Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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Diving
Diving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, sometimes while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime.Diving is one...
competitions at the Beijing
Beijing
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2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
were held from August 10 to August 23, at the Beijing National Aquatics Centre
Beijing National Aquatics Centre
The Beijing National Aquatics Center , also officially known as the National Aquatics Center, and colloquially known as the Water Cube , is an aquatics center that was built alongside Beijing National Stadium in the Olympic Green for the swimming competitions of the 2008 Summer Olympics...
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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
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| 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
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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 2007 World Aquatics Championships The 2007 World Aquatics Championships or the XII FINA World Championships were held in Melbourne, Australia from 17 March to 1 April 2007... |
March 17 - April 1, 2007 |  MelbourneMelbourne Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater... |
12 | 3 |
| FINA Diving World Cup FINA Diving World Cup The FINA Diving World Cup is an international biennial diving competition that was first contested in The Woodlands, Texas in 1979.-Venues:*1979: The Woodlands *1981: Mexico City *1983: The Woodlands *1985: Shanghai... |
February 19–25, 2008 |  BeijingBeijing Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's... |
22 | 4 |
| Host nation | - | - | - | China People's Republic of China China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres... |
| TOTAL | 34 | 8 | ||
Medal table
Retrieved from Beijing Olympics 2008 Official Website.| 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 11 | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |
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Men
| 3 metre springboard |
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| 10 metre platform |
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| Synchronized 3 metre springboard |
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| Synchronized 10 metre platform |
Women
| 3 metre springboard |
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| 10 metre platform |
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| Synchronized 3 metre springboard |
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| Synchronized 10 metre platform |