Diving at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Appearance
At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, four diving events were contested during a competition that took place at the Francisco Márquez Olympic Pool, from 17 to 26 October (October 21, rest day), comprising 83 divers from 23 nations.
Medal summary
The events are named according to the International Olympic Committee labelling, but they appeared on the official report as "springboard diving" and "high diving" (or "platform diving"), respectively.[1]
Men
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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3 metre springboard |
Bernard Wrightson![]() |
Klaus Dibiasi![]() |
Jim Henry![]() |
10 metre platform |
Klaus Dibiasi![]() |
Alvaro Gaxiola![]() |
Win Young![]() |
Women
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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3 metre springboard |
Susanne Gossick![]() |
Tamara Pogozheva![]() |
Keala O'Sullivan![]() |
10 metre platform |
Milena Duchková![]() |
Natalya Lobanova![]() |
Ann Peterson![]() |
Medal table
1 | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
2 | ![]() |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
3 | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
4 | ![]() |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
5 | ![]() |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Participating nations
Here are listed the nations that were represented in the diving events and, in brackets, the number of national competitors.
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See also
Notes
- ^ Organizing Committee of the Games of the XIX Olympiad, pp. 376, 379, 737.
References
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2006-11-22.
- Organising Committee of the Games of the XIX Olympiad (1969). The Official Report of the Games of the XIX Olympiad Mexico 1968, Volume 3: The Games (pdf). Mexico: The Organising Committee for The Games of the XVIII Olympiad. Retrieved 2007-01-04.