Diving at the 1981 Summer Universiade
# Diving at the 1981 Summer Universiade

The Diving competition in the 1981 Summer Universiade were held in Bucharest, Romania.

## Medal overview

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Men's 3-Meter Springboard | Sergey Kuzmin (URS) | Aleksandr Portnov (URS) | Li Kongzheng (CHN) |
| Men's Platform | Li Hongping (CHN) | Vyacheslav Troshin (URS) | Vladimir Aleynik (URS) |
| Women's 3-Meter Springboard | Li Yihua (CHN) | Megan Neyer (USA) | Ruxandra Hociotă (ROM) |
| Women's Platform | Chen Xiaoxia (CHN) | Li Yihua (CHN) | Yelena Matyushenko (URS) |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | China (CHN) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Romania (ROM) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |

### Men's 3-Meter Springboard

| Rank | Diver | Nation | Points |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Sergey Kuzmin | Soviet Union | 648.45 |
| | Aleksandr Portnov | Soviet Union | 646.68 |
| | Li Kongzheng | China | 618.84 |
| 4 | Randy Abelman | United States | 610.35 |
| 5 | Chris Snode | United Kingdom | 598.47 |
| 6 | Pedreguera Ruiz | Cuba | 580.38 |
| 7 | Liu Henglin | China | 577.59 |
| 8 | Francisco Rueda | Mexico | 572.49 |
| 9 | Salvador Sobrino | Mexico | 559.23 |
| 10 | Károly Némedi | Hungary | 555.36 |
| 11 | Dieter Dörr | West Germany | 549.21 |
| 12 | Juan Carlos Ramírez | Cuba | 513.09 |

### Men's Platform

| Rank | Diver | Nation | Points |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Li Hongping | China | 617.67 |
| | Vyacheslav Troshin | Soviet Union | 574.35 |
| | Vladimir Aleynik | Soviet Union | 569.55 |
| 4 | Liu Henglin | China | 547.32 |
| 5 | Mike Ryan | United States | 545.91 |
| 6 | Alex Bagiu | Romania | 533.82 |
| 7 | Chris Snode | United Kingdom | 528.93 |
| 8 | Dieter Dörr | West Germany | 518.91 |
| 9 | Lenny Layland | United States | 493.53 |
| 10 | Miguel Ángel Zavala | Mexico | 491.13 |
| 11 | Juan Carlos Ramírez | Cuba | 484.56 |
| 12 | César Henderson | Dominican Republic | 468.48 |
| 14 | David Snively | Canada | |
| 18 | John Nash | Canada | |

### Women's 3-Meter Springboard

| Rank | Diver | Nation | Points |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Li Yihua | China | 500.82 |
| | Megan Neyer | United States | 498.66 |
| | Ruxandra Hociotă | Romania | 490.71 |
| 4 | Olga Dmitrieva | Soviet Union | 487.05 |
| 5 | Milagros Gonzales | Cuba | 479.61 |
| 6 | Inna Sidorova | Soviet Union | 470.46 |
| 7 | Amy McGrath | United States | 460.17 |
| | Felicia Liliana Cîrstea | Romania | |
| | Eniko Kiefer | Canada | |
| | Valerie McFarlane | Australia | |
| | Meiquin Shi | China | |
| | Elsa Tenorio | Mexico | |

### Women's Platform

| Rank | Diver | Nation | Points |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Chen Xiaoxia | China | 471.72 |
| | Li Yihua | China | 421.32 |
| | Yelena Matyushenko | Soviet Union | 421.23 |
| 4 | Liana Tsotadze | Soviet Union | 411.27 |
| 5 | Debbie Rush | United States | 398.49 |
| 6 | Megan Neyer | United States | 396.03 |
| 7 | Felicia Liliana Cîrstea | Romania | 384.00 |
| 8 | Elizabeth Mackay | Canada | 380.52 |
| 9 | Valerie McFarlane | Australia | 373.38 |
| 10 | Lindsey Fraser | United Kingdom | 352.77 |
| 11 | Eniko Kiefer | Canada | 347.49 |
