Diving at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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This article details the qualifying phase for diving at the 2016 Summer Olympics . The competition at these Games will comprise a total of 136 athletes coming from the different nations; each has been allowed to enter not more than 16 divers (up to eight males and eight females) with only two in individual events and a pair in synchronized events. [1]

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Summary

For individual diving, the top twelve from the 2015 World Championships, the five continental champions and the eighteen semifinalists at the 2016 Diving World Cup will achieve 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]

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 X222299
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 111
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 222
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil XXXX111189
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada XX122297
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China XXXX22221213
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 12144
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 111
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 111144
Flag of France.svg  France 11133
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany XXX2222118
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain XXXX21221111
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 111
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 111
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy XX212188
Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 111
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2133
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia XX112286
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico XXX2222119
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 111
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 111
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea X233
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 111
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia XX2222108
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 111
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 1121
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine X12267
Flag of the United States.svg  United States XXX22221110
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 222
Total: 29 NOCs888829282928146136

FINA final list - 10 July 2016 [2]

Timeline

EventDateVenue
2015 European Diving Championships June 9–14, 2015 Flag of Germany.svg Rostock
2015 Pan American Games July 10–13, 2015 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Toronto
2015 World Aquatics Championships July 24 – August 9, 2015 Flag of Russia.svg Kazan
2015 Asian Diving CupSeptember 4–6, 2015 Flag of Malaysia.svg Kuala Lumpur
Oceania ChampionshipsDecember 12–13, 2015 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Melbourne
2016 FINA Diving World Cup February 19–24, 2016 Flag of Brazil.svg Rio de Janeiro
Re-allocation of unused quotaJune 16–24, 2016

Synchronized diving

Men's 3 m synchronized springboard

CompetitionPlacesQualified teams
FINA World Championships 3Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
FINA Diving World Cup 4Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Host nation1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Total8

Men's 10 m synchronized platform

CompetitionPlacesQualified teams
FINA World Championships 3Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
FINA Diving World Cup 4Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Host nation1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Total8

Women's 3 m synchronized springboard

CompetitionPlacesQualified teams
FINA World Championships 3Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
FINA Diving World Cup 4Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Host nation1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Total8

Women's 10 m synchronized platform

CompetitionPlacesQualified teams
FINA World Championships 3Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea
FINA Diving World Cup 4Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Host nation1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Total8

Individual diving

Men's 3 m springboard

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

CompetitionPlacesQualified divers
FINA World Championships 12Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China (Cao Yuan)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China (He Chao)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (Ilya Zakharov)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (Evgeny Kuznetsov)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (Jack Laugher)
Flag of France.svg  France (Matthieu Rosset)
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico (Rommel Pacheco)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (Patrick Hausding)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine (Illya Kvasha)
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (Ken Terauchi)
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia (Kevin Chavez)
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea (Woo Ha-ram)
2015 European Diving Championships 1not allocated – Matthieu Rosset qualified above
Oceania Qualifying1Flag of Australia.svg  Australia (Grant Nel)
African Qualifying1Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt (Youssef Selim)
2015 Asian Diving Cup1Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia (Ahmad Azman)
2015 Pan American Games 1not allocated – Rommel Pacheco qualified above
FINA Diving World Cup Up to 18Flag of Italy.svg  Italy (Andrea Chiarabini)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy (Michele Benedetti)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (Michael Hixon)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia (Sebastián Morales)
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland (Oliver Dingley)
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (Sho Sakai)
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico (Rodrigo Diego López)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (Kristian Ipsen)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Philippe Gagné)
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil (César Castro)
Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica (Yona Knight-Wisdom)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (Freddie Woodward)
Re-allocation of unused quota2Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (Stephan Feck)
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria (Constantin Blaha)
Total29

Men's 10 m platform

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

CompetitionPlacesQualified divers
FINA World Championships 12Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China (Qiu Bo)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China (Chen Aisen)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (Tom Daley)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (Victor Minibaev)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (David Boudia)
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico (Iván García)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (Sascha Klein)
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia (Domonic Bedggood)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (Nikita Shleikher)
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico (German Sanchez)
Flag of France.svg  France (Benjamin Auffret)
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus (Vadim Kaptur)
2015 European Diving Championships 1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (Martin Wolfram)
Oceania Qualifying1Flag of Australia.svg  Australia (James Connor)
African Qualifying1Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt (Mohab El-Kordy)
2015 Asian Diving Cup1Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia (Ooi Tze Liang)
2015 Pan American Games 1not allocated – Mexico already qualified 2 divers
FINA Diving World Cup Up to 18Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Maxim Bouchard)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (Steele Johnson)
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela (Jesús Liranzo)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia (Victor Ortega)
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela (Robert Páez)
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil (Hugo Parisi)
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico (Rafael Quintero)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia (Sebastián Villa)
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea (Woo Ha-ram)
Re-allocation of unused quota3Flag of Italy.svg  Italy (Maicol Verzotto)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Vincent Riendeau)
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus (Yauheni Karaliou)
Total28

Women's 3 m springboard

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

CompetitionPlacesQualified divers
FINA World Championships 12Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China (Shi Tingmao)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China (He Zi)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Jennifer Abel)
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia (Esther Qin)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy (Tania Cagnotto)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Pamela Ware)
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia (Maddison Keeney)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (Rebecca Gallantree)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands (Uschi Freitag)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine (Anastasiya Nedobiga)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine (Olena Fedorova)
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia (Ng Yan Yee)
2015 European Diving Championships 1not allocated – Tania Cagnotto qualified above
Oceania Qualifying1not allocated – Australia already qualified 2 divers
African Qualifying1not allocated – NOC rejected [1]
2015 Asian Diving Cup1not allocated – China already qualified 2 divers
2015 Pan American Games 1not allocated – Jennifer Abel qualified above
FINA Diving World Cup Up to 18Flag of Italy.svg  Italy (Maria Marconi)
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico (Dolores Hernandez)
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia (Cheong Jun Hoong)
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil (Juliana Veloso)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (Kassidy Cook)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (Tina Punzel)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (Grace Reid)
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico (Melany Hernandez)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (Kristina Ilinykh)
Re-allocation of unused quota8Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (Nora Subschinski)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (Abigail Johnston)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia (Diana Pineda)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (Nadezhda Bazhina)
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt (Maha Amer)
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (Elizabeth Cui)
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa (Julia Vincent)
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia (Marcela Marić)
Total29

^ 1. South Africa was awarded a quota place through the continental qualifier, but later declined, as SASCOC made an agreement on the Rio 2016 Olympics qualification criteria that the Continental Qualification route would not be considered. [3]

Women's 10 m platform

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

CompetitionPlacesQualified divers
FINA World Championships 12Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China (Ren Qian)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China (Si Yajie)
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea (Kim Kuk-hyang)
Flag of France.svg  France (Laura Marino)
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea (Kim Un-hyang)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (Jessica Parratto)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (Tonia Couch)
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia (Pandelela Rinong)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine (Iuliia Prokopchuk)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy (Noemi Bátki)
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia (Melissa Wu)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Meaghan Benfeito)
2015 European Diving Championships 1not allocated – Iuliia Prokopchuk qualified above
Oceania Qualifying1Flag of Australia.svg  Australia (Brittany Broben)
African Qualifying1Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt (Maha Gouda)
2015 Asian Diving Cup1Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia (Nur Dhabitah Sabri)
2015 Pan American Games 1Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico (Paola Espinosa)
FINA Diving World Cup Up to 18Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (Sarah Barrow)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (Katrina Young)
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico (Alejandra Orozco)
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (Minami Itahashi)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (Maria Kurjo)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (Ekaterina Petukhova)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Roseline Filion)
Re-allocation of unused quota5Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine (Ganna Krasnoshlyk)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (Elena Wassen)
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary (Villő Kormos)
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil (Ingrid Oliveira)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (Yulia Timoshinina)
Total28

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