Diving at the 2020 Summer Olympics explained

Event:Diving
Games:2020 Summer
Venue:Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Dates:25 July – 7 August 2021
Competitors:136
Nations:30
Num Events:8
Prev:2016
Next:2024

The diving competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo featured eight events[1] . It was one of four aquatic sports at the Games, along with swimming, water polo, and synchronised swimming.

The events were men's and women's versions each of: 3m springboard, synchronised 3m springboard, 10m platform, and synchronised 10m platform.[1]

The diving competitions featured up to 136 athletes. All divers had to be at least 14 years old on or by 31 December 2020.

For the ninth consecutive Games, China dominated the medal table, and for the fifth occasion in that period won gold in all but a single event; in this case, the 10 metre synchronised men's event won by Great Britain's Tom Daley and Matty Lee. This was the second consecutive Games that Great Britain denied China the sweep, after Jack Laugher and Chris Mears denied them in 2016. The United States took third in the medal table, completing a repeat of the top 3 nations from Rio. Again, as in Rio, China, Great Britain and the United States were also the only nations to medal in 3 or more events.

Qualification

See main article: Diving at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

A nation can have no more than 16 divers qualify (up to eight males and eight females) and can enter up to two divers in individual events and one pair in synchronized events.

For the individual diving events, qualifiers will be:

For the synchronized events (pairs), qualifiers will be:

Note: Qualifying spots will 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 might only qualify one spot for their nation.

Participating nations

See main article: List of divers at the 2020 Summer Olympics. The following nations have won quota places for the diving competitions. Qualification is as yet incomplete.

Schedule

[2] [3]

HHeats SFSemi-Finals FFinals
Date Jul 25 Jul 26 Jul 27 Jul 28 Jul 29 Jul 30 Jul 31 Aug 1 Aug 2 Aug 3 Aug 4 Aug 5 Aug 6 Aug 7
Event M A M A M A M A M A M A M A M A M A M A M A M A M A M A
H SF F
H SF F
F
F
H SF F
H SF F
F
F

Medalists

Men

3 m springboard
10 m platform
Synchronized 3 m springboard

Xie Siyi
Wang Zongyuan

Andrew Capobianco
Michael Hixon

Patrick Hausding
Lars Rüdiger
Synchronized 10 m platform

Tom Daley
Matty Lee

Cao Yuan
Chen Aisen

Aleksandr Bondar
Viktor Minibaev

Women

3 m springboard
10 m platform
Synchronized 3 m springboard

Shi Tingmao
Wang Han

Jennifer Abel
Mélissa Citrini-Beaulieu

Lena Hentschel
Tina Punzel
Synchronized 10 m platform

Chen Yuxi
Zhang Jiaqi

Delaney Schnell
Jessica Parratto

Gabriela Agúndez
Alejandra Orozco

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tokyo 2020: Diving . 12 July 2018 .
  2. Web site: Schedule - Diving Tokyo 2020 Olympics . Olympian Database . 2 March 2020.
  3. Web site: Diving Competition Schedule . Tokyo 2020 . 2 March 2020.