Diving at the 2012 Summer Olympics facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Diving at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
The Aquatics Centre
Venue	Aquatics Centre
Dates	29 July – 11 August
Competitors	136 from 25 nations
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Diving at the 2012 Summer Olympics
3 m springboard		men		women
10 m platform		men		women
Synchronized 3 m springboard		men		women
Synchronized 10 m platform		men		women

The diving competitions at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place from 29 July to 11 August at the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park. It was one of four aquatic sports at the Games, along with swimming, water polo and synchronised swimming.

The 2012 Games had competitions in eight events (men and women events each of): 3m springboard, synchronised 3m springboard, 10m platform, and synchronised 10m platform.

The diving had 136 athletes representing 25 countries. All divers must be at least 14 years old on or by 31 December 2012.

China was the most successful nation, topping the medal table with six golds and ten in total.

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.

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).

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:

Schedule

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
Total		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  China	Ilya Zakharov and Evgeny Kuznetsov  Russia	Troy Dumais and Kristian Ipsen  United States
Synchronised 10 m platform details	Cao Yuan and Zhang Yanquan  China	Iván García and Germán Sánchez  Mexico	David Boudia and Nicholas McCrory  United States

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  China	Kelci Bryant and Abigail Johnston  United States	Jennifer Abel and Émilie Heymans  Canada
Synchronised 10 m platform details	Chen Ruolin and Wang Hao  China	Paola Espinosa and Alejandra Orozco  Mexico	Meaghan Benfeito and Roseline Filion  Canada

See also

In Spanish: Anexo:Saltos en los Juegos Olímpicos de Londres 2012 para niños