Diving at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Diving
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Diving; at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue	Olympia Schwimmhalle
Dates	27 August 1972 through; 4 September 1972
No. of events	4
Competitors	91 from 25 nations
	← 1968 1976 →

At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, four diving events were contested during a competition that took place at the Olympiapark Swimming Hall, from 27 August to 4 September (31 August, rest day), comprising 91 divers from 25 nations.^[1]

Medal summary

The events are named according to the International Olympic Committee, but they appeared on the official report as "springboard diving" and "platform diving", respectively.^[2]

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 m springboard details	Vladimir Vasin Soviet Union	Giorgio Cagnotto Italy	Craig Lincoln United States
10 m platform details	Klaus Dibiasi Italy	Richard Rydze United States	Giorgio Cagnotto Italy

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 m springboard details	Micki King United States	Ulrika Knape Sweden	Marina Janicke East Germany
10 m platform details	Ulrika Knape Sweden	Milena Duchková Czechoslovakia	Marina Janicke East Germany

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy (ITA)	1	1	1	3
1	United States (USA)	1	1	1	3
3	Sweden (SWE)	1	1	0	2
4	Soviet Union (URS)	1	0	0	1
5	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	1	0	1
6	East Germany (GDR)	0	0	2	2
Totals (6 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 (3)
Austria (4)
Canada (8)
Colombia (2)
Czechoslovakia (1)

East Germany (7)
Finland (2)
France (3)
Great Britain (8)
Indonesia (1)

Italy (2)
Jamaica (1)
Japan (3)
Mexico (4)
Netherlands (2)

Norway (1)
Poland (3)
Puerto Rico (1)
Romania (3)
Soviet Union (9)

Spain (2)
Sweden (2)
Switzerland (1)
United States (8)
West Germany (9)

Notes

^ "Diving at the 1972 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 May 2020.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ Organizing Committee for the Games of the XX Olympiad, Munich 1972, p. 325.

References

"Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 22 November 2006.
Organising Committee for the Games of the XX Olympiad (1974). The Official Report for the Games of the XX Olympiad Munich 1972 (PDF). Vol. 3: The competitions. proSport GmbH & Co, KG, München. Retrieved 6 January 2007.

[1] "Diving at the 1972 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 May 2020.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[OR-2] Organizing Committee for the Games of the XX Olympiad, Munich 1972, p. 325.

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