Diving at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Diving
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Diving; at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue	Sydney International Aquatic Centre
Date	22–30 September 2000
No. of events	8
Competitors	157 from 42 nations
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Last updated June 15, 2025

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]

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 m springboard details	Xiong Ni China	Fernando Platas Mexico	Dmitri Sautin Russia
10 m platform details	Tian Liang China	Hu Jia China	Dmitri Sautin Russia
Synchronized 3 m springboard details	Xiong Ni and Xiao Hailiang (CHN)	Dmitri Sautin and Alexandre Dobroskok (RUS)	Robert Newbery and Dean Pullar (AUS)
Synchronized 10 m platform details	Dmitri Sautin and Igor Lukashin (RUS)	Hu Jia and Tian Liang (CHN)	Jan Hempel and Heiko Meyer (GER)

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 m springboard details	Fu Mingxia China	Guo Jingjing China	Dörte Lindner Germany
10 m platform details	Laura Wilkinson United States	Li Na China	Anne Montminy Canada
Synchronized 3 m springboard details	Vera Ilina and Yulia Pakhalina (RUS)	Fu Mingxia and Guo Jingjing (CHN)	Ganna Sorokina and Olena Zhupina (UKR)
Synchronized 10 m platform details	Li Na and Sang Xue (CHN)	Émilie Heymans and Anne Montminy (CAN)	Rebecca Gilmore and Loudy Tourky (AUS)

Medal table

Participating nations

Here are listed the nations that were represented in the diving events and, in brackets, the number of national competitors.

References

↑ "Diving at the 2000 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 May 2020.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

Sources

"Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 19 December 2006.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (SOCOG) (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad - Volume Three: Results (PDF) (in English and French). Sydney, New South Wales: Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (SOCOG). ISBN 0-9579616-1-8. OCLC 49687523 . Retrieved 18 January 2007.

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[1] "Diving at the 2000 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 May 2020.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	5	5	0	10
2	Russia (RUS)	2	1	2	5
3	United States (USA)	1	0	0	1
4	Canada (CAN)	0	1	1	2
5	Mexico (MEX)	0	1	0	1
6	Australia (AUS)	0	0	2	2
6	Germany (GER)	0	0	2	2
8	Ukraine (UKR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		8	8	8	24