Diving at the 1972 Summer Olympics

At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, four diving events were contested during a competition that took place at the Olympiapark Swimming Hall, from August 27 to September 4 (August 31, rest day), comprising 90 divers from 25 nations.

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.^[1]

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 metre springboard details	Vladimir Vasin Soviet Union (URS)	Giorgio Cagnotto Italy (ITA)	Craig Lincoln United States (USA)
10 metre platform details	Klaus Dibiasi Italy (ITA)	Richard Rydze United States (USA)	Giorgio Cagnotto Italy (ITA)

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 metre springboard details	Micki King United States (USA)	Ulrika Knape Sweden (SWE)	Marina Janicke East Germany (GDR)
10 metre platform details	Ulrika Knape Sweden (SWE)	Milena Duchková Czechoslovakia (TCH)	Marina Janicke East Germany (GDR)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	1	1	1	3
	Italy (ITA)	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

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)

See also

• Diving at the 1971 Pan American Games

Notes

1. ^ Organizing Committee for the Games of the XX Olympiad, Munich 1972, p. 325.

References

• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp. Retrieved 2006-11-22. 
• Organising Committee for the Games of the XX Olympiad, Munich 1972 (1974). Organising Committee for the Games of the XX Olympiad, Munich 1972, e.V.. ed (pdf). The Official Report for the Games of the XX Olympiad Munich 1972 - Volume 3: The competitions. proSport GmbH & Co, KG, München. http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1972/1972v3.pdf. Retrieved 2007-01-06.