Olympedia – Platform, Women

Platform, Women

Date	22 – 23 October 1968
Status	Olympic
Location	Alberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez, Ciudad de México
Participants	24 from 15 countries
Format	10 metre platform.

Date

22 – 23 October 1968

Status

Olympic

Location

Alberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez, Ciudad de México

Participants

24 from 15 countries

Format

10 metre platform.

The defending champion was Lesley Bush (USA) who was in Mexico but dove poorly and did not make the final round, placing 20th. The gold medal was won by the surprising Czechoslovakian 16-year-old Milena Duchková, who led after the qualifying and remained at or near the lead after every dive. She was cheered wildly by the Mexican fans, noting, “The loud cheering was not for me, personally, but for my country.” Duchková was challenged by Soviet Nataliya Kuznetsova-Lobanova, and with Soviet tanks having recently invaded Czechoslovakia, she had no supporters as the crowd favored the teenaged Czech. Duchková would come back in 1972 to earn a silver on platform and also won silver at the inaugural World Aquatics Championships in 1973. Ann Peterson won the bronze medal, at least continuing the US streak of winning medals in this event that reached back to 1924.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points
1	Milena Duchková	TCH	109.59	Gold
2	Nataliya Kuznetsova-Lobanova	URS	105.14	Silver
3	Ann Peterson	USA	101.11	Bronze
4	Beverly Boys	CAN	97.97
5	Bogusława Pietkiewicz	POL	95.09
6	Regina Krause	FRG	93.08
7	Keiko Osaki	JPN	93.08
8	Nancy Robertson	CAN	90.66
9	Inge Pertmayr	AUT	89.43
10	Barbara Talmage	USA	87.29
11	Ingeborg Busch	FRG	85.31
12	Mandi Haswell	GBR	82.33
13	Bertha Baraldi	MEX	47.74
14	Galina Alekseyeva	URS	47.31
15	Elżbieta Wierniuk	POL	47.26
16	Dora Hernández	MEX	46.96
17	Tarja Liljeström	FIN	46.39
18	Robyn Bradshaw	AUS	45.58
19	Sylvia Fiedler	GDR	45.35
20	Lesley Bush	USA	43.72
21	Bruna Rossi	ITA	43.54
22	Nadezhda Karpukhina	URS	43.52
23	Claudia Reiche	GDR	41.02
24	Park Jeong-Ja	KOR	39.03

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points
1	Nataliya Kuznetsova-Lobanova	URS	53.80	Q
2	Ann Peterson	USA	52.14	Q
3	Milena Duchková	TCH	51.61	Q
4	Bogusława Pietkiewicz	POL	49.53	Q
5	Inge Pertmayr	AUT	48.23	Q
6	Barbara Talmage	USA	47.09	Q
7	Ingeborg Busch	FRG	46.22	Q
8	Regina Krause	FRG	46.77	Q
9	Mandi Haswell	GBR	45.72	Q
10	Keiko Osaki	JPN	45.66	Q
11	Beverly Boys	CAN	44.65	Q
12	Nancy Robertson	CAN	44.10	Q
13	Bertha Baraldi	MEX	47.74
14	Galina Alekseyeva	URS	47.31
15	Elżbieta Wierniuk	POL	47.26
16	Dora Hernández	MEX	46.96
17	Tarja Liljeström	FIN	46.39
18	Robyn Bradshaw	AUS	45.58
19	Sylvia Fiedler	GDR	45.35
20	Lesley Bush	USA	43.72
21	Bruna Rossi	ITA	43.54
22	Nadezhda Karpukhina	URS	43.52
23	Claudia Reiche	GDR	41.02
24	Park Jeong-Ja	KOR	39.03

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points	FP
1	Milena Duchková	TCH	109.59	57.98
2	Nataliya Kuznetsova-Lobanova	URS	105.14	51.34
3	Ann Peterson	USA	101.11	48.97
4	Beverly Boys	CAN	97.97	53.32
5	Bogusława Pietkiewicz	POL	95.09	45.56
6	Regina Krause	FRG	93.08	46.31
7	Keiko Osaki	JPN	93.08	47.42
8	Nancy Robertson	CAN	90.66	46.56
9	Inge Pertmayr	AUT	89.43	41.20
10	Barbara Talmage	USA	87.29	40.20
11	Ingeborg Busch	FRG	85.31	39.09
12	Mandi Haswell	GBR	82.33	36.61

Platform, Women

Qualifying (22 October 1968 — 17:00)

Final (23 October 1968 — 17:00)