Diving
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
VenueMaria Lenk Aquatic Center
Dates7–20 August
No. of events8
Competitors136 from 29 nations

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

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

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]

Schedule

All times are Brasília Time (UTC-3)

Day Time Event
Sunday 7 August16:00–17:153m Springboard Synchronized Women
Monday 8 August16:00–17:1510m Platform Synchronized Men
Tuesday 9 August16:00–17:1510m Platform Synchronized Women
Wednesday 10 August16:00–17:153m Springboard Synchronized Men
Friday 12 August15:30–18:303m Springboard Women (Preliminaries)
Saturday 13 August16:00–17:403m Springboard Women (Semifinal)
Sunday 14 August16:00–17:303m Springboard Women (Final)
Monday 15 August15:15–18:453m Springboard Men (Preliminaries)
Tuesday 16 August10:00–11:503m Springboard Men (Semifinal)
18:00–20:103m Springboard Men (Final)
Wednesday 17 August15:00–18:1010m Platform Women (Preliminaries)
Thursday 18 August10:00–11:3010m Platform Women (Semifinal)
16:00–17:3010m Platform Women (Final)
Friday 19 August16:00–19:1010m Platform Men (Preliminaries)
Saturday 20 August11:00–12:5010m Platform Men (Semifinal)
16:30–18:1010m Platform Men (Final)

Medalists

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China72110
2 Great Britain1113
3 United States0213
4 Italy0112
5 Malaysia0101
 Mexico0101
7 Canada0022
8 Australia0011
 Germany0011
Totals (9 entries)88824

Men

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

Women

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

References

  1. ↑ "Rio 2016: Diving". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 5 March 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  2. ↑ Diving page Archived 23 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine from the 2016 Olympics website (www.rio2016.com); retrieved 2016-05-28.
  3. 1 2 3 "Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Diving" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "Qualification System - Games of the XXXI Olympiad - Rio 2016" (PDF). Diving. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 April 2016.
  5. ↑ "Algae blamed for green Olympic diving pool". CNN. 9 August 2016.
  6. ↑ D'Angelo, Chris (13 August 2016). "So, Someone Dumped 160 Liters Of Hydrogen Peroxide In 2 Olympic Pools". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  7. ↑ "RIO 2016 - DIVING - PARTICIPATING ATHLETES". FINA.org. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
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