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Diving at the 1976 Summer Olympics was held from 19 to 27 July 1976 at the Montréal Olympic Pool.

Medal Table[]

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 United States United States 2 1 2 5
2 Italy Italy 1 1 0 2
3 Soviet Union Soviet Union 1 0 2 3
4 East Germany East Germany 0 1 0 1
Sweden Sweden 0 1 0 1

Medalists[]

Men[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
3m springboard Philip Boggs
United States
Franco Cagnotto
Italy
Aleksandr Kosenkov
Soviet Union
10m platform Klaus Dibiasi
Italy
Gregory Louganis
United States
Vladimir Aleynik
Soviet Union

Women[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
3m springboard Jennifer Chandler
United States
Christa Kohler
East Germany
Cynthia McIngvale
United States
10m platform Elena Vaytsekhovskaia
Soviet Union
Ulrika Knape
Sweden
Deborah Wilson
United States

Statistics[]

  • There were 80 total athletes from 22 countries.
  • Brigitte Duda was the youngest participant with 15 years and 144 days.
  • Madeline Barnett was the oldest participant with 29 years and 271 days.
  • Nelson Suarez of Ecuador and Klaus Dibiasi of Italy were the only divers chosen to be the flag bearers at the opening ceremony.
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