Diving at the 1972 Summer Olympics
# Diving at the 1972 Summer Olympics

At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, four diving events were contested during a competition that took place at the Olympiapark Swimming Hall, from 27 August to 4 September (31 August, rest day), comprising 91 divers from 25 nations.

## Medal summary

The events are named according to the International Olympic Committee, but they appeared on the official report as "springboard diving" and "platform diving", respectively.

### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| 3 m springboard details | Vladimir Vasin Soviet Union | Giorgio Cagnotto Italy | Craig Lincoln United States |
| 10 m platform details | Klaus Dibiasi Italy | Richard Rydze United States | Giorgio Cagnotto Italy |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| 3 m springboard details | Micki King United States | Ulrika Knape Sweden | Marina Janicke East Germany |
| 10 m platform details | Ulrika Knape Sweden | Milena Duchková Czechoslovakia | Marina Janicke East Germany |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 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.

| Australia (3)  Austria (4)  Canada (8)  Colombia (2)  Czechoslovakia (1) | East Germany (7)  Finland (2)  France (3)  Great Britain (8)  Indonesia (1) | Italy (2)  Jamaica (1)  Japan (3)  Mexico (4)  Netherlands (2) | Norway (1)  Poland (3)  Puerto Rico (1)  Romania (3)  Soviet Union (9) | Spain (2)  Sweden (2)  Switzerland (1)  United States (8)  West Germany (9) |
| - | - | - | - | - |
