Diving at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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Diving
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Diving, Rio 2016.png
Venue Maria Lenk Aquatic Center
Dates7–20 August
No. of events8
Competitors136 from 29 nations
  2012
2020  

The diving competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 7 to 20 August at Maria Lenk Aquatic Center in Barra da Tijuca. [1] It was one of four aquatic sports at the Games, along with swimming, water polo, and synchronised swimming.

The 2016 Games featured competitions in eight events (men and women events each of): 3m springboard, synchronised 3m springboard, 10m platform, and synchronised 10m platform. [2]

The diving competitions featured up to 136 athletes. [3] All divers had to be at least 14 years old on or by 31 December 2016. [4]

On Tuesday August 9, the water of the diving well turned dark green, originally thought to be caused by the heat and lack of wind in the venue. However, at the time a CNN photographer took a picture, an adjacent pool in the same location was not green. [5] Olympic officials later confirmed that the change in color was due to 160 litres of hydrogen peroxide having been mistakenly added to the pool during cleaning. [6]

For the eighth consecutive Games, China dominated the medal table, and for the fourth occasion in that period were denied a clean sweep of diving golds by a single event; in this case, the 3 metre synchronised men's event won by Great Britain's Jack Laugher and Chris Mears, their nation's first ever gold medalists in the discipline.

Qualification

The Maria Lenk Aquatics Center's diving pool, during the 2016 Summer Olympics. Centro Aquatico Maria Lenk (28658435330).jpg
The Maria Lenk Aquatics Center's diving pool, during the 2016 Summer Olympics.

A nation could have no more than 16 divers qualify (up to eight males and eight females) and could enter up to two divers in individual events and one pair in synchronized events. [3]

For the individual diving events, qualifiers were:

For the synchronized events (pairs), qualifiers were:

Note: Qualifying spots went to the nation – they were not tied to the individual diver who achieved the place/finish at the qualifying event. However, an individual diver might only qualify one spot for their nation.

Participating nations

136 athletes represented 29 nations in Diving at the 2016 Olympics: [7]

Schedule

All times are Brasília Time (UTC-3)

DayTimeEvent
Sunday 7 August16:00–17:153m Springboard Synchronized Women
Monday 8 August16:00–17:1510m Platform Synchronized Men
Tuesday 9 August16:00–17:1510m Platform Synchronized Women
Wednesday 10 August16:00–17:153m Springboard Synchronized Men
Friday 12 August15:30–18:303m Springboard Women (Preliminaries)
Saturday 13 August16:00–17:403m Springboard Women (Semifinal)
Sunday 14 August16:00–17:303m Springboard Women (Final)
Monday 15 August15:15–18:453m Springboard Men (Preliminaries)
Tuesday 16 August10:00–11:503m Springboard Men (Semifinal)
18:00–20:103m Springboard Men (Final)
Wednesday 17 August15:00–18:1010m Platform Women (Preliminaries)
Thursday 18 August10:00–11:3010m Platform Women (Semifinal)
16:00–17:3010m Platform Women (Final)
Friday 19 August16:00–19:1010m Platform Men (Preliminaries)
Saturday 20 August11:00–12:5010m Platform Men (Semifinal)
16:30–18:1010m Platform Men (Final)

Medalists

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 72110
2Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 1113
3Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0213
4Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 0112
5Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 0101
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 0101
7Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 0022
8Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 0011
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 0011
Totals (9 entries)88824

Men

EventGoldSilverBronze
3 m springboard
details
Cao Yuan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Jack Laugher
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
Patrick Hausding
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
10 m platform
details
Chen Aisen
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Germán Sánchez
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
David Boudia
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Synchronized 3 m springboard
details
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Chris Mears
and Jack Laugher  (GBR)
Flag of the United States.svg  Sam Dorman
and Michael Hixon  (USA)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Cao Yuan
and Qin Kai  (CHN)
Synchronized 10 m platform
details
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Chen Aisen
and Lin Yue  (CHN)
Flag of the United States.svg  David Boudia
and Steele Johnson  (USA)
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Tom Daley
and Daniel Goodfellow  (GBR)

Women

EventGoldSilverBronze
3 m springboard
details
Shi Tingmao
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
He Zi
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Tania Cagnotto
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
10 m platform
details
Ren Qian
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Si Yajie
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Meaghan Benfeito
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Synchronized 3 m springboard
details
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Shi Tingmao
and Wu Minxia  (CHN)
Flag of Italy.svg  Tania Cagnotto
and Francesca Dallapé  (ITA)
Flag of Australia.svg  Maddison Keeney
and Anabelle Smith  (AUS)
Synchronized 10 m platform
details
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Chen Ruolin
and Liu Huixia  (CHN)
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Cheong Jun Hoong
and Pandelela Rinong  (MAS)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Meaghan Benfeito
and Roseline Filion  (CAN)

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