Diving at the Summer Olympics

Diving at the Summer Olympics
Governing body FINA
Events 8 (men: 4; women: 4)
Games

Diving was first introduced in the official programme of the Summer Olympic Games at the 1904 Games of St. Louis and has been an Olympic sport since. It was known as "fancy diving"[1] for the acrobatic stunts performed by divers during the dive (such as somersaults and twists). This discipline of Aquatics, along with swimming, synchronised swimming and water polo, is regulated and supervised by the International Swimming Federation (FINA), the international federation (IF) for aquatic sports.

The first Olympic diving events were contested by men and consisted of a platform diving event ("fancy high diving") and also a plunge for distance event, which heralded victorious the diver who could reach the farthest underwater, while remaining motionless after a ground-level standing dive. At the 1908 Summer Olympics, men's springboard diving was added to the program replacing the plunge for distance, regarded as uninteresting.[2] Women's diving debut happened at the 1912 Summer Olympics in the platform event and was expanded to springboard diving at the 1920 Summer Olympics. A parallel platform diving event for men, called "plain high diving", was presented at the Games of the V Olympiad. No acrobatic moves were allowed, only a simple straight dive off the platform.[3] It was last contested at the 1924 Summer Olympics after which it was merged with "fancy high diving" into one competition renamed "highboard diving" (or just "high diving").[4]

By the time of the 1996 Summer Olympics, the diving events were exactly the same as in 1928. However, four years later in Sydney, the inclusion of a synchronized diving variant for the springboard and platform events elevated the list up to eight events.

Another important change to the sport occurred in the 1984 Summer Olympics, when China was first allowed to compete, ending the ban imposed upon them by FINA because of their nation's government. China has become one of the strongest diving nations since then.

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Medal table

Total medal count 1904-2016:

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)494445138
2 China (CHN)40191069
3 Sweden (SWE)68721
4 Russia (RUS)48618
5 Soviet Union (URS)44614
6 Italy (ITA)35311
7 Australia (AUS)33713
8 United Team of Germany (EUA)3104
9 Germany (GER)281121
10 East Germany (GDR)2237
11 Mexico (MEX)17614
12 Canada (CAN)14813
13 Great Britain (GBR)13610
14 Czechoslovakia (TCH)1102
15 Denmark (DEN)1012
16 Greece (GRE)1001
17 Unified Team (EUN)0213
18 Egypt (EGY)0112
 Malaysia (MAS)0112
20 France (FRA)0101
21 Ukraine (UKR)0022
Totals (21 nations)122122124368

Events

Men's

Event9600040812202428323648525660646872768084889296000408121620Games
3 metre springboard X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 26
10 metre platform X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 27
synchronized 3 metre springboard X X X X X X 6
synchronized 10 metre platform X X X X X X 6
Events122222222222222222222444444

Women's

Event9600040812202428323648525660646872768084889296000408121620Games
3 metre springboard X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 24
10 metre platform X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 25
synchronized 3 metre springboard X X X X X X 6
synchronized 10 metre platform X X X X X X 6
Events2222222222222222222444444

Past events

Event9600040812202428323648525660646872768084889296000408121620Games
plunge for distance X 1
Men's plain high diving X X X 3
Women's plain high diving[5] X X X 3
Events225664444444444444444888888

All events are named according to the International Olympic Committee labeling.[6]

Nations

The numbers in each cell indicate the number of divers that nation sent to that Games.

Nation9600040812202428323648525660646872768084889296000408121620Years
 Argentina (ARG)  111215
 Armenia (ARM)  212
 Australasia (ANZ)  11
 Australia (AUS)  11111210422343457767910922
 Austria (AUT)  132234412414231222323122
 Azerbaijan (AZE)  112
 Bahamas (BAH)  11
 Barbados (BAR)  11
 Belarus (BLR)  5234226
 Belgium (BEL)  1321116
 Bermuda (BER)  1213
 Bolivia (BOL)  11
 Brazil (BRA)  13221111112443915
 Bulgaria (BUL)  2113
 Canada (CAN)  1211331223489768676109622
 Chile (CHI)  122
 China (CHN)  88878101012139
 Chinese Taipei (TPE)  242
 Colombia (COL)  1132213249
 Costa Rica (CRC)  11
 Croatia (CRO)  11
 Cuba (CUB)  X2266537
 Czech Republic (CZE)  11
 Czechoslovakia (TCH)  2XXX11128
 Denmark (DEN)  54XXXXXXX2111
 Dominican Republic (DOM)  1233
 East Germany (GDR)  577946
 Ecuador (ECU)  112
 Egypt (EGY)  XXXXX1448
 Finland (FIN)  2636XXXXXX1221122118
 France (FRA)  112XXXXXXX32112216125321
 Georgia (GEO)  212
 Germany (GER)  354XXX67810148813
 Great Britain (GBR)  163511XXXXXX6584665458710121124
 Greece (GRE)  1158116
 Guatemala (GUA)  11
 Hong Kong (HKG)  22114
 Hungary (HUN)  XXXXX223324322115
 India (IND)  21
 Indonesia (INA)  132
 Iran (IRI)  11
 Ireland (IRL)  11
 Israel (ISR)  XX2
 Italy (ITA)  1111XXXX3424124325688822
 Jamaica (JAM)  112
 Japan (JPN)  1XXXXXX943334331221319
 Kazakhstan (KAZ)  552
 Kuwait (KUW)  212125
 Malaysia (MAS)  334965
 Mexico (MEX)  XXXXXXX36456638575710921
 Netherlands (NED)  4XXXXX22122112
 New Zealand (NZL)  13114
 North Korea (PRK)  43533327
 Norway (NOR)  34XX11211110
 Peru (PER)  X12
 Philippines (PHI)  222
 Poland (POL)  X532116
 Portugal (POR)  11
 Puerto Rico (PUR)  12121117
 Rhodesia (RHO)  X32
 Romania (ROU)  33433127
 Russia (RUS)  77910786
 Russian Empire (RU1)  11
 South Africa (RSA)  X11115
 South Korea (KOR)  X32124412110
 Soviet Union (URS)  XXX12109111289
 Spain (ESP)  32332235542212
 Sri Lanka (SRI)  X12
 Sweden (SWE)  10341211XXXXXXX212322213112224
 Switzerland (SUI)  11XXXXX11213113
 Syria (SYR)  X12
 Tajikistan (TJK)  21
 Thailand (THA)  1223
 Turkey (TUR)  11
 Ukraine (UKR)  6989976
 Unified Team (EUN)  71
 United States (USA)  7221410XXXXXXX1211811777871012111025
 United Team of Germany (EUA)  X92
 Uruguay (URU)  11
 Venezuela (VEN)  X11113113210
 West Germany (FRG)  X894466
 Yugoslavia (YUG)  122
 Zimbabwe (ZIM)  3212116
Nations  291014141892121211624212325222129313040423029252880
Divers  1039575371612869627259748283908267808195121157125136136135 
Year9600040812202428323648525660646872768084889296000408121620

See also

Notes

  1. "Aquatics - Diving". Sports. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2007-01-21.
  2. Bill Bryson. "A City Under Starter's Orders". Olympics 2000 Sydney. The Sunday Times. Retrieved 2007-01-22.
  3. "Aquatics - Diving". Summer Sports. Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2007-01-22.
  4. "Diving". The Sports Yellow Pages!!. ThinkQuest. Archived from the original on 2005-11-04. Retrieved 2007-01-22.
  5. "Diving women's plain high medalists". Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  6. "Olympic medal winners". Athletes. International Olympic Committee.

References

  • "Olympic medal winners". Athletes. International Olympic Committee.
  • "RIO 2016 - DIVING - PARTICIPATING ATHLETES". Fina.
  • "Official Olympic Reports". Amateur Athletic Foundation. Archived from the original on 2006-06-22.
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