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Diving At The 1968 Summer Olympics
The diving competitions at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City featured four events . It was one of three aquatic sports at the Games, along with swimming, and water polo. The events were men's and women's versions each of: 3m springboard and 10m platform. The diving competitions featured up to 81 athletes. Schedule Medalists Medal table The events are named according to the International Olympic Committee labelling, but they appeared on the official report as "springboard diving" and "high diving" (or "platform diving"), respectively.Organizing Committee of the Games of the XIX Olympiad, pp. 376, 379, 737. Men Women Participating nations Here are listed the nations that were represented in the diving events and, in brackets, the number of national competitors. See also * Diving at the 1967 Pan American Games This page shows the results of the Diving (sport), Diving Competition for men and women at the 1967 Pan American Games, held from July 23 to August ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez
The Alberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez is an indoor swimming pool Olympic facility located in Mexico City, Mexico. It has a capacity of 4,300. It hosted the 1968 Summer Olympics for competitions of swimming, diving, water polo, and the swimming part of modern pentathlon. The only Mexican gold medal in Olympic swimming competitions was won at this site. It was won by Felipe Muñoz Felipe Muñoz Kapamas (born February 3, 1951) is a Mexican former breaststroke swimmer. He competed at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal in the 200 m event in 1968. Since 2008, he is the President of the Mexican Olympic Co ... in the 200 metres men breast stroke competition. It also hosted the 2017 World Para Swimming Championships. References1968 Summer Olympics official report.Volume 2. Part 1. p. 72. Sports venues in Mexico City Venues of the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic diving venues Olympic modern pentathlon venues Olympic swimming venues Olympic w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Henry (diver)
James Edward Henry (born September 4, 1948) is an American diver. Early life Henry was born on September 4, 1948, in San Antonio, Texas, but later moved to the Dallas area where he dove for Hillcrest High school. At Indiana University Henry was a diver at Indiana University from 1967 to 1970. While at the university Henry was the top diver for the 67-68, 68-69, and 69–70 years. Henry won four Big 10 championships, five NCAA titles (in multiple events), and ten AAU indoor and outdoor championships. Henry studied dentistry and joined the Alpha Iota Chapter of Theta Chi Fraternity Theta Chi () is an international college fraternity. It was founded on April 10, 1856 at Norwich University then-located in Norwich, Vermont, and has initiated more than 200,000 members and currently has over 8,700 collegiate members across Nort ... while at IU. 1968 Mexico City Olympics In the 1968 Olympics that were held in Mexico City Henry won the bronze metal in the three-meter spring boar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1968 Summer Olympics Events
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * January 10 – John Gorton is sworn in as 19th Prime Minister of Australia, taking over from John McEwen after being elected leader of the Liberal Party the previous day, following the disappearance of Harold Holt. Gorton becomes the only Senator to become Prime Minister, though he immediately transfers to the House of Representatives through the 1968 Higgins by-election in Holt's vacant seat. * January 15 – The 1968 Belice earthquake in Sicily kills 380 and injures around 1,000. * January 21 ** Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh – One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins, ending on April 8. ** 1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash: A U.S. B-52 Stratofortress crashes in Greenland, discharging 4 nuclear bombs. * January 23 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diving At The 1968 Summer Olympics
The diving competitions at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City featured four events . It was one of three aquatic sports at the Games, along with swimming, and water polo. The events were men's and women's versions each of: 3m springboard and 10m platform. The diving competitions featured up to 81 athletes. Schedule Medalists Medal table The events are named according to the International Olympic Committee labelling, but they appeared on the official report as "springboard diving" and "high diving" (or "platform diving"), respectively.Organizing Committee of the Games of the XIX Olympiad, pp. 376, 379, 737. Men Women Participating nations Here are listed the nations that were represented in the diving events and, in brackets, the number of national competitors. See also * Diving at the 1967 Pan American Games This page shows the results of the Diving (sport), Diving Competition for men and women at the 1967 Pan American Games, held from July 23 to August ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diving At The 1967 Pan American Games
This page shows the results of the Diving Competition for men and women at the 1967 Pan American Games, held from July 23 to August 6, 1967, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. There were two events, for both men and women. Men's competition 3m Springboard 10m Platform Women's competition 3m Springboard 10m Platform Medal table See also * Diving at the 1968 Summer Olympics References Sports 123 {{DEFAULTSORT:Diving At The 1967 Pan American Games 1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 ** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ... 1967 Pan American Games 1967 in diving ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ann Peterson
Ann Stewart Peterson (born June 16, 1947) is an American diver who competed in the 10 meter platform event. She won bronze medals at both the 1967 Pan American Games and 1968 Olympics. Peterson won the Amateur Athletic Union championships and the U.S. Olympic trials in 1968. Early life Peterson began participating in competitive diving in 1957 with ''Dick Smith's Swim Gym'', but quit in 1960 to move with her parents to Seattle, Washington. She joined the ''Gold Creek Swim Gym'' after arriving in Washington. Prior to Peterson's stint in the Olympics, she won the Junior National Amateur Athletic Union Women's 3 meter diving championship in Arizona in 1962, with a score of 394.60 points. Diving 1967 Pan American Games Peterson received the bronze medal at the 1967 Pan American Games in the women's 10-meter platform diving championship, losing to gold medal winner American Lesley Bush and silver medal winner Canadian Beverly Boys. Bush received a score of 541.0 points, Boys receiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalya Kuznetsova
Nataliya Vladimirovna Lobanova (née Kuznetsova; russian: Наталья Владимировна Лобанова née Кузнецова, 30 May 1947 – 1998) was a Russian diver. She competed in the 10 m platform at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ... and finished in seventh, second and thirteenth place, respectively. In 1972 she also finished 14th in the 3 m springboard. At the European Championships she won a gold medal in the platform in 1966 and a bronze in the springboard in 1962. She was Soviet champion in the platform in 1969 and 1972. References 1947 births 1998 deaths Russian female divers Olympic divers of the Soviet Union Divers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Divers at the 1968 Summer Olympics D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milena Duchková
Milena Duchková (25 born April 1952 in Prague) is a Czech diver. She competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, where she received a gold medal in Platform Diving."1968 Summer Olympics – Mexico City, Mexico – Diving" ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on June 13, 2008) She received a silver medal in 1972. Personal In late 1980, Duchková applied for permanent Canadian residency, along with her husband Petr Neveklovsky, then 33 years old and 22-month-old daughter Misa. Although her husband could only speak very little English, he was a highly regarded coach. Outside of diving, Duchková was also r ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keala O'Sullivan
Rachel Kealaonapua "Keala" O'Sullivan (later Watson, born November 3, 1950) is an American former diver. In 1965, she won the U.S. Junior AAU one-meter board diving championships. She represented the United States at the 1968 Olympics, where she earned a bronze medal in three-meter springboard; this made her the first Hawaiian athlete to medal in diving. O'Sullivan retired after failing to qualify for the 1972 Olympics. She then returned to Hawaii, where she coached divers at ʻIolani School. In 1999, she was inducted into the Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame The Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame is a sports hall of fame and museum in the U.S. state of Hawaii. According to the hall's official website, it servers as the "state museum for sports history in the islands," and "is best described as an educational .... References 1950 births American female divers Divers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Living people Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamara Fyedosova
Tamara Stepanovna Safonova ( Fedosova; later Pogozheva and Safonova; russian: Тамара Степановна Федосова-Погожева-Сафонова; born 24 June 1946) is a retired Russian diver. She competed in the 3-metre springboard at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ... and finished in fifth, second and seventeenth place, respectively. She won bronze medals in the springboard at three consecutive European championships: in 1966, 1970 and 1974. She was a Soviet champion in this event in 1964, 1966–1968 and 1970–1974. Her husband, Mikhail Safonov, is a Russian diver who competed at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics. References 1946 births Living people Russian female divers Soviet female divers Olym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susanne Gossick
Susanne Gossick (born November 12, 1947) is a retired American diver. Competing in the 3 m springboard she won gold medals at the 1967 an American Games and 1968 Olympics and placed fourth at the 1964 Olympics. During her diving career Gossick won five AAU springboard titles. In 1967, she was voted the ''Los Angeles Times'' Woman of the Year, becoming the youngest person ever to receive that award. In 1988, she was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame. See also * List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame The International Swimming Hall of Fame The International Swimming Hall of Fame and Museum (ISHOF) is a history museum and hall of fame, located at One Hall of Fame Drive, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States, operated by private interests a ... References 1947 births Living people Divers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Divers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in diving Sportspeople from Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Win Young
Edwin Frank "Win" Young (September 29, 1947June 22, 2006) was an American diver. He represented the United States at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, where he won a bronze medal in 10 m platform.Win Young sports-reference.com Young was a six-time All-American diver for and won the gold medal in 10 m platform at the . In retirement he coached diving at the |
