Diving at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Diving at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue	Olympia Schwimmhalle
Dates	27 August 1972 (1972-08-27) through 4 September 1972 (1972-09-04)
No. of events	4
Competitors	91 from 25 nations
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Diving at the 1972 Summer Olympics
3 m springboard	men	women
10 m platform	men	women
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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
	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 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 1971 Pan American Games

Notes[]

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). 3: The competitions. proSport GmbH & Co, KG, München. Retrieved 6 January 2007.