Diving at the 1984 Summer Olympics

At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, four diving events were contested during a competition that took place at the Olympic Swim Stadium of the University of Southern California (USC), from 5 to 12 August, comprising 80 divers from 29 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 "platform diving", respectively.[1]

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
3 metre springboard
 Greg Louganis (USA)  Tan Liangde (CHN)  Ronald Merriott (USA)
10 metre platform
 Greg Louganis (USA)  Bruce Kimball (USA)  Li Kongzheng (CHN)

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
3 metre springboard
 Sylvie Bernier (CAN)  Kelly McCormick (USA)  Christina Seufert (USA)
10 metre platform
 Zhou Jihong (CHN)  Michele Mitchell (USA)  Wendy Wyland (USA)

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  United States (USA) 2 3 3 8
2  China (CHN) 1 1 1 3
3  Canada (CAN) 1 0 0 1

Participating nations

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

See also

Notes

  1. Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee, p. 490.

References

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