Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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Diving
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
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Venue Beijing National Aquatics Centre
DateAugust 10 – 23, 2008
Competitors125 from 30 nations
  2004
2012  

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

Competition format

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

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.

Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 3 metre springboard Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 3 metre springboard.jpg
Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 3 metre springboard

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)

DayTimeEvent
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 Championships March 17 - April 1, 2007 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Melbourne 123
FINA Diving World Cup February 19–25, 2008 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Beijing 224
Host nation--- Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
TOTAL348

Participating countries

Medal summary

Medal table

Retrieved from Beijing Olympics 2008 Official Website. [3]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)71311
2Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)1102
3Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)0325
4Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)0202
5Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)0112
6Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX)0011
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)0011
Totals (7 entries)88824

Men

EventGoldSilverBronze
3 m springboard
details
He Chong
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Alexandre Despatie
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Qin Kai
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
10 m platform
details
Matthew Mitcham
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Zhou Lüxin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Gleb Galperin
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Synchronized 3 m springboard
details
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wang Feng
and Qin Kai  (CHN)
Flag of Russia.svg  Dmitri Sautin
and Yuriy Kunakov  (RUS)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Illya Kvasha
and Oleksiy Prygorov  (UKR)
Synchronized 10 m platform
details
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Lin Yue
and Huo Liang  (CHN)
Flag of Germany.svg  Patrick Hausding
and Sascha Klein  (GER)
Flag of Russia.svg  Gleb Galperin
and Dmitriy Dobroskok  (RUS)

Women

EventGoldSilverBronze
3 m springboard
details
Guo Jingjing
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Yuliya Pakhalina
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Wu Minxia
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
10 m platform
details
Chen Ruolin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Émilie Heymans
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Wang Xin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Synchronized 3 m springboard
details
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Guo Jingjing
and Wu Minxia  (CHN)
Flag of Russia.svg  Yuliya Pakhalina
and Anastasia Pozdnyakova  (RUS)
Flag of Germany.svg  Ditte Kotzian
and Heike Fischer  (GER)
Synchronized 10 m platform
details
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wang Xin
and Chen Ruolin  (CHN)
Flag of Australia.svg  Briony Cole
and Melissa Wu  (AUS)
Flag of Mexico.svg  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
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 11112222129
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 11133
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 12144
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 12144
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1122221010
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 111122221210
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 111143
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 12255
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 111
Flag of France.svg  France 222
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 111122221214
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 111112121010
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 111
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 222
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1212288
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1122
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 12144
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1122287
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 11243
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 1122
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1122
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 11122211010
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 111
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 111
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1122
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1122
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 11222199
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 111122221212
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 111
Total: 29 NOCs888829303029150136

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References

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