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Diving at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held from 20 to 28 July 1980 at Olimpiysky Sports Complex.

Medal Table[]

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Soviet Union Soviet Union 2 2 2 6
2 East Germany East Germany 2 1 1 4
3 Mexico Mexico 0 1 0 1
4 Italy Italy 0 0 1 1

Medalists[]

Men[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
3m springboard Aleksandr Portnov
Soviet Union
Carlos Giron
Mexico
Franco Cagnotto
Italy
10m platform Falk Hoffmann
East Germany
Vladimir Aleinik
Soviet Union
David Ambartsumian
Soviet Union

Women[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
3m springboard Irina Kalinina
Soviet Union
Martina Proeber
East Germany
Karin Guthke
East Germany
10m platform Martina Jaschke
East Germany
Servard Emirzian
Soviet Union
Liana Tsotadze
Soviet Union

Statistics[]

  • There were 67 total athletes from 21 countries.
  • Sonia Fernandez was the youngest participant with 13 years and 274 days.
  • Franco Cagnotto was the oldest participant with 33 years and 51 days.
  • Carlos Giron of Mexico was the only diver chosen to be the flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
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