1968 Summer Olympics / Diving

Diving at the XIX. Summer Olympics
information
venue	Mexico city
Competition venue	Alberca Olímpica Francisco Marquez
Nations	21st
Athletes	81 (36 women, 45 men)
date	17.-26. October 1968
decisions	4th
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At the XIX. 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City four competitions were in the water jumping place, two each for women and men. The venue was the Alberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez swimming pool .

Balance sheet

Medal table

space	country				total
1	United States	2	-	4th	6th
2	Italy	1	1	-	2
3	Czechoslovakia	1	-	-	1
4th	Soviet Union	-	2	-	2
5	Mexico	-	1	-	1

Interior view of the swimming pool

Medalist

Men

competitor	gold	silver	bronze
Jump 3 m	Bernard Wrightson	Klaus Dibiasi	James Henry
Diving 10 m	Klaus Dibiasi	Álvaro Gaxiola	Edwin Young

Women

competitor	gold	silver	bronze
Jump 3 m	Susan Gossick	Tamara Pogosheva	Keala O'Sullivan
Diving 10 m	Milena Duchková	Natalia Lobanova	Ann Peterson

Results men

Jump 3 m

space	country	athlete	Points
1	United States	Bernard Wrightson	170.15
2	ITA	Klaus Dibiasi	159.74
3	United States	James Henry	158.09
4th	MEX	Luis Niño de Rivera	155.71
5	ITA	Franco Cagnotto	155.70
6th	United States	Keith Russell	151.75
7th	SWE	Tord Andersson	151.50
8th	OUT	Donald Wagstaff	150.18
10	FRG	Ulrich Reff	140.08
16	FRG	Norbert Huda	088.43

Date: October 19 and 20, 1968
30 participants from 18 countries

Diving 10

space	country	athlete	Points
1	ITA	Klaus Dibiasi	164.18
2	MEX	Álvaro Gaxiola	154.49
3	United States	Edwin Young	153.93
4th	United States	Keith Russell	152.34
5	MEX	José Robinson	143.62
6th	GDR	Lothar Matthes	141.75
7th	MEX	Luis Niño de Rivera	141.16
8th	ITA	Franco Cagnotto	138.89
12	FRG	Bernd Wucherpfennig	129.49
14th	FRG	Karl-Heinz Schwemmer	089.00
18th	FRG	Klaus Konzorr	086.69
20th	GDR	Rolf Sperling	085.51

From left: Gaxiola, Dibiasi, Young

Date: October 24-26, 1968
35 participants from 17 countries

Results women

From left: Pogoschewa, Gossick, O'Sullivan

Jump 3 m

space	country	sportswoman	Points
1	United States	Susan Gossick	150.77
2	URS	Tamara Pogosheva	145.30
3	United States	Keala O'Sullivan	145.23
4th	United States	Micki King	137.38
5	GDR	Ingrid Gulbin	135.82
6th	URS	Vera Baklanova	132.31
7th	CAN	Beverly Boys	130.31
8th	URS	Jelena Anochina	129.17
9	FRG	Angelika Hilbert	128.83
19th	AUT	Ingeborg Pertmayr	079.08

Date: August 17th and 18th, 1968
22 participants from 14 countries

Diving 10 m

space	country	sportswoman	Points
1	TCH	Milena Duchková	109.59
2	URS	Natalia Lobanova	105.14
3	United States	Ann Peterson	101.11
4th	CAN	Beverly Boys	097.97
5	POLE	Bogusława Pietkiewicz	095.09
6th	FRG	Regina Krause	093.08
7th	JPN	Keiko Osaki	093.08
8th	CAN	Nancy Robertson	090.66
9	AUT	Ingeborg Pertmayr	089.43
11	FRG	Ingeborg Busch	085.31
19th	GDR	Sylvia Fiedler	043.35
23	GDR	Claudia Reiche	041.02

Date: October 22nd and 23rd, 1968
24 participants from 15 countries

Web links

• Diving at the 1968 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official results of the 1968 Summer Games (PDF, 24.4 MB)