The standings in the 1984 Olympics Men’s Springboard Diving competition after four (4) dives were Greg Louganis – USA – 179.55 pts….followed by China’s Li Hongping with 178.47 pts….then Tan of China with 170.19 pts…..then came Italy’s Italiani with 169.29 pts….with 5th place being held by USA’s Ron Merriott with 165.99 pts The competition had become a two man race….which would also dissipate after the preliminaries….as USA Greg Louganis would distance himself from the rest of the competition by the middle of the final round of dives to win gold.