Diving at the 1968 Summer Olympics
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At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, four diving events were contested during a competition that took place at the Francisco Márquez Olympic Pool, from 17 to 26 October (October 21, rest day), comprising 83 divers from 23 nations.
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[edit] Medal summary
The events are named according to the International Olympic Committee labelling, but they appeared on the official report as "springboard diving" and "high diving" (or "platform diving"), respectively.[1]
[edit] Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 3 metre springboard details |
 Bernard WrightsonUnited States (USA) |
 Klaus DibiasiItaly (ITA) |
James Henry United States (USA) |
| 10 metre platform details |
Klaus Dibiasi Italy (ITA) |
 Alvaro GaxiolaMexico (MEX) |
Edwin Young United States (USA) |
[edit] Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 3 metre springboard details |
Susanne Gossick United States (USA) |
 Tamara PogoshevaSoviet Union (URS) |
Keala O'Sullivan United States (USA) |
| 10 metre platform details |
 Milena DuchkováCzechoslovakia (TCH) |
Natalya Lobanova Soviet Union (URS) |
Ann Peterson United States (USA) |
[edit] Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | United States (USA) |
2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Italy (ITA) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Soviet Union (URS) |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Mexico (MEX) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
[edit] Participating nations
Here are listed the nations that were represented in the diving events and, in brackets, the number of national competitors.
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[edit] Notes
- ^ Organizing Committee of the Games of the XIX Olympiad, pp. 376, 379, 737.
[edit] References
- Olympic Medal Winners. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2006-11-22.
- Organising Committee of the Games of the XIX Olympiad (1969). The Official Report of the Games of the XIX Olympiad Mexico 1968, Volume 3: The Games (pdf), Mexico: The Organising Committee for The Games of the XVIII Olympiad. Retrieved on 2007-01-04.
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