List of Olympic champions in diving
The list of Olympic champions in water diving shows all winners as well as the second and third places of the competitions in water diving at the Summer Olympic Games , broken down by gender and discipline. In the further part the ten most successful Olympic medalists are listed. The conclusion is the nation ranking (also broken down into men and women).
Diving has been Olympic since 1904. There were two men's disciplines on the program in St. Louis. The first women's competition was in Stockholm in 1912 . carried out. Synchronized jumping has also been an Olympic event for men and women since 2000.
The most successful male jumper is the American Greg Louganis , who won four golds and one silver between 1976 and 1988. Among the women, the Chinese Wu Minxia is most successful with a total of five gold, one silver and one bronze medal, which she won between 2000 and 2016.
Men
Diving 10 m
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Jump 3 m
Synchronized jumping 10 m
Synchronized jumping 3 m
Diving easy
| Olympia | gold | silver | bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 Stockholm |
 Erik Adlerz
|
Hjalmar Johansson
|
John Jansson
|
| 1920 Antwerp |
Arvid Wallman
|
Nils Skoglund
|
John Jansson
|
| 1924 Paris |
 Richmond Eve
|
John Jansson
|
 Harold Clarke
|
Head wide jump
| Olympia | gold | silver | bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 St Louis |
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|
Edgar Adams
|
Leo Goodwin
|
Women
Diving 10 m
Jump 3 m
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Synchronized jumping 10 m
Synchronized jumping 3 m
The most successful participants
- Place: Indicates the order of the athletes. This is determined by the number of gold medals. If the number is the same, the silver medals are compared, then the bronze medals.
- Name: Name of the athlete.
- Country: The country for which the athlete started. When changing nationality, the country for which the athlete won the last medal is named.
- By: The year the athlete won the first medal.
- Until: The year in which the athlete won the last medal.
- Gold: Number of gold medals won.
- Silver: Number of silver medals won.
- Bronze: Number of bronze medals won.
- Total: Number of all medals won.
Men
| space | Surname | country | From | To | gold | silver | bronze | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greg Louganis |
 United States
|
1976 | 1988 | 4th | 1 | - | 5 |
| 2 | Klaus Dibiasi |
 Italy
|
1964 | 1976 | 3 | 2 | - | 5 |
| 3 | Xiong Ni |
 People's Republic of China
|
1988 | 2000 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 4th | Dmitri Sautin |
 Russia
|
1992 | 2004 | 2 | 1 | 4th | 7th |
| 5 | Qin Kai |
People's Republic of China
|
2008 | 2016 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 6th | Tian Liang |
People's Republic of China
|
2000 | 2004 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4th |
| 7th | Erik Adlerz |
Sweden
|
1912 | 1920 | 2 | 1 | - | 3 |
| 7th | Pete Desjardins |
United States
|
1924 | 1928 | 2 | 1 | - | 3 |
| 7th | Cao Yuan |
People's Republic of China
|
2012 | 2016 | 2 | 1 | - | 3 |
| 10 | Samuel Lee |
United States
|
1948 | 1952 | 2 | - | 1 | 3 |
Women
| space | Surname | country | From | To | gold | silver | bronze | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Wu Minxia |
People's Republic of China
|
2004 | 2016 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7th |
| 2 | Chen Ruolin |
People's Republic of China
|
2008 | 2016 | 5 | - | - | 5 |
| 3 | Guo Jingjing |
People's Republic of China
|
2000 | 2008 | 4th | 2 | - | 6th |
| 4th | Fu Mingxia |
People's Republic of China
|
1992 | 2000 | 4th | 1 | - | 5 |
| 5 | Patricia McCormick |
United States
|
1952 | 1956 | 4th | - | - | 4th |
| 6th | Ingrid Kramer |
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|
1960 | 1964 | 3 | 1 | - | 4th |
| 7th | Dorothy Poynton |
United States
|
1928 | 1936 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4th |
| 8th | Elizabeth Becker |
United States
|
1924 | 1928 | 2 | 1 | - | 3 |
| 9 | Victoria Draves |
United States
|
1948 | 1948 | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| 9 | Gao Min |
People's Republic of China
|
1988 | 1992 | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| 9 | Shi Tingmao |
People's Republic of China
|
2016 | 2016 | 2 | - | - | 2 |
Nations ranking
Status: up to and including 2016
total
| space | country | gold | silver | bronze | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States
|
54 | 44 | 45 | 143 |
| 2 |
People's Republic of China
|
35 | 19th | 10 | 64 |
| 3 |
Sweden
|
6th | 8th | 7th | 21st |
| 4th |
 Germany
|
5 | 9 | 11 | 25th |
| 5 |
Russia
|
4th | 8th | 6th | 18th |
| 6th |
 Soviet Union
|
4th | 4th | 6th | 14th |
| 7th |
Italy
|
3 | 5 | 3 | 11 |
| 8th |
Australia
|
3 | 3 | 7th | 13 |
| 9 |
 GDR
|
2 | 2 | 3 | 7th |
| 10 |
 Mexico
|
1 | 7th | 6th | 14th |
| 11 |
 Canada
|
1 | 4th | 8th | 11 |
| 12 |
United Kingdom
|
1 | 3 | 6th | 10 |
| 13 |
 Czechoslovakia
|
1 | 1 | - | 2 |
| 14th |
 Denmark
|
1 | - | 1 | 2 |
| 15th |
 Greece
|
1 | - | - | 1 |
| 16 |
 United team
|
- | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 17th |
 Egypt
|
- | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 18th |
 Malaysia
|
- | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 19th |
 France
|
- | 1 | - | 1 |
| 20th |
 Ukraine
|
- | - | 2 | 2 |
Men
| space | country | gold | silver | bronze | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States
|
29 | 23 | 24 | 76 |
| 2 |
People's Republic of China
|
16 | 10 | 8th | 34 |
| 3 |
Sweden
|
4th | 5 | 4th | 13 |
| 4th |
Italy
|
3 | 4th | 2 | 9 |
| 5 |
Russia
|
3 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 6th |
Germany
|
2 | 7th | 7th | 16 |
| 7th |
Australia
|
2 | 1 | 3 | 6th |
| 7th |
Soviet Union
|
2 | 1 | 3 | 6th |
| 9 |
Mexico
|
1 | 6th | 4th | 11 |
| 10 |
United Kingdom
|
1 | 2 | 4th | 7th |
| 11 |
GDR
|
1 | - | - | 1 |
| 11 |
Greece
|
1 | - | - | 1 |
| 13 |
Canada
|
- | 2 | - | 2 |
| 14th |
Egypt
|
- | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15th |
United team
|
- | - | 1 | 1 |
| 15th |
Ukraine
|
- | - | 1 | 1 |
Women
| space | country | gold | silver | bronze | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States
|
25th | 21st | 21st | 67 |
| 2 |
People's Republic of China
|
19th | 9 | 2 | 30th |
| 3 |
Germany
|
3 | 2 | 4th | 9 |
| 4th |
Sweden
|
2 | 3 | 3 | 8th |
| 4th |
Soviet Union
|
2 | 3 | 3 | 8th |
| 6th |
Russia
|
1 | 5 | 1 | 7th |
| 7th |
Canada
|
1 | 2 | 8th | 11 |
| 8th |
Australia
|
1 | 2 | 4th | 7th |
| 9 |
GDR
|
1 | 2 | 3 | 6th |
| 10 |
Czechoslovakia
|
1 | 1 | - | 2 |
| 10 |
Denmark
|
1 | - | 1 | 2 |
| 12 |
United team
|
- | 2 | - | 2 |
| 13 |
Mexico
|
- | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 14th |
United Kingdom
|
- | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 15th |
Italy
|
- | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15th |
Malaysia
|
- | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 17th |
France
|
- | 1 | - | 1 |
| 18th |
Ukraine
|
- | - | 1 | 1 |
annotation
- ↑ The 1906 Olympic Intermediate Games have no official status. For this reason, the results will not be included in the list of the most successful participants and in the national rankings.
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