Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Diving competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics were held from August 10 to August 23, at the Beijing National Aquatics Centre.

Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 3 metre springboard
Diving
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
VenueBeijing National Aquatics Centre
DateAugust 10 – 23
Competitors125 from 30 nations
Diving at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Individual
3 m springboardmenwomen
10 m platformmenwomen
Synchronized
3 m springboardmenwomen
10 m platformmenwomen

Competition format

The following events were contested by both men and women in Beijing:[1]

  • 3m Springboard Synchronized
  • 10m Platform Synchronized
  • 3m Springboard
  • 10m Platform

Individual events consisted of preliminaries, semifinals and finals. The order of divers in the preliminary round were determined by computerized random selection, during the Technical Meeting. The 18 divers with the highest scores in the preliminaries proceeded to the semifinals.

The semifinal consisted of the top 18 ranked divers from the preliminary competition and the final consisted of the top 12 ranked divers from the semifinal.[2]

Competition schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Day Time Event
Sunday, August 10, 200814:30–15:403m Springboard Synchronized Women
Monday, August 11, 200814:30–15:4010m Platform Synchronized Men
Tuesday, August 12, 200814:30–15:4010m Platform Synchronized Women
Wednesday, August 13, 200814:30–15:403m Springboard Synchronized Men
Friday, August 15, 200813:30–16:303m Springboard Women (Preliminaries)
Saturday, August 16, 200820:00–21:403m Springboard Women (Semifinal)
Sunday, August 17, 200820:30–22:003m Springboard Women (Final)
Monday, August 18, 200819:00–22:303m Springboard Men (Preliminaries)
Tuesday, August 19, 200810:00–11:503m Springboard Men (Semifinal)
20:30–22:103m Springboard Men (Final)
Wednesday, August 20, 200819:00–22:1010m Platform Women (Preliminaries)
Thursday, August 21, 200810:00–11:4010m Platform Women (Semifinal)
20:00–21:3010m Platform Women (Final)
Friday, August 22, 200819:00–22:4510m Platform Men (Preliminaries)
Saturday, August 23, 200810:00–11:5010m Platform Men (Semifinal)
20:00–21:4010m Platform Men (Final)

Qualifying criteria

An NOC could enter up to 2 qualified divers in each individual event and up to 1 team in each synchronized event.

Qualifying places for each event were awarded as follows:

CompetitionDateVenueIndividual DivingSynchronized Diving
FINA World ChampionshipsMarch 17 - April 1, 2007 Melbourne123
FINA Diving World CupFebruary 19–25, 2008 Beijing224
Host nation--- China
TOTAL348

Participating countries

Medal summary

Medal table

Retrieved from Beijing Olympics 2008 Official Website.[3]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China (CHN)71311
2 Australia (AUS)1102
3 Russia (RUS)0325
4 Canada (CAN)0202
5 Germany (GER)0112
6 Mexico (MEX)0011
 Ukraine (UKR)0011
Totals (7 nations)88824

Men
Event Gold Silver Bronze
3 m springboard
He Chong
 China		 Alexandre Despatie
 Canada		 Qin Kai
 China
10 m platform
Matthew Mitcham
 Australia		 Zhou Lüxin
 China		 Gleb Galperin
 Russia
Synchronized
3 m springboard
 Wang Feng
and Qin Kai (CHN)		  Dmitri Sautin
and Yuriy Kunakov (RUS)		  Illya Kvasha
and Oleksiy Prygorov (UKR)
Synchronized
10 m platform
 Lin Yue
and Huo Liang (CHN)		  Patrick Hausding
and Sascha Klein (GER)		  Gleb Galperin
and Dmitriy Dobroskok (RUS)

Women
Event Gold Silver Bronze
3 m springboard
Guo Jingjing
 China		 Yuliya Pakhalina
 Russia		 Wu Minxia
 China
10 m platform
Chen Ruolin
 China		 Émilie Heymans
 Canada		 Wang Xin
 China
Synchronized
3 m springboard
 Guo Jingjing
and Wu Minxia (CHN)		  Yuliya Pakhalina
and Anastasia Pozdnyakova (RUS)		  Ditte Kotzian
and Heike Fischer (GER)
Synchronized
10 m platform
 Wang Xin
and Chen Ruolin (CHN)		  Briony Cole
and Melissa Wu (AUS)		  Paola Espinosa
and Tatiana Ortiz (MEX)

Qualification summary
NationSynchronized DivingIndividual DivingTotal
Men's
3m		Men's
10m		Women's
3m		Women's
10m		Men's
3m		Men's
10m		Women's
3m		Women's
10m		QuotasAthletes
 Australia11112222129
 Austria11133
 Belarus12144
 Brazil12144
 Canada1122221010
 China111122221210
 Colombia111143
 Cuba12255
 Finland111
 France222
 Germany111122221214
 Great Britain111112121010
 Greece111
 Hungary222
 Italy1212288
 Japan1122
 Malaysia12144
 Mexico1122287
 North Korea11243
 Philippines1122
 Romania1122
 Russia11122211010
 South Africa111
 South Korea111
 Spain1122
 Sweden1122
 Ukraine11222199
 United States111122221212
 Venezuela111
Total: 29 NOCs888829303029150136
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See also

References
  1. "Olympic Diving Schedule". FINA. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
  2. "The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games - Diving Competition Format". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 2008-07-28. Retrieved 2008-07-27.
  3. "Diving Medal Standings". Archived from the original on 2008-08-16. Retrieved 2008-08-17.
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