For individual diving the top twelve from the 2011 World Championships, the five continental champions and the eighteen semifinalists at the 2012 Diving World Cup will qualify a quota spot. For the pairs events the top three from the world championships, the top four from the world cup and the hosts qualify. [1]
Nation | Synchronized diving | Individual diving | Total | |||||||
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Men's 3 m | Men's 10 m | Women's 3 m | Women's 10 m | Men's 3 m | Men's 10 m | Women's 3 m | Women's 10 m | Quotas | Athletes | |
Australia | X | X | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | ||
Belarus | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
Brazil | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||||
Canada | X | X | X | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | |
China | X | X | X | X | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 |
Colombia | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||||||
Cuba | X | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |||||
France | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | |||||
Germany | X | X | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | ||
Great Britain | X | X | X | X | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 |
Greece | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Hungary | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
Italy | X | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | |||
Japan | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Malaysia | X | X | X | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | |
Mexico | X | X | X | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | |
Norway | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
North Korea | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
Russia | X | X | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | ||
South Korea | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
Spain | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
Sweden | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
Ukraine | X | X | X | X | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 |
United States | X | X | X | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | |
Venezuela | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
Total: 25 NOCs | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 32 | 30 | 26 | 149 | 136 |
Event | Date | Venue |
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2011 European Diving Championships [2] | March 8 to March 13, 2011 | Turin |
2011 World Aquatics Championships | July 16 to July 31, 2011 | Shanghai |
Oceania Qualifying Events [3] | August 19 to August 21, 2011 | Wellington |
Asian Diving Cup [4] | September 25 to September 27, 2011 | Kuala Lumpur |
2011 Pan American Games | October 14 to October 30, 2011 | Guadalajara |
2012 FINA Diving World Cup | February 20 to February 26, 2012 | London |
Competition | Vacancies | Qualifiers |
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FINA World Championships | 3 | China Russia Mexico |
FINA Diving World Cup | 4 | Malaysia Ukraine Canada United States |
Host nation | 1 | Great Britain |
TOTAL | 8 |
Competition | Vacancies | Qualifiers |
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FINA World Championships | 3 | China Germany Ukraine |
FINA Diving World Cup | 4 | Mexico United States Cuba Russia |
Host nation | 1 | Great Britain |
TOTAL | 8 |
Competition | Vacancies | Qualifiers |
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FINA World Championships | 3 | China Canada Australia |
FINA Diving World Cup | 4 | |
Host nation | 1 | Great Britain |
TOTAL | 8 |
Competition | Vacancies | Qualifiers |
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FINA World Championships | 3 | China Australia Germany |
FINA Diving World Cup | 4 | Canada Ukraine Malaysia Mexico |
Host nation | 1 | Great Britain |
TOTAL | 8 |
For the individual events, any one diver can only gain 1 quota place per event for their NOC.
Competition | Vacancies | Qualifiers |
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FINA World Championships | 12 | China (Chen Ruolin) |
2011 European Diving Championships | 1 | Italy (Noemi Batki) |
Oceania Qualifying | 1 | Australia (Rachel Bugg) [11] |
Asia Diving Cup | 1 | not allocated - China already have 2 quotas [10] |
2011 Pan American Games | 1 | not allocated - Paola Espinosa has already qualified |
FINA Diving World Cup | Up to 18 1 | Germany (Christin Steuer) |
Additional | 5 1 | South Korea (Kim Su-ji) |
TOTAL | 26 |
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