Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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Diving competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics were held from August 10 to August 23, at the Beijing National Aquatics Centre.
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| Venue | Beijing National Aquatics Centre |
| Date | August 10 – 23, 2008 |
| Competitors | 125 from 30 nations |
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, 2008 | 14:30–15:40 | 3m Springboard Synchronized Women |
| Monday, August 11, 2008 | 14:30–15:40 | 10m Platform Synchronized Men |
| Tuesday, August 12, 2008 | 14:30–15:40 | 10m Platform Synchronized Women |
| Wednesday, August 13, 2008 | 14:30–15:40 | 3m Springboard Synchronized Men |
| Friday, August 15, 2008 | 13:30–16:30 | 3m Springboard Women (Preliminaries) |
| Saturday, August 16, 2008 | 20:00–21:40 | 3m Springboard Women (Semifinal) |
| Sunday, August 17, 2008 | 20:30–22:00 | 3m Springboard Women (Final) |
| Monday, August 18, 2008 | 19:00–22:30 | 3m Springboard Men (Preliminaries) |
| Tuesday, August 19, 2008 | 10:00–11:50 | 3m Springboard Men (Semifinal) |
| 20:30–22:10 | 3m Springboard Men (Final) | |
| Wednesday, August 20, 2008 | 19:00–22:10 | 10m Platform Women (Preliminaries) |
| Thursday, August 21, 2008 | 10:00–11:40 | 10m Platform Women (Semifinal) |
| 20:00–21:30 | 10m Platform Women (Final) | |
| Friday, August 22, 2008 | 19:00–22:45 | 10m Platform Men (Preliminaries) |
| Saturday, August 23, 2008 | 10:00–11:50 | 10m Platform Men (Semifinal) |
| 20:00–21:40 | 10m 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:
| Competition | Date | Venue | Individual Diving | Synchronized Diving |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FINA World Championships | March 17 - April 1, 2007 |  Melbourne | 12 | 3 |
| FINA Diving World Cup | February 19–25, 2008 |  Beijing | 22 | 4 |
| Host nation | - | - | - | China |
| TOTAL | 34 | 8 | ||
Participating countries
Australia (9)
Austria (3)
Belarus (4)
Brazil (4)
Canada (11)
China (9)
Colombia (3)
Cuba (5)
Finland (1)
France (2)
Germany (9)
Great Britain (10)
Greece (1)
Hungary (2)
Italy (8)
Japan (2)
Malaysia (4)
Mexico (7)
North Korea (4)
Philippines (2)
Romania (2)
Russia (10)
South Africa (1)
South Korea (1)
Spain (2)
Sweden (2)
Ukraine (8)
United States (12)
Venezuela (1)
Medal summary
Medal table
Retrieved from Beijing Olympics 2008 Official Website.[3]
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 China |
Dmitri Sautin and Yuriy Kunakov Russia |
Illya Kvasha and Oleksiy Prygorov  Ukraine |
| Synchronized 10 m platform |
Lin Yue and Huo Liang China |
Patrick Hausding and Sascha Klein  Germany |
Gleb Galperin and Dmitriy Dobroskok Russia |
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 China |
Yuliya Pakhalina and Anastasia Pozdnyakova Russia |
Ditte Kotzian and Heike Fischer Germany |
| Synchronized 10 m platform |
Wang Xin and Chen Ruolin China |
Briony Cole and Melissa Wu Australia |
Paola Espinosa and Tatiana Ortiz  Mexico |
Qualification summary
| Nation | Synchronized Diving | Individual Diving | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 3m | Men's 10m | Women's 3m | Women's 10m | Men's 3m | Men's 10m | Women's 3m | Women's 10m | Quotas | Athletes | |
| Australia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 |
 Austria | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||||
 Belarus | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |||||
 Brazil | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |||||
| Canada | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | ||
| China | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 |
 Colombia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ||||
 Cuba | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | |||||
 Finland | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
 France | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Germany | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 14 |
 Great Britain | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 |
 Greece | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
 Hungary | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
 Italy | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | |||
 Japan | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
 Malaysia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |||||
| Mexico | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | |||
 North Korea | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | |||||
 Philippines | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
 Romania | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Russia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | |
 South Africa | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
 South Korea | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
 Spain | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
 Sweden | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Ukraine | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | ||
 United States | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 |
 Venezuela | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Total: 29 NOCs | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 150 | 136 |