1976 Summer Olympics / Diving

Diving at the XXI. Summer Olympics
information
venue	Montreal
Competition venue	Olympic Park
Nations	22nd
Athletes	80 (39 women, 41 men)
date	19.-27. July 1976
decisions	4th
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At the XXI. 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal found four competitions in Diving place, four for women and men. The venue was the swimming pool in the Olympic Park .

Balance sheet

Medal table

space	country				total
1	United States	2	1	2	5
2	Italy	1	1	-	2
3	Soviet Union	1	-	2	3
4th	GDR	-	1	-	1
	Sweden	-	1	-	1

Swimming pool

Medalist

Men

competitor	gold	silver	bronze
Jump 3 m	Philip Boggs	Franco Cagnotto	Aljaksandr Kassjankou
Diving 10 m	Klaus Dibiasi	Greg Louganis	Uladsimir Alejnik

Women

competitor	gold	silver	bronze
Jump 3 m	Jennifer Chandler	Christa Koehler	Cynthia Potter
Diving 10 m	Elena Waizechovskaya	Ulrika Knape	Deborah Wilson

Results men

Jump 3 m

space	country	athlete	Points
1	United States	Philip Boggs	619.05
2	ITA	Franco Cagnotto	570.48
3	URS	Aljaksandr Kassjankou	567.24
4th	GDR	Falk Hoffmann	553.53
5	United States	Robert Cragg	548.19
6th	United States	Greg Louganis	528.96
7th	MEX	Carlos Girón	523.59
8th	ITA	Klaus Dibiasi	516.18
10	FRG	Norbert Huda	518.88
13	GDR	Frank Taubert	493.68
14th	GDR	Dieter Waskow	491.70
15th	FRG	Dieter Dörr	491.40

Date: July 21 and 22, 1976
28 participants from 14 countries

Diving 10 m

space	country	athlete	Points
1	ITA	Klaus Dibiasi	600.51
2	United States	Greg Louganis	576.99
3	URS	Uladsimir Alejnik	548.61
4th	United States	Kent Vosler	544.14
5	United States	Patrick Moore	538.17
6th	GDR	Falk Hoffmann	531.60
7th	URS	Dawit Hambarzumjan	516.21
8th	MEX	Carlos Girón	513.93
10	GDR	Dieter Waskow	497.16
11	GDR	Frank Taubert	494.95
12	AUT	Niki Stajković	486.69
18th	FRG	Dieter Dörr	438.96

Date: July 26th and 27th, 1976
25 participants from 14 countries

Results women

Jump 3 m

space	country	sportswoman	Points
1	United States	Jennifer Chandler	506.19
2	GDR	Christa Koehler	469.41
3	United States	Cynthia Potter	466.83
4th	GDR	Heidi Becker	462.15
5	GDR	Karin Guthke	459.81
6th	URS	Olga Dmitrieva	432.24
7th	URS	Irina Kalinina	417.99
8th	United States	Barbara Nejman	365.07
10	FRG	Ursula Sapp	417.63
19th	FRG	Renate Piotraschke	377.49

From left: Köhler, Chandler, Potter

Date: July 19 and 20, 1976
27 participants from 14 countries

Diving 10 m

space	country	sportswoman	Points
1	URS	Elena Waizechovskaya	406.59
2	SWE	Ulrika Knape	402.60
3	United States	Deborah Wilson	401.07
4th	URS	Irina Kalinina	398.67
5	CAN	Cindy Shatto	389.58
6th	CAN	Teri York	378.39
7th	United States	Melissa Briley	376.86
8th	GDR	Heidi Becker	365.64
11	GDR	Karin Guthke	339.00
16	FRG	Renate Piotraschke	328.62
17th	FRG	Ursula Sapp	327.24
21st	GDR	Kerstin Krause	305.46
24	AUT	Brigitte Duda	292.41

Date: July 19 and 20, 1976
25 participants from 12 countries

Web links

• Diving at the 1976 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official results of the 1976 Summer Games (PDF, 22.7 MB)