	1	0	2
3	Soviet Union (URS)	1	0	2	3
4	East Germany (GDR)	0	1	0	1
4	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	0	1
Totals (5 nations)		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 (3)
Brazil (1)
Canada (9)
Czechoslovakia (1)
East Germany (7)
Ecuador (1)
France (2)
Great Britain (4)
Italy (4)
Japan (3)

Kuwait (2)
Mexico (5)
New Zealand (1)
Soviet Union (11)
Spain (3)
Sweden (3)
Thailand (1)
Turkey (1)
United States (11)
Venezuela (1)
West Germany (4)

Notes

"Diving at the 1976 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIst Olympiad, Montréal 1976 (COJO 76), p. 441.

References

"Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 22 November 2006.
The Official Report for the Games of the XXIst Olympiad Montréal 1976 - Volume 3: Results (pdf). Ottawa: Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIst Olympiad, Montréal 1976 (COJO 76). 1978. Retrieved 8 January 2007.

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[1] "Diving at the 1976 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 19 May 2020.

[OR-2] Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIst Olympiad, Montréal 1976 (COJO 76), p. 441.