Diving at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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Diving
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
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Venue Maria Lenk Aquatic Center
Dates 7–20 August
No. of events 8
Competitors 136 from 29 nations
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Diving at the
2016 Summer Olympics
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List of divers
Qualification
Individual
3 m springboard men women
10 m platform men women
Synchronized
3 m springboard men women
10 m platform men women

The diving competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 7 to 20 August at Maria Lenk Aquatic Center in Barra da Tijuca.[1] It was one of four aquatic sports at the Games, along with swimming, water polo, and synchronised swimming.

The 2016 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 competitions featured up to 136 athletes.[3] All divers had to be at least 14 years old on or by 31 December 2016.[4]

On Tuesday August 9, the water of the diving well turned dark green, originally thought to be caused by the heat and lack of wind in the venue. However, at the time a CNN photographer took a picture, an adjacent pool in the same location was not green.[5] Olympic officials later confirmed that the change in color was due to 160 litres of hydrogen peroxide having been mistakenly added to the pool during cleaning.[6]

For the eighth consecutive Games, China dominated the medal table, and for the fourth occasion in that period were denied a clean sweep of diving golds by a single event; in this case, the 3 metre synchronised men's event won by Great Britain's Jack Laugher and Chris Mears, their nation's first ever gold medalists in the discipline.

Qualification

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The Maria Lenk Aquatics Center's diving pool, during the 2016 Summer Olympics.

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Main article: Diving at the 2016 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 synchronized events.[3]

For the individual diving events, qualifiers were:

  • the top 12 finishers in each event from the 2015 World Championships,
  • the five continental champions in each event, and
  • up to 18 semi-finalists from the 2016 FINA Diving World Cup.

For the synchronized events (pairs), qualifiers were:

  • the top three finishers in each event from the 2015 World Championships,
  • the top four from in each event the 2016 World Cup, and
  • the host nation (Brazil).[3]

Note: Qualifying spots went to the nation – they were 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

136 athletes represented 29 nations in Diving at the 2016 Olympics:[7]

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Schedule

All times are Brasília Time (UTC-3)

Day Time Event
Sunday 7 August 16:00–17:15 3m Springboard Synchronized Women
Monday 8 August 16:00–17:15 10m Platform Synchronized Men
Tuesday 9 August 16:00–17:15 10m Platform Synchronized Women
Wednesday 10 August 16:00–17:15 3m Springboard Synchronized Men
Friday 12 August 15:30–18:30 3m Springboard Women (Preliminaries)
Saturday 13 August 16:00–17:40 3m Springboard Women (Semifinal)
Sunday 14 August 16:00–17:30 3m Springboard Women (Final)
Monday 15 August 15:15–18:45 3m Springboard Men (Preliminaries)
Tuesday 16 August 10:00–11:50 3m Springboard Men (Semifinal)
18:00–20:10 3m Springboard Men (Final)
Wednesday 17 August 15:00–18:10 10m Platform Women (Preliminaries)
Thursday 18 August 10:00–11:30 10m Platform Women (Semifinal)
16:00–17:30 10m Platform Women (Final)
Friday 19 August 16:00–19:10 10m Platform Men (Preliminaries)
Saturday 20 August 11:00–12:50 10m Platform Men (Semifinal)
16:30–18:10 10m Platform Men (Final)

Medalists

Medal table

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Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
3 m springboard
details		 Cao Yuan
 China		 Jack Laugher
 Great Britain		 Patrick Hausding
 Germany
10 m platform
details		 Chen Aisen
 China		 Germán Sánchez
 Mexico		 David Boudia
 United States
Synchronized 3 m springboard
details		  Chris Mears
and Jack Laugher (GBR)		  Sam Dorman
and Michael Hixon (USA)		  Cao Yuan
and Qin Kai (CHN)
Synchronized 10 m platform
details		  Chen Aisen
and Lin Yue (CHN)		  David Boudia
and Steele Johnson (USA)		  Tom Daley
and Daniel Goodfellow (GBR)

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
3 m springboard
details		 Shi Tingmao
 China		 He Zi
 China		 Tania Cagnotto
 Italy
10 m platform
details		 Ren Qian
 China		 Si Yajie
 China		 Meaghan Benfeito
 Canada
Synchronized 3 m springboard
details		  Shi Tingmao
and Wu Minxia (CHN)		  Tania Cagnotto
and Francesca Dallapé (ITA)		  Maddison Keeney
and Anabelle Smith (AUS)
Synchronized 10 m platform
details		  Chen Ruolin
and Liu Huixia (CHN)		  Cheong Jun Hoong
and Pandelela Rinong (MAS)		  Meaghan Benfeito
and Roseline Filion (CAN)

References

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External links

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  2. ↑ Diving page Archived 23 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine from the 2016 Olympics website (www.rio2016.com); retrieved 2016-05-28.
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