Diving competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics were held from August 10 to August 23, at the Beijing National Aquatics Centre.
Competition format
The following events were contested by both men and women in Beijing: 3m Springboard Synchronized 10m Platform Synchronized 3m Springboard 10m Platform
Individual events consisted of preliminaries, semifinals and finals. The order of divers in the preliminary round were determined by computerized random selection, during the Technical Meeting. The 18 divers with the highest scores in the preliminaries proceeded to the semifinals. The semifinal consisted of the top 18 ranked divers from the preliminary competition and the final consisted of the top 12 ranked divers from the semifinal.
Competition schedule
All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)
Day Time Event Sunday, August 10, 2008 14:30–15:40 3m Springboard Synchronized Women Monday, August 11, 2008 14:30–15:40 10m Platform Synchronized Men Tuesday, August 12, 2008 14:30–15:40 10m Platform Synchronized Women Wednesday, August 13, 2008 14:30–15:40 3m Springboard Synchronized Men Friday, August 15, 2008 13:30–16:30 3m Springboard Women (Preliminaries) Saturday, August 16, 2008 20:00–21:40 3m Springboard Women (Semifinal) Sunday, August 17, 2008 20:30–22:00 3m Springboard Women (Final) Monday, August 18, 2008 19:00–22:30 3m Springboard Men (Preliminaries)Tuesday, August 19, 2008 10:00–11:50 3m Springboard Men (Semifinal)20:30–22:10 3m Springboard Men (Final) Wednesday, August 20, 2008 19:00–22:10 10m Platform Women (Preliminaries)Thursday, August 21, 2008 10:00–11:40 10m Platform Women (Semifinal)20:00–21:30 10m Platform Women (Final) Friday, August 22, 2008 19:00–22:45 10m Platform Men (Preliminaries)Saturday, August 23, 2008 10:00–11:50 10m Platform Men (Semifinal)20:00–21:40 10m Platform Men (Final)
Qualifying criteria
An NOC could enter up to 2 qualified divers in each individual event and up to 1 team in each synchronized event.
Qualifying places for each event were awarded as follows:
Competition Date Venue Individual Diving Synchronized Diving FINA World Championships March 17 - April 1, 2007 Melbourne 12 3 FINA Diving World Cup February 19–25, 2008 Beijing 22 4 Host nation - - - China TOTAL 34 8
Participating countries
Medal summary Medal table Retrieved from Beijing Olympics 2008 Official Website.
Men 3 m springboard 10 m platform Synchronized 3 m springboard Synchronized 10 m platform
Women 3 m springboard 10 m platform Synchronized 3 m springboard Synchronized 10 m platform
See also Diving at the 2007 Pan American Games
References
External links Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Federation Internationale de Natation Diving – Official Results Book