Diving at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, four diving events were contested during a competition that took place at the Olympiiski Sports Center Swimming Pool, from 20 to 28 July (July 24, rest day), comprising 67 divers from 23 nations.

[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 "platform diving", respectively.^[1]

[edit] Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 metre springboard details	Aleksandr Portnov Soviet Union (URS)	Carlos Giron Mexico (MEX)	Giorgio Cagnotto Italy (ITA)
10 metre platform details	Falk Hoffmann East Germany (GDR)	Vladimir Aleynik Soviet Union (URS)	David Ambartsumyan Soviet Union (URS)

[edit] Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 metre springboard details	Irina Kalinina Soviet Union (URS)	Martina Pröeber East Germany (GDR)	Karin Guthke East Germany (GDR)
10 metre platform details	Martina Jäschke East Germany (GDR)	Servard Emirzian Soviet Union (URS)	Liana Tsotadze Soviet Union (URS)

[edit] 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

[edit] Participating nations

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

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Organising Committee of the Games of the XXII Olympiad, p. 461.

[edit] References

• Olympic Medal Winners. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2006-11-22.
• (1981) The Official Report of the Games of the XXIInd Olympiad, Moscow 1980 - Volume 3: Participants and Results (pdf), Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. Retrieved on 2007-01-09. 

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