Diving at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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
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Diving at the 1968 Summer Olympics
3 m springboard	men	women
10 m platform	men	women
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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]

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 m springboard details	Bernard Wrightson  United States	Klaus Dibiasi  Italy	Jim Henry  United States
10 m platform details	Klaus Dibiasi  Italy	Alvaro Gaxiola  Mexico	Win Young  United States

Women[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 m springboard details	Susanne Gossick  United States	Tamara Pogozheva  Soviet Union	Keala O'Sullivan  United States
10 m platform details	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.

See also[]

• Diving at the 1967 Pan American Games

Notes[]

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.