2008 FINA Diving World Cup

The 2008 FINA Diving World Cup was held in Beijing, China and was a test event for the new Beijing Aquatics Center (Water Cube), as well as a qualifying event for 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

The Beijing Aquatics Center (Water Cube).

Summary of Events

• China won all but one Discipline at the 2008 World Cup.
• Germany's Sascha Klien won the Ten Meter Platform (the only title China didn't get).

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	7	4	0	11
2	Germany (GER)	1	1	0	2
3	Russia (RUS)	0	2	0	2
4	Canada (CAN)	0	1	1	2
5	Australia (AUS)	0	0	2	2
	Mexico (MEX)	0	0	2	2
	United States (USA)	0	0	2	2
8	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 nations)		8	8	8	24

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Springboard Finals
3 m	He Chong  China	Qin Kai  China	Yahel Castillo  Mexico
3 m synchro	Qin Kai Wang Feng  China	Yuriy Kunakov Dmitri Sautin  Russia	Alexander Despatie Arturo Miranda  Canada
Platform Finals
10 m	Sascha Klein  Germany	Zhou Lüxin  China	David Boudia  United States
10 m synchro	Huo Liang Lin Yue  China	Patrick Hausding Sascha Klein  Germany	Blake Aldridge Thomas Daley  Great Britain

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Springboard Finals
3 m	Wu Minxia  China	Guo Jingjing  China	Sharleen Stratton  Australia
3 m synchro	Guo Jingjing Wu Minxia  China	Yuliya Pakhalina Anastasia Pozdnyakova  Russia	Kelci Bryant Ariel Rittenhouse  United States
Platform Finals
10 m	Chen Ruolin  China	Wang Xin  China	Paola Espinosa  Mexico
10 m synchro	Chen Ruolin Wang Xin  China	Émilie Heymans Marie-Ève Marleau  Canada	Briony Cole Melissa Wu  Australia

Preceded by 2006 FINA Diving World Cup (Changzhou, China)	2008 FINA Diving World Cup (Beijing, China)	Succeeded by 2010 FINA Diving World Cup (Changzhou, China)

References

• About.com: "FINA Diving World Cup Results"

External links

• www.fina.org/