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Diving at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Summer Olympic Event

The diving competitions at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place from 29 July to 11 August at the Aquatics Centre in 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

The Aquatics Centre
VenueAquatics Centre
Dates29 July – 11 August
Competitors136 from 25 nations
«20082016»
Diving at the
2012 Summer Olympics
3 m springboard   men   women
10 m platform   men   women
Synchronized
3 m springboard 		  men   women
Synchronized
10 m platform 		  men   women

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

The diving had 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

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See the 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

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

Schedule

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P Preliminaries ½ Semifinal F Final
Date → Sun 29 Mon 30 Tue 31 Wed 1 Fri 3 Sat 4 Sun 5 Mon 6 Tue 7 Wed 8 Thu 9 Fri 10 Sat 11
Event ↓ A A A A A A E E M E E M E E M E
Men's 3 m springboard P ½ F
Men's 10 m platform P ½ F
Men's synchronized 3 m springboard F
Men's synchronized 10 m platform F
Women's 3 m springboard P ½ F
Women's 10 m platform P ½ F
Women's synchronized 3 m springboard F
Women's synchronized 10 m platform F
M = Morning session, A = Afternoon session, E = Evening session[11]

Medalists

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Medal table

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Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1   China 6 3 1 10
2   United States 1 1 2 4
3   Russia 1 1 0 2
4   Mexico 0 2 1 3
5   Australia 0 1 0 1
6   Canada 0 0 2 2
7   Great Britain 0 0 1 1
  Malaysia 0 0 1 1
Total 8 8 8 24

Men

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

Women

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

References

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  1. ↑ Diving page Archived 2012-09-05 at Archive.today of the 2012 Olympics website; retrieved 15 June 2012.
  2. ↑ Diving Events page Archived 2012-08-07 at the Wayback Machine from the 2012 Olympics website (www.london2012.com); retrieved 15 June 2012.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Qualification System – Games of the XXX Olympiad: Diving Archived 2012-02-03 at the Wayback Machine. Published by FINA in 2011-05; retrieved 15 June 2012.
  4. ↑ London 2012 – Diving – Qualified National Federations/National Olympic Committees Archived 2012-07-11 at the Wayback Machine. Published by FINA on 27 April 2012; retrieved 15 June 2012.
  5. ↑ 2012 Olympic Games Diving Team published by Diving Australia, retrieved 20 June 2012.
  6. ↑ (in Spanish) FINA confirma los cupos para los proximos Juegos Olimpicos Archived 2012-06-25 at the Wayback Machine (trans:FINA confirms spots for the next Olympic Games) published by FECNA on 21 June 2012; retrieved 21 June 2012.
  7. ↑ (in German) Biografien DSV-Team Olympische Spiele Wasserspringen (trans: Biographies Germany Olympic Diving Team); published by the DSV on 13 June 2012, retrieved 20 June 2012.
  8. ↑ BOA announce 12 British divers selected to TeamGB for London 2012. Published by British Swimming on 11 June 2012; retrieved 20 June 2012.
  9. ↑ (in Swedish) OS-truppen nu fulltalig Archived 2012-07-15 at the Wayback Machine (trans: Olympic Games-squad now complete); published by Svenska Simförbudnet on 18 June 2012, retrieved 20 June 2012.
  10. ↑ (in Spanish) Subirats va a Londres (trans: Subirats will go to London) by Andreina Salas Guzmán, El Universal. Published on 21 June 2012; retrieved 21 June 2012.
  11. ↑ "Olympic sport competition schedule".
 
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