2008 FINA Diving World Cup

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The Beijing Aquatics Center (Water Cube).

The 2008 FINA Diving World Cup was held in Beijing, China and was a test event for the new Beijing Aquatics Center (Water Cube), as well as a qualifying event for 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Contents

Summary of Events

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)74011
2Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)1102
3Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)0202
4Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)0112
5Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia  (AUS)0022
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX)0022
Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)0022
8Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)0011
Totals (8 nations)88824

Men

EventGoldSilverBronze
Springboard Finals
3 m He Chong
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Qin Kai
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Yahel Castillo
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
3 m synchro Qin Kai
Wang Feng
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Yuriy Kunakov
Dmitri Sautin
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Alexander Despatie
Arturo Miranda
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Platform Finals
10 m Sascha Klein
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Zhou Lüxin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
David Boudia
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
10 m synchro Huo Liang
Lin Yue
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Patrick Hausding
Sascha Klein
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Blake Aldridge
Thomas Daley
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain

Women

EventGoldSilverBronze
Springboard Finals
3 m Wu Minxia
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Guo Jingjing
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Sharleen Stratton
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
3 m synchro Guo Jingjing
Wu Minxia
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Yuliya Pakhalina
Anastasia Pozdnyakova
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Kelci Bryant
Ariel Rittenhouse
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Platform Finals
10 m Chen Ruolin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Wang Xin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Paola Espinosa
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
10 m synchro Chen Ruolin
Wang Xin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Émilie Heymans
Marie-Ève Marleau
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Briony Cole
Melissa Wu
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Preceded by
2006 FINA Diving World Cup
(Changzhou, China)
2008 FINA Diving World Cup
(Beijing, China)
Succeeded by
2010 FINA Diving World Cup
(Changzhou, China)

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