Diving at the 1984 Summer Olympics explained

Event:	Diving
Games:	1984 Summer
Venue:	Uytengsu Aquatics Center
Dates:	through
Num Events:	4
Competitors:	80
Nations:	29
Prev:	1980
Next:	1988

At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, four diving events (2 for men and 2 for women) were contested during a competition that took place at the Olympic Swim Stadium of the University of Southern California (USC), from 5 to 12 August, comprising 80 divers from 29 nations.^[1]

Notable changes from 1980 include the newly-introduced limit on the number of athletes a single NOC can enter, down from three in Moscow to two in Los Angeles. This was done to prevent nations from sweeping the podiums.^[2]

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.^[3]

Men

3 m springboard
10 m platform

Women

3 m springboard
10 m platform

Participating nations

Here are listed the nations that were represented in the diving events and, in brackets, the number of national competitors.

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See also

• Diving at the 1983 Pan American Games
• Diving at the Friendship Games

References

• Web site: Olympic Medal Winners . . 10 January 2007 .
• Book: Official Report of the Games of the XXIIIrd Olympiad Los Angeles, 1984 - Volume 2: Competition Summary and Results . 10 January 2007 . 1985 . Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee . Los Angeles . 0-9614512-0-3 . 12601151.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Diving at the 1984 Summer Olympics . Olympedia . 20 May 2020 .
2. Web site: Olympedia - Diving at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Olympedia.
3. Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee, p. 490.