About

• Diving made its debut in the 1904 Olympics in St. Louis, and it’s appearance in both springboard and platform events have remained constant since 1908.

• Synchronized diving, where two divers leave the platform or springboard simultaneously and dive together in perfect unison, was introduced to the program at the Sydney 2000 games.

• Athletes compete through acrobatic performances in the air through movements as somersaults, twists, pikes and tucks.

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Photo Courtesy of Confederação Brasileira de Desportos Aquáticos
Credit: Satiro Sodré

Rules

• Both men and women compete from a 10-meter high dive and a 3-meter springboard in individual and synchronized events.

• The diver performs a single or series of movements within each dive that have an assigned degree of difficulty.

• The diver attempts to perform each dive flawlessly with as little disturbance into the water as possible.

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Photo Courtesy of Confederação Brasileira de Desportos Aquáticos
Credit: Satiro Sodré


Scoring

• Seven judges score each dive based on a 10 point scoring system.

• Scoring is based upon the degree of difficulty and the numbers and types of maneuvers attempted from the approach of the dive to the entrance into the water.

• Point scale:

Point Value
0 Complete Failure
1/2 to 2 point Unsatisfactory
2 ½ to 4 ½ Deficient
5 to 6 points Satisfactory
6 ½ to 8 points Good
8 ½ to 10 points Very Good

List of Olympic Events
• 10m platform Men
• 3m springboard Men
• synchronized diving 10m platform Men
• synchronized diving 3m springboard Men
• 10m platform Women
• 3m springboard Women
• synchronized diving 10m platform Women
• synchronized diving 3m springboard Women

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Photo Courtesy of Confederação Brasileira de Desportos Aquáticos
Credit: Satiro Sodré


Medals for 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
3 meter springboard
 Peng Bo
China (CHN)
Alexandre Despatie
Canadá (CAN)
Dmitri Sautin
Rússia (RUS)
10 meter platform Hu Jia
China (CHN)
Mathew Helm
Austrália (AUS)
Tian Liang
China (CHN)
Synchronized
3 meter springboard
 Thomas Bimis
e Nikolaos Siranidis
Grécia (GRE)
Tobias Schellenberg
e Andreas Wels
Alemanha (GER)
Steven Barnett
e Robert Newbery
Austrália (AUS)
Synchronized
10 meter platform
 Tian Liang
e Yang Jinghui
China (CHN)
Peter Waterfield
e Leon Taylor
Grã Bretanha (GBR)
Mathew Helm
e Robert Newbery
Austrália (AUS)



Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
3 meter springboard
 Guo Jingjing
China (CHN)
Wu Minxia
China (CHN)
Yulia Pakhalina
Rússia (RUS)
10 meter platform Chantelle Newbery
Austrália (AUS)
Lao Lishi
China(CHN)
Loudy Tourky
Austrália (AUS)
Synchronized
3 meter springboard

 Wu Minxia
e Guo Jingjing
China (CHN)
Vera Ilina
e Yulia Pakhalina
Rússia (RUS)
Irina Lashko
e Chantelle Newbery
Austrália (AUS)
Synchronized
10 meter platform
 Lao Lishi
e Li Ting
China (CHN)
NataliaGonchorova
e Yulia Koltunova
Rússia (RUS)
Blythe Hartley
e Émilie Heymans
Canadá (CAN)


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Sources: 

  • http://www.hickoksports.com
  • http://www.mapsofworld.com
  • http://www.wikipedia.org
  • http://www.olympic.org