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
Venue	Aquatics Centre
Dates	29 July – 11 August 2012
Competitors	136 from 25 nations
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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]

•  Australia (10)^[5]
•  Belarus (2)
•  Brazil (3)
•  Canada (9)
•  China (12)
•  Colombia (2)^[6]
•  Cuba (3)
•  France (5)
•  Germany (8)^[7]
•  Great Britain (12)^[8]
•  Greece (1)
•  Hungary (2)
•  Italy (8)
•  Japan (1)
•  Malaysia (9)
•  Mexico (10)
•  Norway (1)
•  North Korea (3)
•  Russia (7)
•  South Korea (2)
•  Spain (2)
•  Sweden (2)^[9]
•  Ukraine (9)
•  United States (11)
•  Venezuela (3)^[10]

Schedule

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

Medalists

Medal table

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
Totals (8 entries)		8	8	8	24

Men

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 (CHN)	Ilya Zakharov and Evgeny Kuznetsov (RUS)	Troy Dumais and Kristian Ipsen (USA)
Synchronised 10 m platform details	Cao Yuan and Zhang Yanquan (CHN)	Iván García and Germán Sánchez (MEX)	David Boudia and Nicholas McCrory (USA)

Women

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 (CHN)	Kelci Bryant and Abigail Johnston (USA)	Jennifer Abel and Émilie Heymans (CAN)
Synchronised 10 m platform details	Chen Ruolin and Wang Hao (CHN)	Paola Espinosa and Alejandra Orozco (MEX)	Meaghan Benfeito and Roseline Filion (CAN)