Diving at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, four diving events were contested during a competition that took place at the Olympic Swim Stadium of the University of Southern California (USC), from 5 to 12 August, comprising 80 divers from 29 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	Greg Louganis United States (USA)	Tan Liangde China (CHN)	Ronald Merriott United States (USA)
10 metre platform details	Greg Louganis United States (USA)	Bruce Kimball United States (USA)	Li Kongzheng China (CHN)

[edit] Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 metre springboard details	Sylvie Bernier Canada (CAN)	Kelly McCormick United States (USA)	Christina Seufert United States (USA)
10 metre platform details	Zhou Jihong China (CHN)	Michelle Mitchell United States (USA)	Wendy Wyland United States (USA)

[edit] Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	2	3	3	8
2	China (CHN)	1	1	1	3
3	Canada (CAN)	1	0	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.

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee, p. 490.

[edit] References

• Olympic Medal Winners. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2007-01-10.
• (1985) Official Report of the Games of the XXIIIrd Olympiad Los Angeles, 1984 - Volume 2: Competition Summary and Results (pdf), Los Angeles: Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee. ISBN 0-9614512-0-3. OCLC 12601151. Retrieved on 2007-01-10. 

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