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 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 11 | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medalists[]
Men[]
| Event | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 3m springboard | He Chong |
Alexandre Despatie |
Qin Kai |
| 10m platform | Matthew Mitcham |
Zhou Luxin |
Gleb Galperin |
| Synchronized 3m springboard | Qin Kai Wang Feng |
Yuriy Kunakov Dmitry Sautin |
Illya Kvasha Oleksiy Prygorov |
| Synchronized 10m platform | Huo Liang Lin Yue |
Patrick Hausding Sascha Klein |
Dmitriy Dobroskok Gleb Galperin |
Women[]
| Event | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 3m springboard | Guo Jingjing |
Julia Pakhalina |
Wu Minxia |
| 10m platform | Chen Ruolin |
Emilie Heymans |
Wang Xin |
| Synchronized 3m springboard | Guo Jingjing Wu Minxia |
Julia Pakhalina Anastasia Pozdnyakova |
Heike Fischer Ditte Kotzian |
| Synchronized 10m platform | Chen Ruolin Wang Xin |
Briony Cole Melissa Wu |
Paola Espinosa Tatiana Ortiz |
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.