All About Diving at the Olympics


Olympic Diving is contested by both me and women, individually, or in pairs. Each country can enter up to two qualified divers in each event, and up to one team in each synchronized event.

Men & Women's Events
3m Springboard Synchronized
10m Platform Synchronized
3m Springboard
10m Platform
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Despatie defends title as Canada wins diving golds

| From afp.com
Canada took two of three golds on the first day of the diving finals on Sunday, with Alexandre Despatie winning his third straight title to become the country's most decorated Commonwealth athlete.Despatie made it three wins in a row in the men's 1m springboard to take his gold medal haul to seven, surpassing the six won by Canada's rhythmic gymnast Alexandra Orlando and swimmer Graham Smith.Jennifer Abel and Emilie Heymans earlier took the women's 3m synchro while Australia's Melissa Wu and...Read Full Story

Canada's Despatie wins ninth diving gold

| From afp.com
Alexandre Despatie on Tuesday won his ninth Commonwealth Games diving gold after he and fellow Canadian Reuben Ross won the men's 3m springboard synchro title.Despatie and Ross had been trailing Australia's Matthew Mitcham and Ethan Warren going into the final dive but pulled off a stunning inward 3.5 somersault to take the title.Their score of 430.35 was enough to beat Mitcham and Warren, who had to settle for silver with Malaysia's Bryan Lomas and Ken Nee Yeoh in bronze position.Despatie...Read Full Story

Russian veteran Pakhalina cruises to 1m world title

| From afp.com
Veteran Julia Pakhalina led from start to finish to earn gold in the women's 1m springboard event at the World Championships here on Sunday.It was the Russian's third world title and came 11 years after winning a 3m springboard and 3m synchronised springboard double in Perth in 1998.It also completed a clean sweep of world medals in this event having won bronze two years ago in Melbourne and silver in 2003 in Barcelona.She finished with 325.05 points, ahead of Chinese pair Wu Minxia (311.90...Read Full Story

Russia's Pakhalina wins 1-meter springboard diving

| From ap.org
Julia Pakhalina of Russia won the gold medal in women's 1-meter springboard diving at the world championships Sunday, her first title at a worlds or Olympics in nine years.Pakhalina led from start to finish and totaled 325.05 points through the five-dive final. Wu Minxia of China took the silver medal with 311.90 points and Wang Han of China was third with 303.95.Olympic champions Chen Roulin and Wang Xin of China have won the gold medal in 10-meter synchronized diving at the world...Read Full Story

China's Guo and Wu retain world title

| From reuters.com
ROME (Reuters) - China's Olympic champions Guo Jinjing and Wu Minxia led from start to finish to retain their women's synchronized three-meter springboard title at the world championships on Friday.Guo and Wu produced a polished performance to pile up 348.00 points from their five dives.Italy's Tania Cagnotto and Francesca Dallape delighted the home crowd by taking a surprise silver medal with a score of 329.70.The Russian pair of Julia Pakhalina, who won the one-meter springboard gold on...Read Full Story
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