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The men's synchronized springboard of Diving 2020 during the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 28 July 2021 in the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. With 8 pairs competing, the event was won by Wang Zongyuan and Xie Siyi from China, with Andrew Capobianco and Michael Hixon from United States taking the silver medal and Patrick Hausding and Lars Rudiger from Germany taking bronze.

Format[]

The competition exists out of a final round in which all pairs perform six dives from a height of three metres which are scored based on execution and synchronization. The pair with the highest total score after six dives is the winner of the event.

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Eight pairs qualified for the event with the Chinese pair of Wang Zongyuan and Xie Siyi as big favorites for the title, with China having dominated the sport at the Olympic Games for 30 years. Great Britain won silver at the most recent world championships, ahead of Mexico, but Michael Hixon was the defending silver medalist with the United States. Germany was the reigning European champion, with Italy having finished fourth, with 2019 European champions ROC and host nation Japan completing the field.

Team Athlete
China Wang Zongyuan
Xie Siyi
Germany Patrick Hausding
Lars Rudiger
Great Britain Daniel Goodfellow
Jack Laugher
Italy Lorenzo Marsaglia
Giovanni Tocci
Japan Sho Sakai
Ken Terauchi
Mexico Yahel Castillo Huerta
Juan Manuel Celaya Hernandez
ROC Evgenii Kuznetsov
Nikita Shleikher
United States Andrew Capobianco
Michael Hixon

Results[]

Result Nation Score
Gold China China 467.82
Silver United States United States 444.36
Bronze Germany Germany 404.73
4 Mexico Mexico 400.14
5 Japan Japan 393.93
6 Italy Italy 388.05
7 Great Britain Great Britain 382.80
8 ROC ROC 331.08
2020 Summer Olympic Games
Diving 2020
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Men
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Individual Individual
Synchronized Synchronized
Women
Springboard Platform
Individual Individual
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