Diving at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venue	Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex
Dates	20 July 1980 (1980-07-20) through 28 July 1980 (1980-07-28)
No. of events	4
Competitors	67 from 21 nations

Diving at the 1980 Summer Olympics
3 m springboard	men	women
10 m platform	men	women

At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, four diving events were contested during a competition that took place at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex Swimming Pool, from 20 to 28 July (24 July, rest day), comprising 67 divers from 21 nations.^[1]

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.^[2]

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 m springboard	Aleksandr Portnov  Soviet Union	Carlos Girón  Mexico	Giorgio Cagnotto  Italy
10 m platform	Falk Hoffmann  East Germany	Vladimir Aleynik  Soviet Union	David Ambartsumyan  Soviet Union

Women

Event width=225	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 m springboard	Irina Kalinina  Soviet Union	Martina Proeber  East Germany	Karin Guthke  East Germany
10 m platform	Martina Jäschke  East Germany	Sirvard Emirzyan  Soviet Union	Liana Tsotadze  Soviet Union

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	2	2	2	6
2	East Germany (GDR)	2	1	1	4
3	Mexico (MEX)	0	1	0	1
4	Italy (ITA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 entries)		4	4	4	12

Participating nations

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

See also

• Diving at the 1979 Pan American Games

Notes

References

• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 22 November 2006.
• The Official Report of the Games of the XXIInd Olympiad, Moscow 1980 – Volume 3: Participants and Results (pdf). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. 1981. Retrieved 9 January 2007.