Diving at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Diving at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Venue	Montréal Olympic Pool
Dates	19 July 1976 (1976-07-19) through 27 July 1976 (1976-07-27)
No. of events	4
Competitors	80 from 22 nations
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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 (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 details	Phil Boggs  United States	Giorgio Cagnotto  Italy	Aleksandr Kosenkov  Soviet Union
10 m platform details	Klaus Dibiasi  Italy	Greg Louganis  United States	Vladimir Aleynik  Soviet Union

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 m springboard details	Jennifer Chandler  United States	Christa Köhler  East Germany	Cynthia Potter  United States
10 m platform details	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
	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	0	1
Totals (5 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.

See also

• Diving at the 1975 Pan American Games

Notes

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.