Diving at the 1988 Summer Olympics

At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, four diving events were contested during a competition that took place at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool, from 17 to 20 September and from 26 to 29 September, comprising 89 divers from 30 nations.^[1]

Diving at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venue	Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Dates	17 September 1988 (1988-09-17) through 29 September 1988 (1988-09-29)
No. of events	4
Competitors	89 from 30 nations
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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.^[2]

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 m springboard details	Greg Louganis  United States	Tan Liangde  China	Li Deliang  China
10 m platform details	Greg Louganis  United States	Xiong Ni  China	Jesús Mena  Mexico

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 m springboard details	Gao Min  China	Li Qing  China	Kelly McCormick  United States
10 m platform details	Xu Yanmei  China	Michele Mitchell  United States	Wendy Williams  United States

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	2	3	1	6
2	United States (USA)	2	1	2	5
3	Mexico (MEX)	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 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.

Argentina (1)  Australia (5)  Austria (2)  Bahamas (1)  Barbados (1)  Belgium (1)  Brazil (1)  Canada (6)  China (8)  East Germany (4)  Ecuador (1)

Finland (1)  France (2)  Great Britain (5)  Hong Kong (2)  Hungary (3)  Italy (4)  Japan (4)  Kuwait (1)  Mexico (3)  Netherlands (2)  Norway (1)

Poland (1)  South Korea (2)  Soviet Union (8)  Spain (2)  Sweden (2)  Switzerland (2)  United States (7)  West Germany (6)  Zimbabwe (1)  Venezuela (1)

See also

• Diving at the 1987 Pan American Games

Notes

1. "Diving at the 1988 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 May 2020.^{[permanent dead link]}
2. Seoul Olympic Organizing Committee, p. 541.

References

• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 11 January 2007.
• Official Report of the Games of the XXIVth Olympiad Seoul, 1988 - Volume 2: Competition Summary and Results (pdf) (in English and French). Seoul: Seoul Olympic Organizing Committee. 1989. OCLC 23924033. Retrieved 11 January 2007.