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 (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
3 metre springboard	Bernard Wrightson United States (USA)	Klaus Dibiasi Italy (ITA)	Jim Henry United States (USA)
10 metre platform	Klaus Dibiasi Italy (ITA)	Alvaro Gaxiola Mexico (MEX)	Win Young United States (USA)

Women

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

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

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)

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

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.

Events at the 1968 Summer Olympics (Mexico City)

Athletics Basketball Basque pelota (demonstration) Boxing Canoeing Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Football Gymnastics Modern pentathlon Rowing Sailing Shooting Swimming Tennis (demonstration) Volleyball Water polo Weightlifting Wrestling

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