Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics

At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, four diving events were contested during a competition that took place at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center, from 26 July to 2 August, comprising a total of 121 divers from 40 nations.

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 metre springboard	Xiong Ni China (CHN)	Yu Zhuocheng China (CHN)	Mark Lenzi United States (USA)
10 metre platform	Dmitri Sautin Russia (RUS)	Jan Hempel Germany (GER)	Xiao Hailiang China (CHN)

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 metre springboard	Fu Mingxia China (CHN)	Irina Lashko Russia (RUS)	Annie Pelletier Canada (CAN)
10 metre platform	Fu Mingxia China (CHN)	Annika Walter Germany (GER)	Mary Ellen Clark United States (USA)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	3	1	1	5
2	Russia (RUS)	1	1	0	2
3	Germany (GER)	0	2	0	2
4	United States (USA)	0	0	2	2
5	Canada (CAN)	0	0	1	1

Participating nations

Here are listed the nations that were represented in the diving events and, in brackets, the number of national competitors.

Armenia (2)
Australia (7)
Austria (2)
Azerbaijan (1)
Belarus (5)
Bolivia (1)
Bulgaria (1)
Canada (6)
China (7)
Chinese Taipei (2)

Costa Rica (1)
France (1)
Georgia (2)
Germany (7)
Great Britain (5)
Greece (1)
Hong Kong (1)
Hungary (2)
Italy (2)
Japan (3)

Kazakhstan (5)
Kuwait (2)
Mexico (5)
North Korea (3)
Puerto Rico (2)
Romania (3)
Russia (7)
South Korea (4)
Spain (5)
Sri Lanka (1)

References

"Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2006-12-19.
The Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG) (1997). The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games - Volume III: The Competition Results (pdf) (in English and French). Atlanta, GA: Peachtree Publishers. ISBN 1-56145-169-X. OCLC 36994823. Retrieved 2007-01-12.

Events at the 1996 Summer Olympics (Atlanta)

Archery Athletics Badminton Baseball Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Football Gymnastics Handball Judo Modern pentathlon Rowing Sailing Shooting Softball Swimming Synchronized swimming Table tennis Tennis Volleyball Water polo Weightlifting Wrestling

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