Diving at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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 (21 October, rest day), comprising 81 divers from 21 nations.[1]

Diving at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Venue	Alberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez
Dates	17 October 1968 (1968-10-17) through 26 October 1968 (1968-10-26)
No. of events	4
Competitors	81 from 21 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.[2]

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 metre springboard	Bernard Wrightson  United States	Klaus Dibiasi  Italy	Jim Henry  United States
10 metre platform	Klaus Dibiasi  Italy	Alvaro Gaxiola  Mexico	Win Young  United States

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 metre springboard	Susanne Gossick  United States	Tamara Pogozheva  Soviet Union	Keala O'Sullivan  United States
10 metre platform	Milena Duchková  Czechoslovakia	Natalya Lobanova  Soviet Union	Ann Peterson  United States

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	2	0	4	6
2	Italy (ITA)	1	1	0	2
3	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	1	0	0	1
4	Soviet Union (URS)	0	2	0	2
5	Mexico (MEX)	0	1	0	1
Totals (5 nations)		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 (2)  Austria (1)  Canada (4)  Colombia (3)  Cuba (2)  Czechoslovakia (1)

Dominican Republic (1)  East Germany (5)  Finland (2)  Great Britain (5)  Guatemala (1)  Italy (4)

Japan (4)  Mexico (6)  Netherlands (2)  Norway (1)  Poland (5)  Puerto Rico (2)

South Korea (2)  Soviet Union (10)  Sweden (1)  United States (11)  West Germany (8)

See also

• Diving at the 1967 Pan American Games

Notes

1. "Diving at the 1968 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
2. Organizing Committee of the Games of the XIX Olympiad, pp. 376, 379, 737.

References

• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 22 November 2006.
• 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 4 January 2007.