Diving at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, four diving events were contested.

Contents 1 Medal summary 1.1 Men 1.2 Women 2 Medal table 3 Reference

[edit] Medal summary

[edit] Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 metre springboard	Bernard Wrightson United States (USA)	Klaus Dibiasi Italy (ITA)	James Henry United States (USA)
10 metre platform	Klaus Dibiasi Italy (ITA)	Alvaro Gaxiola Mexico (MEX)	Edwin Young United States (USA)

[edit] Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 metre springboard	Susanne Gossick United States (USA)	Tamara Fedosova Soviet Union (URS)	Keala O'Sullivan United States (USA)
10 metre platform	Milena Duchková Czechoslovakia (TCH)	Natalya Kuznetsova Soviet Union (URS)	Ann Peterson United States (USA)

[edit] Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	2	0	4	6
2	Italy (ITA)	1	1	0	2
3	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	1	0	0	1
4	Soviet Union (URS)	0	2	0	2
5	Mexico (MEX)	0	1	0	1

[edit] Reference

• Olympic Medal Winners. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2006-11-22.

Events at the 1968 Summer Olympics (Mexico City)
Athletics • Basketball • Basque pelota (demonstration) • Boxing • Canoeing • Cycling • Diving • Equestrian • Fencing • Football • Gymnastics • Hockey • Modern pentathlon • Rowing • Sailing • Shooting • Swimming • Tennis (demonstration) • Volleyball • Water polo • Weightlifting • Wrestling

Diving at the Summer Olympics
1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 See also: List of Olympic medalists in diving