Before the 1996 Olympics, an international panel of journalists selected one outstanding Olympian from each previous Summer Games.
Greg Louganis was chosen from Seoul 1988.
Wednesday marks 30 years since Louganis smacked his head on the springboard in the preliminary round of those Olympics, though he still qualified for the next day’s final and earned gold.
“After hitting my head on the springboard, I was really scared,” Louganis said in an NBC interview at prelims, after receiving four stitches and performing two more dives. “My concern was I didn’t know how bad the injury was.