Diving at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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Diving
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Diving, Tokyo 2020.svg
Venue Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Dates25 July – 7 August 2021
No. of events8
Competitors136 from 30 nations
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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.

Qualification

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.

Participating nations

The following nations have won quota places for the diving competitions. Qualification is as yet incomplete.

Schedule

Legend

[3] [4]

HHeatsSFSemi-FinalsFFinals
DateJul 25Jul 26Jul 27Jul 28Jul 29Jul 30Jul 31Aug 1Aug 2Aug 3Aug 4Aug 5Aug 6Aug 7
EventMAMAMAMAMAMAMAMAMAMAMAMAMAMA
Men's 3m springboard HSFF
Men's 10m platform HSFF
Men's synchronized 3m springboard F
Men's synchronized 10m platform F
Women's 3m springboard HSFF
Women's 10m platform HSFF
Women's synchronized 3m springboard F
Women's synchronized 10m platform F

Medalists

Medal table

RankNOCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 75012
2Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1023
3Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0213
4Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 0101
5Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 0022
6Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 0011
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 0011
Flag placeholder.svg  ROC 0011
Totals (8 entries)88824

Men

GamesGoldSilverBronze
3 m springboard
details
Xie Siyi
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Wang Zongyuan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Jack Laugher
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
10 m platform
details
Cao Yuan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Yang Jian
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Tom Daley
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Synchronized 3 m springboard
details
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Xie Siyi
Wang Zongyuan
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Andrew Capobianco
Michael Hixon
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Patrick Hausding
Lars Rüdiger
Synchronized 10 m platform
details
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Tom Daley
Matty Lee
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Cao Yuan
Chen Aisen
Flag placeholder.svg  ROC
Aleksandr Bondar
Viktor Minibaev

Women

GamesGoldSilverBronze
3 m springboard
details
Shi Tingmao
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Wang Han
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Krysta Palmer
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
10 m platform
details
Quan Hongchan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Chen Yuxi
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Melissa Wu
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Synchronized 3 m springboard
details
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Shi Tingmao
Wang Han
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Jennifer Abel
Mélissa Citrini-Beaulieu
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Lena Hentschel
Tina Punzel
Synchronized 10 m platform
details
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Chen Yuxi
Zhang Jiaqi
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Delaney Schnell
Jessica Parratto
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Gabriela Agúndez
Alejandra Orozco

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References

  1. 1 2 "Tokyo 2020: Diving" . Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  2. "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". IOC. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  3. "Schedule - Diving Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Olympian Database. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  4. "Diving Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2020.