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Diving

Men's Olympic Diving

Multiple gold medals: Greg Louganis (4); Klaus Dibiasi and Xiong Ni (3); Pete Desjardins, Sammy Lee, Tian Liang, Bob Webster and Albert White (2).

Springboard

Year  Points
1908 Albert Zürner, GER 85.5 
1912 Paul Günther, GER 79.23
1920 Louis Kuehn, USA 675.4 
1924 Albert White, USA 696.4 
1928 Pete Desjardins, USA 185.04
1932 Michael Galitzen, USA 161.38
1936 Richard Degener, USA 163.57
1948 Bruce Harlan, USA 163.64
1952 David Browning, USA 205.29
1956 Bob Clotworthy, USA 159.56
1960 Gary Tobian, USA 170.00
1964 Ken Sitzberger, USA 159.90
1968 Bernie Wrightson, USA 170.15
1972 Vladimir Vasin, USSR 594.09
1976 Phil Boggs, USA 619.05
1980 Aleksandr Portnov, USSR 905.03
1984 Greg Louganis, USA 754.41
1988 Greg Louganis, USA 730.80
1992 Mark Lenzi, USA 676.53
1996Xiong Ni, CHN701.46
2000Xiong Ni, CHN708.72
2004 Peng Bo, CHN 787.38

Platform

Year  Points
1904 George Sheldon, USA 12.66
1906 Gottlob Walz, GER 156.0 
1908 Hjalmar Johansson, SWE 83.75
1912 Erik Adlerz, SWE 73.94
1920 Clarence Pinkston, USA 100.67
1924 Albert White, USA 97.46
1928 Pete Desjardins, USA 98.74
1932 Harold Smith, USA 124.80
1936 Marshall Wayne, USA 113.58
1948 Sammy Lee, USA 130.05
1952 Sammy Lee, USA 156.28
1956 Joaquin Capilla, MEX 152.44
1960 Bob Webster, USA 165.56
1964 Bob Webster, USA 148.58
1968 Klaus Dibiasi, ITA 164.18
1972 Klaus Dibiasi, ITA 504.12
1976 Klaus Dibiasi, ITA 600.51
1980 Falk Hoffmann, E. Ger 835.65
1984 Greg Louganis, USA 710.91
1988 Greg Louganis, USA 638.61
1992 Sun Shuwei, CHN 677.31
1996Dmitri Sautin, RUS692.34
2000Tian Liang, CHN724.53
2004Hu Jia, CHN748.08

Women's Olympic Diving

Multiple gold medals: Pat McCormick and Fu Mingxia (4); Ingrid Engel-Krämer (3); Vicki Draves, Dorothy Poynton Hill, Guo Jingjing and Gao Min (2).

Springboard

Year  Points
1920 Aileen Riggin, USA 539.9 
1924 Elizabeth Becker, USA 474.5 
1928 Helen Meany, USA 78.62
1932 Georgia Coleman, USA 87.52
1936 Marjorie Gestring, USA 89.27
1948 Vicki Draves, USA 108.74
1952 Pat McCormick, USA 147.30
1956 Pat McCormick, USA 142.36
1960 Ingrid Krämer, GER 155.81
1964 Ingrid Engel-Kräamer, GER 145.00
1968 Sue Gossick, USA 150.77
1972 Micki King, USA 450.03
1976 Jennifer Chandler, USA 506.19
1980 Irina Kalinina, USSR 725.91
1984 Sylvie Bernier, CAN 530.70
1988 Gao Min, CHN 580.23
1992 Gao Min, CHN 572.40
1996Fu Mingxia, CHN547.68
2000Fu Mingxia, CHN609.42
2004 Guo Jingjing, CHN633.15

Platform

Year  Points
1912 Greta Johansson, SWE 39.9 
1920 Stefani Fryland-Clausen, DEN 34.6 
1924 Caroline Smith, USA 33.2 
1928 Elizabeth Becker Pinkston, USA 31.6 
1932 Dorothy Poynton, USA 40.26
1936 Dorothy Poynton Hill, USA 33.93
1948 Vicki Draves, USA 68.87
1952 Pat McCormick, USA 79.37
1956 Pat McCormick, USA 84.85
1960 Ingrid Krämer, GER 91.28
1964 Lesley Bush, USA 99.80
1968 Milena Duchková, CZE 109.59
1972 Ulrika Knape, SWE 390.00
1976 Elena Vaytsekhovskaya, USSR 406.59
1980 Martina Jäschke, E. Ger 596.25
1984 Zhou Jihong, CHN 435.51
1988 Xu Yanmei, CHN 445.20
1992 Fu Mingxia, CHN 461.43
1996Fu Mingxia, CHN521.58
2000Laura Wilkinson, USA543.75
2004 Chantelle Newberry, AUS 590.31

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