Diving at the 1979 Summer Universiade
# Diving at the 1979 Summer Universiade

The Diving competition in the 1979 Summer Universiade were held in Mexico City, Mexico.

## Medal overview

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Men's 3-Meter Springboard | Aleksandr Kosenkov (URS) | Rolando Ruiz (CUB) | Li Kongzheng (CHN) |
| Men's Platform | Vladimir Aleynik (URS) | David Ambartsumyan (URS) | Li Hongping (CHN) |
| Women's 3-Meter Springboard | Irina Kalinina (URS) | Chen Xiaoxia (CHN) | Chen Shi (CHN) |
| Women's Platform | Chen Xiaoxia (CHN) | Irina Kalinina (URS) | Chen Shi (CHN) |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | China (CHN) | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | Totals (3 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
