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Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held between 10 and 23 August 2008 at the National Aquatics Centre Diving Pool.

Medal Table[]

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 China China 7 1 3 11
2 Australia Australia 1 1 0 2
3 Russia Russia 0 3 2 5
4 Canada Canada 0 2 0 2
5 Germany Germany 0 1 1 2
6 Mexico Mexico 0 0 1 1
Ukraine Ukraine 0 0 1 1

Medalists[]

Men[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
3m springboard He Chong
China
Alexandre Despatie
Canada
Qin Kai
China
10m platform Matthew Mitcham
Australia
Zhou Luxin
China
Gleb Galperin
Russia
Synchronized 3m springboard Qin Kai
Wang Feng
China
Yuriy Kunakov
Dmitry Sautin
Russia
Illya Kvasha
Oleksiy Prygorov
Ukraine
Synchronized 10m platform Huo Liang
Lin Yue
China
Patrick Hausding
Sascha Klein
Germany
Dmitriy Dobroskok
Gleb Galperin
Russia

Women[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
3m springboard Guo Jingjing
China
Julia Pakhalina
Russia
Wu Minxia
China
10m platform Chen Ruolin
China
Emilie Heymans
Canada
Wang Xin
China
Synchronized 3m springboard Guo Jingjing
Wu Minxia
China
Julia Pakhalina
Anastasia Pozdnyakova
Russia
Heike Fischer
Ditte Kotzian
Germany
Synchronized 10m platform Chen Ruolin
Wang Xin
China
Briony Cole
Melissa Wu
Australia
Paola Espinosa
Tatiana Ortiz
Mexico

Statistics[]

  • There were 140 total athletes from 29 countries.
  • Tom Daley was the youngest participant with 14 years and 82 days.
  • Arturo Miranda was the oldest participant with 37 years and 206 days.
  • Paola Espinosa was chosen to be a flag bearer during the opening ceremony.
  • China won 7 out of 8 gold medals, and 11 out of 12 possible medals.
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