Diving at the 2012 Summer Olympics

The diving competitions at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place from 29 July to 11 August at the Aquatics Centre within the Olympic Park.[1] It was one of four aquatic sports at the Games, along with swimming, water polo and synchronised swimming.

Diving
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
VenueAquatics Centre
Dates29 July – 11 August
Competitors136 from 25 nations
Diving at the
2012 Summer Olympics
Individual
3 m springboardmenwomen
10 m platformmenwomen
Synchronized
3 m springboardmenwomen
10 m platformmenwomen

The 2012 Games featured competitions in eight events (men and women events each of): 3m springboard, synchronised 3m springboard, 10m platform, and synchronised 10m platform.[2]

The diving featured 136 athletes representing 25 countries.[3] All divers must be at least 14 years old on or by 31 December 2012.[3]

China was the most successful nation, topping the medal table with six golds and ten in total.

Qualification
Main article: Diving at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Qualification

A nation could have no more than 16 divers qualify (up to eight males and eight females) and could enter up to two divers in individual events and one pair in synchronised events.[3]

For the individual diving events, qualifiers were:

  • the top 12 finishers in each event from the 2011 World Championships,
  • the five continental champions in each event, and
  • up to 18 semi-finalists from the 2012 Diving World Cup.

For the synchronised events (pairs), qualifiers were:

  • the top three finishers in each event from the 2011 World Championships,
  • the top four from in each event the 2012 World Cup, and
  • the host nation (Great Britain).[3]

Note: Qualifying spots 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 may only qualify one spot for their nation.

Participating nations

Twenty-five nations competed in diving at the 2012 Olympics:[4]

Schedule
PPreliminaries ½Semifinal FFinal
Date →Sun 29Mon 30Tue 31Wed 1Fri 3Sat 4Sun 5Mon 6Tue 7Wed 8Thu 9Fri 10Sat 11
Event ↓AAAAAAEEMEEMEEME
Men's 3 m springboardP½F
Men's 10 m platformP½F
Men's synchronized 3 m springboardF
Men's synchronized 10 m platformF
Women's 3 m springboardP½F
Women's 10 m platformP½F
Women's synchronized 3 m springboardF
Women's synchronized 10 m platformF
M = Morning session, A = Afternoon session, E = Evening session

Medalists

Medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China63110
2 United States1124
3 Russia1102
4 Mexico0213
5 Australia0101
6 Canada0022
7 Great Britain0011
 Malaysia0011
Totals (8 nations)88824

Men
Event Gold Silver Bronze
3 m springboard
 Ilya Zakharov
 Russia		 Qin Kai
 China		 He Chong
 China
10 m platform
 David Boudia
 United States		 Qiu Bo
 China		 Tom Daley
 Great Britain
Synchronised 3 m springboard
 Luo Yutong
and Qin Kai
 China		 Ilya Zakharov
and Evgeny Kuznetsov
 Russia		 Troy Dumais
and Kristian Ipsen
 United States
Synchronised 10 m platform
 Cao Yuan
and Zhang Yanquan
 China		 Iván García
and Germán Sánchez
 Mexico		 David Boudia
and Nicholas McCrory
 United States

Women
Event Gold Silver Bronze
3 m springboard
 Wu Minxia
 China		 He Zi
 China		 Laura Sánchez
 Mexico
10 m platform
 Chen Ruolin
 China		 Brittany Broben
 Australia		 Pandelela Rinong
 Malaysia
Synchronised 3 m springboard
 He Zi
and Wu Minxia
 China		 Kelci Bryant
and Abigail Johnston
 United States		 Jennifer Abel
and Émilie Heymans
 Canada
Synchronised 10 m platform
 Chen Ruolin
and Wang Hao
 China		 Paola Espinosa
and Alejandra Orozco
 Mexico		 Meaghan Benfeito
and Roseline Filion
 Canada

References
  1. Diving page of the 2012 Olympics website (www.london2012.com); retrieved 2012-06-15.
  2. Diving Events page from the 2012 Olympics website (www.london2012.com); retrieved 2012-06-15.
  3. Qualification System – Games of the XXX Olympiad: Diving Archived 3 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Published by FINA in 2011-05; retrieved 2012-06-15.
  4. London 2012 – Diving – Qualified National Federations/National Olympic Committees Archived 11 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Published by FINA on 2012-04-27; retrieved 2012-06-15.
  5. 2012 Olympic Games Diving Team published by Diving Australia, retrieved 2012-06-20.
  6. (in Spanish) FINA confirma los cupos para los proximos Juegos Olimpicos Archived 25 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine (trans:FINA confirms spots for the next Olympic Games) published by FECNA on 2012-06-21; retrieved 2012-06-21.
  7. (in German) Biografien DSV-Team Olympische Spiele Wasserspringen (trans: Biographies Germany Olympic Diving Team); published by the DSV on 2012-06-13, retrieved 2012-06-20.
  8. BOA announce 12 British divers selected to TeamGB for London 2012. Published by British Swimming on 2012-06-11; retrieved 2012-06-20.
  9. (in Swedish) OS-truppen nu fulltalig Archived 15 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine (trans: Olympic Games-squad now complete); published by Svenska Simförbudnet on 2012-06-18, retrieved 2012-06-20.
  10. (in Spanish) Subirats va a Londres (trans: Subirats will go to London) by Andreina Salas Guzmán, El Universal. Published on 2012-06-21; retrieved 2012-06-21.
  • "Diving at the 2012 Summer Olympics (London2012.com)". Archived from the original on 28 February 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2012.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  • Diving at the 2012 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics

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