Diving at the 1980 Summer Olympics
# Diving at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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.

## 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.

### Men

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

### Women

| Event width=225 | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| 3 m springboard details | Irina Kalinina Soviet Union | Martina Proeber East Germany | Karin Guthke East Germany |
| 10 m platform details | 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) | 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.

| Australia (4)  Austria (2)  Brazil (1)  Bulgaria (2)  Cuba (2)  Czechoslovakia (2)  Denmark (1) | Dominican Republic (2)  East Germany (9)  France (1)  Great Britain (6)  Hungary (2)  Italy (1)  Kuwait (1) | Mexico (6)  Poland (2)  Romania (3)  Soviet Union (12)  Spain (3)  Sweden (2)  Zimbabwe (3) |
| - | - | - |
