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Springboard, Women

Date20 – 21 July 1980
StatusOlympic
LocationPlavatelny basseyn, Sportivny kompleks Olimpiysky, Moskva
Participants24 from 13 countries
Format3 metre springboard.

Irina Kalinina (URS) was favored and would have been even without the boycott. She had won this event at the 1975 and 1978 World Championships and also won platform in 1978. Her biggest competitors in 1980 would have been American Cynthia Potter and China’s Chen Xiaoxia, but both were boycotted out.

Kalinina confirmed her favorite’s status, winning the gold medal quite comfortably. Swimming World noted that she put on a “good, but not great, exhibition”, as she struggled with her seventh (back 2½ tuck), ninth (inward 2½ tuck), and tenth (back 1½ with 2½ twists) dives in the final. Behind her two East German divers won the other medals, silver going to Martina Proeber in her only Olympic appearance, and bronze to Karin Guthke.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCPoints
1Irina KalininaURS725.910Gold
2Martina ProeberGDR698.895Silver
3Karin GuthkeGDR685.245Bronze
4Zhanna TsirulnikovaURS673.665
5Martina JäschkeGDR668.115
6Valerie McFarlaneAUS651.045
7Irina SidorovaURS650.265
8Milagros GonzálezCUB640.005
9Guadalupe CansecoMEX407.520
10Antonette WilkenZIM402.210
11Susanne WetteskogSWE399.060
12Ildikó KelemenHUN391.680
13Heidemarie GréckáTCH390.390
14Debbie HillZIM390.270
15Ruxandra HociotăROU389.100
16Elsa TenorioMEX389.010
17Carmen Belén NúñezESP388.320
18Jenny DonnetAUS376.770
19Sonia FernándezESP370.950
20Alison DrakeGBR368.010
21Annie LiljebergSWE365.250
22Deborah JayGBR362.730
23Liliana CîrsteaROU354.330
24Isabelle ArèneFRA345.060

Qualifying (20 July 1980 — 10:30-17:30)

10 dives. Top 8 advanced to the final round.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCPoints
1Irina KalininaURS478.860Q
2Zhanna TsirulnikovaURS454.350Q
3Martina ProeberGDR450.990Q
4Karin GuthkeGDR435.210Q
5Irina SidorovaURS432.570Q
6Martina JäschkeGDR427.470Q
7Valerie McFarlaneAUS413.970Q
8Milagros GonzálezCUB409.650Q
9Guadalupe CansecoMEX407.520
10Antonette WilkenZIM402.210
11Susanne WetteskogSWE399.060
12Ildikó KelemenHUN391.680
13Heidemarie GréckáTCH390.390
14Debbie HillZIM390.270
15Ruxandra HociotăROU389.100
16Elsa TenorioMEX389.010
17Carmen Belén NúñezESP388.320
18Jenny DonnetAUS376.770
19Sonia FernándezESP370.950
20Alison DrakeGBR368.010
21Annie LiljebergSWE365.250
22Deborah JayGBR362.730
23Liliana CîrsteaROU354.330
24Isabelle ArèneFRA345.060

Final (21 July 1980 — 17:30)

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

PosCompetitor(s)NOCPointsFP
1Irina KalininaURS725.910486.48
2Martina ProeberGDR698.895473.40
3Karin GuthkeGDR685.245467.64
4Zhanna TsirulnikovaURS673.665446.49
5Martina JäschkeGDR668.115454.38
6Valerie McFarlaneAUS651.045444.06
7Irina SidorovaURS650.265433.98
8Milagros GonzálezCUB640.005435.18