Diving at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad | |
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Venue | Sydney International Aquatic Centre |
Date | 22–30 September 2000 |
No. of events | 8 |
Competitors | 157 from 42 nations |
Diving at the 2000 Summer Olympics | ||
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3 m springboard | men | women |
10 m platform | men | women |
Synchronized 3 m springboard | men | women |
Synchronized 10 m platform | men | women |
At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, eight diving events were contested for the first time due to the inclusion of synchronized variants for each of the traditional events. The competition took place at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre, from 22 to 30 September, comprising a total of 157 divers from 42 nations. [1]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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3 m springboard | Xiong Ni ![]() | Fernando Platas ![]() | Dmitri Sautin ![]() |
10 m platform | Tian Liang ![]() | Hu Jia ![]() | Dmitri Sautin ![]() |
Synchronized 3 m springboard | ![]() and Xiao Hailiang (CHN) | ![]() and Alexandre Dobroskok (RUS) | ![]() and Dean Pullar (AUS) |
Synchronized 10 m platform | ![]() and Igor Lukashin (RUS) | ![]() and Tian Liang (CHN) | ![]() and Heiko Meyer (GER) |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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3 m springboard | Fu Mingxia ![]() | Guo Jingjing ![]() | Dörte Lindner ![]() |
10 m platform | Laura Wilkinson ![]() | Li Na ![]() | Anne Montminy ![]() |
Synchronized 3 m springboard | ![]() and Yulia Pakhalina (RUS) | ![]() and Guo Jingjing (CHN) | ![]() and Olena Zhupina (UKR) |
Synchronized 10 m platform | ![]() and Sang Xue (CHN) | ![]() and Anne Montminy (CAN) | ![]() and Loudy Tourky (AUS) |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
4 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
5 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
6 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (8 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
Here are listed the nations that were represented in the diving events and, in brackets, the number of national competitors.
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