Diving at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, four diving events were contested during a competition that took place at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool, from 17 to 20 September and from 26 to 29 September, comprising 81 divers from 30 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)	Li Deliang China (CHN)
10 metre platform details	Greg Louganis United States (USA)	Xiong Ni China (CHN)	Jesús Mena Mexico (MEX)

[edit] Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 metre springboard details	Gao Min China (CHN)	Li Qing China (CHN)	Kelly McCormick United States (USA)
10 metre platform details	Xu Yanmei China (CHN)	Michelle Mitchell United States (USA)	Wendy Lian Williams United States (USA)

[edit] Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	2	3	1	6
2	United States (USA)	2	1	2	5
3	Mexico (MEX)	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. ^ Seoul Olympic Organizing Committee, p. 541.

[edit] References

• Olympic Medal Winners. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2007-01-11.
• (1989) Official Report of the Games of the XXIVth Olympiad Seoul, 1988 - Volume 2: Competition Summary and Results (pdf) (in english and french), Seoul: Seoul Olympic Organizing Committee. OCLC 23924033. Retrieved on 2007-01-11. 

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