Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics


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:
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
DayTimeEvent
Sunday, August 10, 200814:30–15:403m Springboard Synchronized Women
Monday, August 11, 200814:30–15:4010m Platform Synchronized Men
Tuesday, August 12, 200814:30–15:4010m Platform Synchronized Women
Wednesday, August 13, 200814:30–15:403m Springboard Synchronized Men
Friday, August 15, 200813:30–16:303m Springboard Women
Saturday, August 16, 200820:00–21:403m Springboard Women
Sunday, August 17, 200820:30–22:003m Springboard Women
Monday, August 18, 200819:00–22:303m Springboard Men
Tuesday, August 19, 200810:00–11:503m Springboard Men
Tuesday, August 19, 200820:30–22:103m Springboard Men
Wednesday, August 20, 200819:00–22:1010m Platform Women
Thursday, August 21, 200810:00–11:4010m Platform Women
Thursday, August 21, 200820:00–21:3010m Platform Women
Friday, August 22, 200819:00–22:4510m Platform Men
Saturday, August 23, 200810:00–11:5010m Platform Men
Saturday, August 23, 200820:00–21:4010m Platform Men

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:

Participating countries

Medal summary

Medal table

Retrieved from Beijing Olympics 2008 Official Website.

Men

Women