Diving at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad | |
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Venue | Tokyo Aquatics Centre |
Dates | 25 July – 7 August 2021 |
No. of events | 8 |
Competitors | 136 from 30 nations |
Diving at the 2020 Summer Olympics | ||
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List of divers Qualification | ||
Individual | ||
3 m springboard | men | women |
10 m platform | men | women |
Synchronized | ||
3 m springboard | men | women |
10 m platform | men | women |
The diving competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo featured eight events [1] (postponed to 2021 [2] due to the COVID-19 pandemic ). It was one of four aquatic sports at the Games, along with swimming, water polo, and synchronised swimming.
The events were men's and women's versions each of: 3m springboard, synchronised 3m springboard, 10m platform, and synchronised 10m platform. [1]
The diving competitions featured up to 136 athletes. All divers had to be at least 14 years old on or by 31 December 2020.
For the ninth consecutive Games, China dominated the medal table, and for the fifth occasion in that period were denied a clean sweep of diving golds by a single event; in this case, the 10 metre synchronised men's event won by Great Britain's Tom Daley and Matty Lee. This was the second consecutive Games that Great Britain denied China the sweep, after Jack Laugher and Chris Mears denied them in 2016. The United States took third in the medal table, completing a repeat of the top 3 nations from Rio. Again, as in Rio, China, Great Britain and the United States were also the only nations to medal in 3 or more events.
A nation can have no more than 16 divers qualify (up to eight males and eight females) and can enter up to two divers in individual events and one pair in synchronized events.
For the individual diving events, qualifiers will be:
For the synchronized events (pairs), qualifiers will be:
Note: Qualifying spots will go to the nation; they are 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.
The following nations have won quota places for the diving competitions. Qualification is as yet incomplete.
H | Heats | SF | Semi-Finals | F | Finals |
Date | Jul 25 | Jul 26 | Jul 27 | Jul 28 | Jul 29 | Jul 30 | Jul 31 | Aug 1 | Aug 2 | Aug 3 | Aug 4 | Aug 5 | Aug 6 | Aug 7 | ||||||||||||||
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Event | M | A | M | A | M | A | M | A | M | A | M | A | M | A | M | A | M | A | M | A | M | A | M | A | M | A | M | A |
Men's 3m springboard | H | SF | F | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Men's 10m platform | H | SF | F | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Men's synchronized 3m springboard | F | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Men's synchronized 10m platform | F | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Women's 3m springboard | H | SF | F | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Women's 10m platform | H | SF | F | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Women's synchronized 3m springboard | F | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Women's synchronized 10m platform | F |
Rank | NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | China | 7 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
2 | Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
3 | United States | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
4 | Canada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
5 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
6 | Australia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Mexico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
ROC | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (8 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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3 m springboard | Xie Siyi China | Wang Zongyuan China | Jack Laugher Great Britain |
10 m platform | Cao Yuan China | Yang Jian China | Tom Daley Great Britain |
Synchronized 3 m springboard | China Xie Siyi Wang Zongyuan | United States Andrew Capobianco Michael Hixon | Germany Patrick Hausding Lars Rüdiger |
Synchronized 10 m platform | Great Britain Tom Daley Matty Lee | China Cao Yuan Chen Aisen | ROC Aleksandr Bondar Viktor Minibaev |
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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3 m springboard | Shi Tingmao China | Wang Han China | Krysta Palmer United States |
10 m platform | Quan Hongchan China | Chen Yuxi China | Melissa Wu Australia |
Synchronized 3 m springboard | China Shi Tingmao Wang Han | Canada Jennifer Abel Mélissa Citrini-Beaulieu | Germany Lena Hentschel Tina Punzel |
Synchronized 10 m platform | China Chen Yuxi Zhang Jiaqi | United States Delaney Schnell Jessica Parratto | Mexico Gabriela Agúndez Alejandra Orozco |
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