Diving at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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Qualifying system

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]

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Qualification summary

NationSynchronized divingIndividual divingTotal
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
QuotasAthletes
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia XX1222910
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 222
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 11133
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada XXX2222119
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China XXXX22221212
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 1232
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba X2143
Flag of France.svg  France 22155
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany XX2222108
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain XXXX22221212
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 111
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 222
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy X222298
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 111
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia XXX2122109
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico XXX22221110
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 111
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 1233
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia XX222197
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 1122
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1122
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1122
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine XXXX2221119
Flag of the United States.svg  United States XXX22221111
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 2133
Total: 25 NOCs888829323026149136

Qualification timeline

EventDateVenue
2011 European Diving Championships [2] March 8 to March 13, 2011 Flag of Italy.svg Turin
2011 World Aquatics Championships July 16 to July 31, 2011 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shanghai
Oceania Qualifying Events [3] August 19 to August 21, 2011 Flag of New Zealand.svg Wellington
Asian Diving Cup [4] September 25 to September 27, 2011 Flag of Malaysia.svg Kuala Lumpur
2011 Pan American Games October 14 to October 30, 2011 Flag of Mexico.svg Guadalajara
2012 FINA Diving World Cup February 20 to February 26, 2012 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg London

Men's 3 m synchronized springboard

CompetitionVacanciesQualifiers
FINA World Championships
3
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
FINA Diving World Cup
4
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Host nation
1
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
TOTAL8

Men's 10 m synchronized platform

CompetitionVacanciesQualifiers
FINA World Championships
3
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
FINA Diving World Cup
4
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Host nation
1
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
TOTAL8

Women's 3 m synchronized springboard

CompetitionVacanciesQualifiers
FINA World Championships
3
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
FINA Diving World Cup
4

Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia

Host nation
1
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
TOTAL8

Women's 10 m synchronized platform

CompetitionVacanciesQualifiers
FINA World Championships
3
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
FINA Diving World Cup
4
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Host nation
1
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
TOTAL8

Men's 3 m springboard

For the individual events, any one diver can only gain 1 quota place per event for their NOC.

CompetitionVacanciesQualifiers
FINA World Championships
12

Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China (He Chong)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (Ilya Zakharov)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (Evgeny Kuznetsov)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China (Qin Kai)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (Troy Dumais)
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico (Yahel Castillo)
Flag of France.svg  France (Matthieu Rosset)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (Jack Laugher)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain (Javier Illana García)
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico (Julián Sánchez)
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia (Bryan Nickson)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine (Oleksiy Pryhorov)

2011 European Diving Championships
1
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (Patrick Hausding)
Oceania Qualifying
1
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia (Matthew Barnard) [5]
Asia Diving Cup
1
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia (Yeoh Ken Nee) [6]
2011 Pan American Games
1
none allocated - Mexico already qualified 2 divers
FINA Diving World Cup
Up to 18 1

Flag of Australia.svg  Australia (Ethan Warren)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine (Illya Kvasha)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (Sascha Klein)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Alexandre Despatie)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (Chris Colwill)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy (Michele Benedetti)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Reuben Ross)
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (Sho Sakai)
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (Ken Terauchi)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (Chris Mears)
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil (César Castro)

Additional
6 1

Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela (Edickson Contreras)
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece (Stefanos Paparounas)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy (Tommaso Rinaldi)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands (Yorick de Bruijn)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia (Sebastián Villa)
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela (Robert Paez)
Flag of France.svg  France (Damien Cely)

TOTAL29

Men's 10 m platform

CompetitionVacanciesQualifiers
FINA World Championships
12

Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China (Qiu Bo)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (David Boudia)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (Sascha Klein)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (Victor Minibaev)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (Thomas Daley)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (Nick McCrory)
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico (Iván García)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine (Oleksandr Bondar)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Riley McCormick)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China (Zhou Lüxin)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (Peter Waterfield)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine (Kostyantyn Milyayev)

2011 European Diving Championships
1
not allocated - Sascha Klein qualified above
Oceania Qualifying
1
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia (Matthew Barnard) [7]
Asia Diving Cup
1
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia (Bryan Nickson Lomas) [8]
2011 Pan American Games
1
not allocated - Iván García qualified above
FINA Diving World Cup
Up to 18 1

Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (Christofer Eskilsson)
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia (Matthew Mitcham)
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico (German Sánchez)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (Martin Wolfram)
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba (José Guerra)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia (Sebastián Villa)
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil (Hugo Parisi)
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus (Vadim Kaptur)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (Gleb Galperin)

Additional
9 1

Flag of Italy.svg  Italy (Francesco Dell'Uomo)
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba (Jeinkler Aguirre)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy (Andrea Chiarabini)
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea (Park Ji-ho)
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus (Timofei Hordeichik)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Eric Sehn)
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (Amund Gismervik)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia (Victor Ortega)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (Jesper Tolvers)
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea (Ri Hyon-ju)

TOTAL32

Women's 3 m springboard

CompetitionVacanciesQualifiers
FINA World Championships
12

Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China (Wu Minxia)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China (He Zi)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Jennifer Abel)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (Christina Loukas)
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia (Sharleen Stratton)
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico (Laura Sánchez)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (Kelci Bryant)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine (Anna Pysmenska)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy (Tania Cagnotto)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (Nadezhda Bazhina)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (Uschi Freitag)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Émilie Heymans)

2011 European Diving Championships
1
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (Anna Lindberg)
Oceania Qualifying
1
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia (Sherilyse Gowlett) [9]
Asia Diving Cup
1
not allocated - China already have 2 quotas [10]
2011 Pan American Games
1
not allocated - Laura Sánchez qualified above
FINA Diving World Cup
Up to 18 1

Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (Nora Subschinski)
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia (Cheong Jun Heong)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (Rebecca Gallantree)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine (Olena Fedorova)
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico (Vianney Hernández)
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela (Joselyn Castillo)

Additional
10 1

Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (Anastasia Pozdniakova)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (Hannah Starling)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy (Francesca Dallape)
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia (Ng Yan Yee)
Flag of France.svg  France (Marion Farissier)
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil (Juliana Veloso)
Flag of France.svg  France (Fanny Bouvet)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands (Inge Jansen)
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary (Flora Gondos)
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary (Nora Barta)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain (Jenifer Benitez)

TOTAL30

Women's 10 m platform

CompetitionVacanciesQualifiers
FINA World Championships
12

Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China (Chen Ruolin)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China (Hu Yadan)
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico (Paola Espinosa)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Meaghan Benfeito)
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia (Pandelela Rinong)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine (Iuliia Prokopchuk)
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia (Alex Croak)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Roseline Filion)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (Tonia Couch)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (Brittany Viola)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (Yulia Koltunova)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (Nora Subschinski)

2011 European Diving Championships
1
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy (Noemi Batki)
Oceania Qualifying
1
Flag of Australia.svg  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

Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (Christin Steuer)
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico (Carolina Mendoza)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (Monique Gladding)
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (Mai Nakagawa)
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia (Traisy Vivien Tukiet)
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea (Kim Un-Hyang)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (Haley Ishimatsu)

Additional
5 1

Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea (Kim Su-ji)
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea (Kim Jin-ok)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy (Brenda Spaziani)
Flag of France.svg  France (Audrey Labeau)
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba (Annia Rivera)

TOTAL26

^1 Only two athletes per nation can qualify, meaning if there are less than eighteen athletes the remaining quota spots will go to the additional pool.

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