History: Diving
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ByEurosport
Published 17/07/2008 at 14:35 GMT
Diving has a long history and has had a constant presence at the Games, from 'fancy diving' in 1896 to the technical discipline it is now.
2103 diving men
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PAST MEDALISTS:
Men:
3m Springboard
2004 Peng Bo (CHN) Alexandre Despatie (CAN) Dmitriy Sautin (RUS)
2000 Xiong Ni (CHN) Fernando Platas (MEX) Dmitriy Sautin (RUS)
1996 Xiong Ni (CHN) Yu Zhuocheng (CHN) Mark Lenzi (USA)
1992 Mark Lenzi (USA) Tan Liangde (CHN) Dmitriy Sautin (cis)
1988 Greg Louganis (USA) Tan Liangde (CHN) Li Deliang (CHN)
1984 Greg Louganis (USA) Tan Liangde (CHN) Ronald Merriott (USA)
1980 Aleksandr Portnov (URS) Carlos Giron (MEX) Franco Cagnotto (ITA)
1976 Phil Boggs (USA) Franco Cagnotto (ITA) Aleksandr Kosenkov (URS)
1972 Vladimir Vasin (URS) Franco Cagnotto (ITA) Craig Lincoln (USA)
1968 Bernie Wrightson (USA) Klaus Dibiasi (ITA) James Henry (USA)
1964 Ken Sitzberger (USA) Francis Gorman (USA) Larry Andreasen (USA)
1960 Gary Tobian (USA) Samuel Hall (USA) Juan Botella (MEX)
1956 Bob Clotworthy (USA) Don Harper (USA) Joaquín Capilla (MEX)
1952 David Browning (USA) Miller Anderson (USA) Bob Clotworthy (USA)
1948 Bruce Harlan (USA) Miller Anderson (USA) Samuel Lee (USA)
1936 Richard Degener (USA) Marshall Wayne (USA) Al Greene (USA)
1932 Michael Galitzen (USA) Harold Smith (USA) Richard Degener (USA)
1928 Pete Desjardins (USA) Michael Galitzen (USA) Farid Simaika (EGY)
1924 Albert White (USA) Pete Desjardins (USA) Clarence Pinkston (USA)
1920 Louis Kuehn (USA) Clarence Pinkston (USA) Louis Balbach (USA)
1912 Paul Günther (GER) Hans Luber (GER) Kurt Behrens (GER)
1908 Albert Zürner (GER) Kurt Behrens (GER) George Gaidzik (USA)
10m Platform
2004 Hu Jia (CHN) Mathew Helm (AUS) Tian Liang (CHN)
2000 Tian Liang (CHN) Hu Jia (CHN) Dmitriy Sautin (RUS)
1996 Dmitriy Sautin (RUS) Jan Hempel (GER) Xiao Hailiang (CHN)
1992 Sun Shuwei (CHN) Scott Donie (USA) Xiong Ni (CHN)
1988 Greg Louganis (USA) Xiong Ni (CHN) Jesús Mena (MEX)
1984 Greg Louganis (USA) Bruce Kimball (USA) Li Kongzheng (CHN)
1980 Falk Hoffmann (GDR) Vladimir Aleynik (URS) David Ambartsumyan (URS)
1976 Klaus Dibiasi (ITA) Greg Louganis (USA) Vladimir Aleynik (URS)
1972 Klaus Dibiasi (ITA) Richard Rydze (USA) Franco Cagnotto (ITA)
1968 Klaus Dibiasi (ITA) Alvaro Gaxiola (MEX) Edwin Young (USA)
1964 Bob Webster (USA) Klaus Dibiasi (ITA) Tom Gompf (USA)
1960 Bob Webster (USA) Gary Tobian (USA) Brian Phelps (GBR)
1956 Joaquín Capilla (MEX) Gary Tobian (USA) Richard Connor (USA)
1952 Samuel Lee (USA) Joaquín Capilla (MEX) Günther Haase (GER)
1948 Samuel Lee (USA) Bruce Harlan (USA) Joaquín Capilla (MEX)
1936 Marshall Wayne (USA) Elbert Root (USA) Hermann Stork (GER)
1932 Harold Smith (USA) Michael Galitzen (USA) Frank Kurtz (USA)
1928 Pete Desjardins (USA) Farid Simaika (EGY) Michael Galitzen (USA)
1924 Albert White (USA) David Fall (USA) Clarence Pinkston (USA)
1920 Clarence Pinkston (USA) Erik Adlerz (SWE) Harry Prieste (USA)
1912 Erik Adlerz (SWE) Albert Zürner (GER) Gustaf Blomgren (SWE)
Synchronized 3m Springboard
2004 Greece Germany Australia
2000 China Russia Australia
Synchronized 10 m Platform
2004 China Great Britain Australia
2000 Russia China Germany
Women:
3m Springboard
2004 Guo Jingjing (CHN) Wu Minxia (CHN) Yuliya Pakhalina (RUS)
2000 Fu Mingxia (CHN) Guo Jingjing (CHN) Dörte Lindner (GER)
1996 Fu Mingxia (CHN) Irina Lashko (RUS) Annie Pelletier (CAN)
1992 Gao Min (CHN) Irina Lashko (cis) Brita Baldus (GER)
1988 Gao Min (CHN) Li Qing (CHN) Kelly McCormick (USA)
1984 Sylvie Bernier (CAN) Kelly McCormick (USA) Christina Seufert (USA)
1980 Irina Kalinina (URS) Martina Pröber (GDR) Karin Guthke (GDR)
1976 Jennifer Chandler (USA) Christa Köhler (GDR) Cindy Potter (USA)
1972 Micki King (USA) Ulrika Knape (SWE) Marina Janicke (GDR)
1968 Sue Gossick (USA) Tamara Pogosheva-Fyedosova (URS) Keala O'Sullivan (USA)
1964 Ingrid Engel-Krämer (GER) Jeanne Collier (USA) Mary Willard (USA)
1960 Ingrid Krämer (GER) Paula Jean Myers-Pope (USA) Liz Ferris (GBR)
1956 Patricia McCormick (USA) Jeanne Stunyo (USA) Irene MacDonald (CAN)
1952 Patricia McCormick (USA) Madeleine Moreau (FRA) Zoe Ann Jensen-Olsen (USA)
1948 Victoria Draves (USA) Zoe Ann Olsen (USA) Patricia Elsener (USA)
1936 Marjorie Gestring (USA) Katherine Rawls (USA) Dorothy Poynton-Hill (USA)
1932 Georgia Coleman (USA) Katherine Rawls (USA) Jane Fauntz (USA)
1928 Helen Meany (USA) Dorothy Poynton (USA) Georgia Coleman (USA)
1924 Elizabeth Becker (USA) Aileen Riggin (USA) Caroline Fletcher (USA)
1920 Aileen Riggin (USA) Helen Wainwright (USA) Thelma Payne (USA)
10m Platform
2004 Chantelle Newbery (AUS) Lao Lishi (CHN) Loudy Tourky (AUS)
2000 Laura Wilkinson (USA) Li Na (CHN) Anne Montminy (CAN)
1996 Fu Mingxia (CHN) Annika Walter (GER) Mary Ellen Clark (USA)
1992 Fu Mingxia (CHN) Yelena Miroshina (cis) Mary Ellen Clark (USA)
1988 Xu Yanmei (CHN) Michele Mitchell (USA) Wendy Williams (USA)
1984 Zhou Jihong (CHN) Michele Mitchell (USA) Wendy Wyland (USA)
1980 Martina Jäschke (GDR) Servard Emirzyan (URS) Liana Tsotadze (URS)
1976 Yelena Vaytsekhovskaya (URS) Ulrika Knape (SWE) Debbie Wilson (USA)
1972 Ulrika Knape (SWE) Milena Duchková (CZE) Marina Janicke (GDR)
1968 Milena Duchková (CZE) Natalya Lobanova-Kuznetsova (URS) Ann Peterson (USA)
1964 Lesley Bush (USA) Ingrid Engel-Krämer (GER) Galina Alekseyeva (URS)
1960 Ingrid Krämer (GER) Paula Jean Myers-Pope (USA) Ninel Krutova (URS)
1956 Patricia McCormick (USA) Juno Stover-Irwin (USA) Paula Jean Myers (USA)
1952 Patricia McCormick (USA) Paula Jean Myers (USA) Juno Stover-Irwin (USA)
1948 Victoria Draves (USA) Patricia Elsener (USA) Birte Christoffersen (den)
1936 Dorothy Poynton-Hill (USA) Velma Dunn (USA) Käthe Köhler (GER)
1932 Dorothy Poynton (USA) Georgia Coleman (USA) Marion Roper (USA)
1928 Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston (USA) Georgia Coleman (USA) Lala Sjöqvist (SWE)
Synchronized 3m Springboard
2004 China Russia Australia
2000 Russia China Ukraine
Synchronized 10m Platform
2004 China Russia Canada
2000 China Canada Australia
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