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Diving at the 1982 Commonwealth Games was the 12th appearances of Diving at the Commonwealth Games. Competition featured four diving events and was held in Brisbane, Australia, from 30 September to 9 October 1982.[1]

The events at the Games were held at the new Chandler Aquatic Centre that was part of the Sleeman Sports Complex, which had been purpose-built for the games.[2]

Australia topped the medal table by virtue of winning two more silver medals than England.[3][4]

The Aquatic Centre exterior in 2017

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Australia)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Australia*2215
2 England2002
3 Canada0224
4 New Zealand0011
Totals (4 entries)44412

Medallists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
3m springboard  Chris Snode (ENG)  Stephen Foley (AUS)  Mark Graham (NZL)
10m platform  Chris Snode (ENG)  Stephen Foley (AUS)  John Nash (CAN)
3m springboard  Jenny Donnet (AUS)  Sylvie Bernier (CAN)  Valerie Beddoe (AUS)
10m platform  Valerie Beddoe (AUS)  Jennifer McArton (CAN)  Kathy Keleman (CAN)

Results

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Men

3 m springboard

Pos Athlete Time
1 England Chris Snode 631.38
2 Australia Steve Foley 592.08
3 New Zealand Mark Graham 551.46
4 England Nigel Stanton 530.40
5 Canada David Snively 529.32
6 Canada John Nash 526.86
7 Australia Shaun Ian Panayi 494.13
8 New Zealand Gary Lamb 463.32
9 Canada Benoit Seguin 446.46
10 Wales Bob Morgan 422.79
11 Zimbabwe Simon Draver 419.82
12 Hong Kong Billy Yang 353.85
13 Hong Kong Andrew Tang 321.90

10 m platform

Pos Athlete Time
1 England Chris Snode 588.54
2 Australia Steve Foley 524.55
3 Canada John Nash 523.41
4 England Nigel Stanton 494.88
5 Canada Jeffrey Hirst 479.64
6 Australia Shaun Ian Panayi 471.00
7 Australia Andrew Jackomos 452.76
8 Canada David Snively 427.20
9 Wales Bob Morgan 372.18
10 Hong Kong Andrew Tang 296.61

Women

3 m springboard

Pos Athlete Time
1 Australia Jenny Donnet 484.65
2 Canada Sylvie Bernier 478.83
3 Australia Valerie Beddoe 446.67
4 Australia Carol Gina Boots 417.09
5 Zimbabwe Antonette Wilken 414.27
6 Canada Debbie Fuller 400.74
7 England Sandra Yeates 393.45
8 Zimbabwe Lesley Smith 391.20
9 Zimbabwe Tracy Cox 385.71
10 Canada Kathy Kelemen 382.71
11 New Zealand Anne Fargher 377.55
12 Scotland Fiona Joan Hotson 368.31
13 New Zealand Kay Cummings 351.09
14 Jersey Tina Fage 330.36
15 Scotland Jane Ogden 296.40
16 Hong Kong Amy Lam 252.03

10 m platform

Pos Athlete Time
1 Australia Valerie Beddoe 404.16
2 Canada Jennifer McArton 390.21
3 Canada Kathy Keleman 359.31
4 Canada Wendy Fuller 358.77
5 Australia Julie Kent 358.08
6 England Lindsey Fraser 345.39
7 Australia Carol Gina Boots 345.39
8 New Zealand Kay Cummings 301.08
9 Scotland Fiona Joan Hotson 298.23
10 Zimbabwe Tracy Cox 295.68
11 Scotland Jane Ogden 279.78

References

  1. ^ “Medal Standings Brisbane 1982”. Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
  2. ^ “Just the right price”. The Australian Women’s Weekly. 11 August 1982. p. 129. Retrieved 31 January 2026 – via Trove.
  3. ^ “Commonwealth Games Medallists – Swimming and diving (men)”. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
  4. ^ “Commonwealth Games Medallists – Swimming and diving (women)”. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
  5. ^ “Springboard diving”. The Scotsman. 2 October 1982. p. 16. Retrieved 22 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.