Diving at the 1980 Summer Olympics

At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, four diving events were contested during a competition that took place at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex Swimming Pool, from 20 to 28 July (24 July, rest day), comprising 67 divers from 21 nations.^[1]

Diving at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venue	Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex
Dates	20 July 1980 (1980-07-20) through 28 July 1980 (1980-07-28)
No. of events	4
Competitors	67 from 21 nations
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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	Aleksandr Portnov  Soviet Union	Carlos Girón  Mexico	Giorgio Cagnotto  Italy
10 m platform details	Falk Hoffmann  East Germany	Vladimir Aleynik  Soviet Union	David Ambartsumyan  Soviet Union

Women

Event width=225	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 m springboard details	Irina Kalinina  Soviet Union	Martina Proeber  East Germany	Karin Guthke  East Germany
10 m platform details	Martina Jäschke  East Germany	Sirvard Emirzyan  Soviet Union	Liana Tsotadze  Soviet Union

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
Totals (4 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.

Australia (4)  Austria (2)  Brazil (1)  Bulgaria (2)  Cuba (2)  Czechoslovakia (2)  Denmark (1)

Dominican Republic (2)  East Germany (9)  France (1)  Great Britain (6)  Hungary (2)  Italy (1)  Kuwait (1)

Mexico (6)  Poland (2)  Romania (3)  Soviet Union (12)  Spain (3)  Sweden (2)  Zimbabwe (3)

See also

• Diving at the 1979 Pan American Games