Diving at the 2014 Commonwealth Games | |
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Venue | Royal Commonwealth Pool |
Dates | 30 July – 2 August 2014 |
Competitors | 56 from 9 nations |
Diving at the 2014 Commonwealth Games | ||
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Individual | ||
1 m Springboard | men | women |
3 m Springboard | men | women |
10 m platform | men | women |
Synchronised | ||
3 m Springboard | men | women |
10 m platform | men | women |
The diving competitions at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland took place between 30 July and 2 August at the Royal Commonwealth Pool in Edinburgh. [1] It was one of two aquatic sports at the Games, along with swimming.
The 2014 Games featured competitions in ten events (men and women events each of): 1m springboard, 3m springboard, synchronised 3m springboard, 10m platform, and synchronised 10m platform. [2]
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1) [2]
P | Preliminaries | F | Final |
Date → | Wed 30 | Thu 31 | Fri 1 | Sat 2 | ||||
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Event ↓ | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E |
Men's 1 m springboard | P | F | ||||||
Men's 3 m springboard | P | F | ||||||
Men's 10 m platform | P | F | ||||||
Men's synchronised 3 m springboard | F | |||||||
Men's synchronised 10 m platform | F | |||||||
Women's 1 m springboard | P | F | ||||||
Women's 3 m springboard | P | F | ||||||
Women's 10 m platform | P | F | ||||||
Women's synchronised 3 m springboard | F | |||||||
Women's synchronised 10 m platform | F |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | England (ENG) | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
2 | Canada (CAN) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
3 | Australia (AUS) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
4 | Malaysia (MAS) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Totals (4 entries) | 10 | 10 | 9 | 29 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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1 m springboard | Jack Laugher England | Matthew Mitcham Australia | Grant Nel Australia |
3 m springboard | Ooi Tze Liang Malaysia | Jack Laugher England | Oliver Dingley England |
10 m platform | Tom Daley England | Ooi Tze Liang Malaysia | Vincent Riendeau Canada |
Synchronised 3 m springboard | England Jack Laugher Chris Mears | Australia Matthew Mitcham Grant Nel | England Nicholas Robinson-Baker Freddie Woodward |
Synchronised 10 m platform [a] | Australia Matthew Mitcham Domonic Bedggood | England Tom Daley James Denny | Not awarded |
aOnly four teams were registered to compete in the men's synchronised 10 metre platform event. As stipulated in the rules of the Games, this resulted in only the gold and silver medals being awarded.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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1 m springboard | Jennifer Abel Canada | Maddison Keeney Australia | Esther Qin Australia |
3 m springboard | Esther Qin Australia | Jennifer Abel Canada | Hannah Starling England |
10 m platform | Meaghan Benfeito Canada | Pandelela Rinong Malaysia | Roseline Filion Canada |
Synchronised 3 m springboard | England Alicia Blagg Rebecca Gallantree | Canada Jennifer Abel Pamela Ware | Australia Maddison Keeney Anabelle Smith |
Synchronised 10 m platform | Canada Meaghan Benfeito Roseline Filion | England Sarah Barrow Tonia Couch | Malaysia Pandelela Rinong Nur Dhabitah Sabri |
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