Diving at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue	Maria Lenk Aquatic Center
Dates	7–20 August
No. of events	8
Competitors	136 from 29 nations
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Diving at the 2016 Summer Olympics
List of divers Qualification
Individual
3 m springboard	men	women
10 m platform	men	women
Synchronized
3 m springboard	men	women
10 m platform	men	women
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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

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)

Medalists

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	7	2	1	10
2	Great Britain	1	1	1	3
3	United States	0	2	1	3
4	Italy	0	1	1	2
5	Malaysia	0	1	0	1
	Mexico	0	1	0	1
7	Canada	0	0	2	2
8	Australia	0	0	1	1
	Germany	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		8	8	8	24

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 m springboard details	Cao Yuan   China	Jack Laugher   Great Britain	Patrick Hausding   Germany
10 m platform details	Chen Aisen   China	Germán Sánchez   Mexico	David Boudia   United States
Synchronized 3 m springboard details	Chris Mears and Jack Laugher   Great Britain	Sam Dorman and Michael Hixon   United States	Cao Yuan and Qin Kai   China
Synchronized 10 m platform details	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 details	Shi Tingmao   China	He Zi   China	Tania Cagnotto   Italy
10 m platform details	Ren Qian   China	Si Yajie   China	Meaghan Benfeito   Canada
Synchronized 3 m springboard details	Shi Tingmao and Wu Minxia   China	Tania Cagnotto and Francesca Dallapé   Italy	Maddison Keeney and Anabelle Smith   Australia
Synchronized 10 m platform details	Chen Ruolin and Liu Huixia   China	Cheong Jun Hoong and Pandelela Rinong   Malaysia	Meaghan Benfeito and Roseline Filion   Canada

References

External links

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• "Diving at the 2016 Summer Olympics (Rio2016.com)". Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2016.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link)
• Diving at the 2016 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics (archived)
• Results Book – Diving