Diving at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Main article: Diving at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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Qualifying system

For individual diving the top twelve from the 2011 World Championships, the five continental champions and the eighteen semifinalists at the 2012 Diving World Cup will qualify a quota spot. For the pairs events the top three from the world championships, the top four from the world cup and the hosts qualify.[1]

Qualification Summary

Nation Synchronized Diving Individual Diving Total
Men's
3m		 Men's
10m		 Women's
3m		 Women's
10m		 Men's
3m		 Men's
10m		 Women's
3m		 Women's
10m		 Quotas Athletes
Australia X X 1 1 2 2 8
Canada X 1 2 2 6
China X X X X 2 2 2 2 12
France 1 1
Germany X X 1 1 1 1 6
Great Britain X X X X 1 2 1 8
Italy 1 1 2
Malaysia 2 1 1 4
Mexico X 2 1 1 1 6
Russia X 2 1 1 1 6
Spain 1 1
Sweden 1 1
Ukraine X 1 2 1 1 6
United States 1 2 2 1 6
Total: 14 NOCs 8 8 8 8 34 34 34 34 136

Qualification timeline

Event Date Venue
2011 European Diving Championships[2] March 8 to March 13, 2011 Turin
2011 World Aquatics Championships July 16 to July 31, 2011 Shanghai
Oceania Qualifying Events [3] August 19 to August 21, 2011 Wellington
Asian Diving Cup[4] September 25 to September 27, 2011 Kuala Lumpur
2011 Pan American Games October 14 to October 30, 2011 Guadalajara
2012 FINA Diving World Cup February 20 to February 26, 2012 London

Men's 3m Synchronized Diving

Competition Vacancies Qualifiers
FINA World Championships
3
 China
Russia
Mexico
FINA Diving World Cup
4
Host nation
1
 Great Britain
TOTAL 8

Men's 10m Synchronized Diving

Competition Vacancies Qualifiers
FINA World Championships
3
 China
Germany
Ukraine
FINA Diving World Cup
4
Host nation
1
 Great Britain
TOTAL 8

Women's 3m Synchronized Diving

Competition Vacancies Qualifiers
FINA World Championships
3
 China
Canada
Australia
FINA Diving World Cup
4
Host nation
1
 Great Britain
TOTAL 8

Women's 10m Synchronized Diving

Competition Vacancies Qualifiers
FINA World Championships
3
 China
Australia
Germany
FINA Diving World Cup
4
Host nation
1
 Great Britain
TOTAL 8

Men's 3m Individual Diving

For the individual events, any one diver can only gain 1 quota place per event for their NOC.

Competition Vacancies Qualifiers
FINA World Championships
12
 
China (He Chong)
Russia (Ilya Zakharov)
Russia (Evgeny Kuznetsov)
China (Qin Kai)
United States (Troy Dumais)
Mexico (Yahel Castillo)
France (Matthieu Rosset)
Great Britain (Jack Laugher)
Spain (Javier Illana García)
Mexico (Julián Sánchez)
Malaysia (Bryan Nickson)
Ukraine (Oleksiy Pryhorov)
2011 European Diving Championships
1
 Germany (Patrick Hausding)
Oceania Qualifying
1
 Australia (Matthew Barnard)[5]
Asia Diving Cup
1
 Malaysia (Yeoh Ken Nee)[6]
2011 Pan American Games
1
 none allocated - Mexico already qualified 2 divers
African Championships
1
FINA Diving World Cup
Up to 18 1
Additional
1 1
TOTAL 34

Men's 10m Individual Diving

Competition Vacancies Qualifiers
FINA World Championships
12
 
China (Qiu Bo)
United States (David Boudia)
Germany (Sascha Klein)
Russia (Victor Minibaev)
Great Britain (Thomas Daley)
United States (Nick McCrory)
Mexico (Iván García)
Ukraine (Oleksandr Bondar)
Canada (Riley McCormick)
China (Zhou Lüxin)
Great Britain (Peter Waterfield)
Ukraine (Kostyantyn Milyaev)
2011 European Diving Championships
1
 not allocated - Sascha Klein qualified above
Oceania Qualifying
1
 Australia (Matthew Barnard)[7]
Asia Diving Cup
1
 Malaysia (Bryan Nickson Lomas)[8]
2011 Pan American Games
1
 not allocated - Iván García qualified above
African Championships
1
FINA Diving World Cup
Up to 18 1
Additional
1 1
TOTAL 34

Women's 3m Individual Diving

Competition Vacancies Qualifiers
FINA World Championships
12
 
China (Wu Minxia)
China (He Zi)
Canada (Jennifer Abel)
United States (Christina Loukas)
Australia (Sharleen Stratton)
Mexico (Laura Sánchez)
United States (Kelci Bryant)
Ukraine (Anna Pysmenska)
Italy (Tania Cagnotto)
Russia (Nadezhda Bazhina)
Germany (Uschi Freitag)
Canada (Émilie Heymans)
2011 European Diving Championships
1
 Sweden (Anna Lindberg)
Oceania Qualifying
1
 Australia (Sherilyse Gowlett)[9]
Asia Diving Cup
1
 not allocated - China already have 2 quotas[10]
2011 Pan American Games
1
 not allocated - Laura Sánchez qualified above
African Championships
1
FINA Diving World Cup
Up to 18 1
Additional
1 1
TOTAL 34

Women's 10m Individual Diving

Competition Vacancies Qualifiers
FINA World Championships
12
 
China (Chen Ruolin)
China (Hu Yadan)
Mexico (Paola Espinosa)
Canada (Meaghan Benfeito)
Malaysia (Pandelela Rinong)
Ukraine (Iuliia Prokopchuk)
Australia (Alex Croak)
Canada (Roseline Filion)
Great Britain (Tonia Couch)
United States (Brittany Viola)
Russia (Yulia Koltunova)
Germany (Nora Subschinski)
2011 European Diving Championships
1
 Italy (Noemi Batki)
Oceania Qualifying
1
 Australia (Rachel Bugg)[11]
Asia Diving Cup
1
 not allocated - China already have 2 quotas[10]
2011 Pan American Games
1
 not allocated - Paola Espinosa has already qualified
African Championships
1
FINA Diving World Cup
Up to 18 1
Additional
1 1
TOTAL 34

^1 Only two athletes per nation can qualify, meaning if there are less than eighteen athletes the remaining quota spots will go to the additional pool.

References

  1. ^ Diving qualification system
  2. ^ "Turin 2011 Arena European Championships Diving - All Medal Winners". LEN. 13 Mar 2010. http://torino2011.len.eu/files/2011-03-13-winners-medals.pdf. Retrieved 26 May 2011. 
  3. ^ "Asia Pacific Rim Junior Diving Invitational". Wellington High Performance Aquatics. http://www.whpa.co.nz/home/asia_pacific_rim_junior_diving_invitational_2011. Retrieved 20 Aug 2011. 
  4. ^ 4th Asian Diving Cup, Malaysia
  5. ^ "Oceania Olympic Mens 3 metre, Final". DiveRecorder. http://www.diverecorder.co.uk/live/meet1/selectsheet.php?mref=2&eref=32. Retrieved 24 Aug 2011. 
  6. ^ Ajitpal Singh (26 Sep 2011). "Diving / Asia Cup: Unexpected day for Yeoh". New Straits Times. http://www.nst.com.my/nst/articles/40LOMA/Article/. Retrieved 30 Sep 2011. 
  7. ^ "Oceania Olympic Mens Platform, Final". DiveRecorder. http://www.diverecorder.co.uk/live/meet1/selectsheet.php?mref=2&eref=36. Retrieved 24 Aug 2011. 
  8. ^ Ajitpal Singh (28 Sep 2011). "Diving / Asia Cup: Bryan nicks his second Olympic berth". New Straits Times. http://www.nst.com.my/nst/articles/41cjcjdas/Article. Retrieved 30 Sep 2011. 
  9. ^ "Oceania Olympic Womens 3 metre, Final". DiveRecorder. http://www.diverecorder.co.uk/live/meet1/selectsheet.php?mref=2&eref=38. Retrieved 24 Aug 2011. 
  10. ^ a b Ajitpal Singh (23 Sep 2011). "Diving: China cast shadow over Olympic hopes". New Straits Times. http://www.nst.com.my/articles/LN231331/Article/. Retrieved 30 Sep 2011. 
  11. ^ "Oceania Olympic Womens Platform, Final". DiveRecorder. http://www.diverecorder.co.uk/live/meet1/selectsheet.php?mref=2&eref=34. Retrieved 24 Aug 2011.