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Springboard, Men

Date22 – 23 July 1980
StatusOlympic
LocationPlavatelny basseyn, Sportivny kompleks Olimpiysky, Moskva
Participants24 from 16 countries
Format3 metre springboard.

The favorite was the defending champion and 1978 World Champion Phil Boggs – oh wait, he wasn’t in Moscow, a victim of the USA-led boycott. Another favorite was Greg Louganis – OK, you get the point.

In their absence, the gold medal went to Soviet diver Aleksandr Portnov, who was felt to benefit from some hometown officiating. On an early final dive, he flopped badly on a back 2½, but protested that he had been distracted by the cheering crowd, which was watching the 100 butterfly final. Portnov was awarded another dive, and performed it well this time. This did not sit well with Mexican Carlos Girón, eventual silver medalist, nor Italy’s Franco Cagnotto, the bronze medalist, and fourth-placed Falk Hoffmann of East Germany, who had been runner-up to Boggs at the 1978 Worlds. They protested that they had had to dive through similar distractions and Portnov should not have been awarded another dive. For two days the officials met before holding a medal ceremony. But this was Moscow and Portnov was a Soviet, so again, you get the point.

Portnov won a bronze in this event at the 1982 Worlds. Greg Louganis won.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCPoints
1Aleksandr PortnovURS905.025Gold
2Carlos GirónMEX892.140Silver
3Franco CagnottoITA871.500Bronze
4Falk HoffmannGDR858.510
5Aleksandr KosenkovURS855.120
6Chris SnodeGBR844.470
7Vyacheslav TroshinURS820.050
8Ricardo CamachoESP749.340
9Frank TaubertGDR524.040
10Dieter WaskowGDR522.870
11Steve FoleyAUS521.820
12Niki StajkovicAUT521.040
13Petar GeorgievBUL504.330
14Francisco RuedaMEX495.630
15Ken GroveAUT491.940
16Rolando RuizCUB489.240
17Károly NémediHUN475.170
18Reynaldo CastroDOM469.140
19Roman GodzińskiPOL462.480
20Jorge MondragónMEX454.170
21Michael WorischAUT452.430
22Milton BragaBRA451.170
23Alex BagiuROU427.350
24David ParringtonZIM416.670

Qualifying (22 July 1980 — 10:30-17:30)

10 dives. Top 8 advanced to the final round.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCPoints
1Carlos GirónMEX580.200Q
2Aleksandr PortnovURS580.110Q
3Falk HoffmannGDR567.780Q
4Aleksandr KosenkovURS558.900Q
5Chris SnodeGBR557.100Q
6Franco CagnottoITA556.320Q
7Vyacheslav TroshinURS552.420Q
8Ricardo CamachoESP532.020Q
9Frank TaubertGDR524.040
10Dieter WaskowGDR522.870
11Steve FoleyAUS521.820
12Niki StajkovicAUT521.040
13Petar GeorgievBUL504.330
14Francisco RuedaMEX495.630
15Ken GroveAUT491.940
16Rolando RuizCUB489.240
17Károly NémediHUN475.170
18Reynaldo CastroDOM469.140
19Roman GodzińskiPOL462.480
20Jorge MondragónMEX454.170
21Michael WorischAUT452.430
22Milton BragaBRA451.170
23Alex BagiuROU427.350
24David ParringtonZIM416.670

Final (23 July 1980 — 17:30)

11 dives. Score added to 50% of qualifying round score.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCPointsFP
1Aleksandr PortnovURS905.025614.97
2Carlos GirónMEX892.140602.04
3Franco CagnottoITA871.500593.34
4Falk HoffmannGDR858.510574.62
5Aleksandr KosenkovURS855.120575.67
6Chris SnodeGBR844.470565.92
7Vyacheslav TroshinURS820.050543.84
8Ricardo CamachoESP749.340483.33