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Diving at the Summer Olympics

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Diving at the Summer Olympics
IOC CodeDIV
Governing bodyWorld Aquatics
Events8 (men: 4; women: 4)
Summer Olympics

Diving was first introduced in the official programme of the Summer Olympic Games at the 1904 Games of St. Louis and has been an Olympic sport since. It was known as "fancy diving"[1] for the acrobatic stunts performed by divers during the dive (such as somersaults and twists). This discipline of Aquatics, along with swimming, synchronised swimming and water polo, is regulated and supervised by the International Swimming Federation (FINA), the international federation (IF) for aquatic sports.

Summary

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Games Year Events Best Nation
1
2
3 1904 2  United States (1)
4 1908 2  Germany (1)
 Sweden (1)
5 1912 4  Sweden (2)
6
7 1920 5  United States (2)
8 1924 5  United States (3)
9 1928 4  United States (4)
10 1932 4  United States (5)
11 1936 4  United States (6)
12
13
14 1948 4  United States (7)
15 1952 4  United States (8)
16 1956 4  United States (9)
17 1960 4  United States (10)
18 1964 4  United States (11)
19 1968 4  United States (12)
20 1972 4  Italy (1)
 United States (13)
21 1976 4  United States (14)
22 1980 4  Soviet Union (1)
23 1984 4  United States (15)
24 1988 4  China (1)
25 1992 4  China (2)
26 1996 4  China (3)
27 2000 8  China (4)
28 2004 8  China (5)
29 2008 8  China (6)
30 2012 8  China (7)
31 2016 8  China (8)
32 2020 8  China (9)
33 2024 8  China (10)

History

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The first Olympic diving events were contested by men and consisted of a platform diving event ("fancy high diving") and also a plunge for distance event, which heralded victorious the diver who could reach the farthest underwater, while remaining motionless after a ground-level standing dive. At the 1908 Summer Olympics, men's springboard diving was added to the program replacing the plunge for distance, regarded as uninteresting.[2] Women's diving debut happened at the 1912 Summer Olympics in the platform event and was expanded to springboard diving at the 1920 Summer Olympics. A parallel platform diving event for men, called "plain high diving", was presented at the Games of the V Olympiad. No acrobatic moves were allowed, only a simple straight dive off the platform.[3] It was last contested at the 1924 Summer Olympics after which it was merged with "fancy high diving" into one competition renamed "highboard diving" (or just "high diving").[4]

By the time of the 1996 Summer Olympics, the diving events were exactly the same as in 1928 (2 men's and 2 women's events). However, four years later in Sydney, the inclusion of a synchronized diving variant for the springboard and platform events elevated the list up to eight events (4 men's and 4 women's events).

Another important change to the sport occurred at the 1984 Summer Olympics, when China first competed, after boycotting the previous games due to the political status of Taiwan.[5] China has become the dominant diving power and accumulated 55 gold medals since 1984.

At the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, Chinese divers swept all of the available events, winning a record eight gold medals.

Medal table

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See also: List of Olympic medalists in diving

Total medal count 1904–2024:[6]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China (CHN)55261192
2 United States (USA)494746142
3 Sweden (SWE)68721
4 Russia (RUS)48618
5 Soviet Union (URS)44614
6 Italy (ITA)35311
7 Australia (AUS)34815
8 United Team of Germany (EUA)3104
9 Germany (GER)281222
10 Great Britain (GBR)241218
11 East Germany (GDR)2237
12 Mexico (MEX)18817
13 Canada (CAN)15915
14 Czechoslovakia (TCH)1102
15 Denmark (DEN)1012
16 Greece (GRE)1001
17 Unified Team (EUN)0213
18 Egypt (EGY)0112
 Malaysia (MAS)0112
 North Korea (PRK)0112
21 France (FRA)0101
 Japan (JPN)0101
23 Ukraine (UKR)0022
24 ROC (ROC)0011
Totals (24 entries)138138139415

Events

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Men's

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Event 96 00 04 08 12 20 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 24 Games
Plunge for distance X Not occurred since 1
Plain high diving – – X X X Not occurred since 3
3 metre springboard – X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 27
10 metre platform X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 28
Synchronized 3 metre springboard Not yet introduced X X X X X X X 7
Synchronized 10 metre platform Not yet introduced X X X X X X X 7
Events 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Women's

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Event 96 00 04 08 12 20 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 24 Games
3 metre springboard Not yet introduced X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 25
10 metre platform – – X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 26
Synchronized 3 metre springboard Not yet introduced X X X X X X X 7
Synchronized 10 metre platform Not yet introduced X X X X X X X 7
Events – – 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Nations

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The numbers in each cell indicate the number of divers that nation sent to that Games.

Nation 96 00 04 08 12 20 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 24 Years
 Argentina (ARG)     1 1 1 2 1 5
 Armenia (ARM)     2 1 2
 Australasia (ANZ)     1 1
 Australia (AUS)     1 1 1 1 1 2 10 4 2 2 3 4 3 4 5 7 7 6 7 9 10 9 7 23
 Austria (AUT)     1 3 2 2 3 4 4 1 2 4 1 4 2 3 1 2 2 2 3 2 3 1 22
 Azerbaijan (AZE)     1 1 2
 Bahamas (BAH)     1 1
 Barbados (BAR)     1 1
 Belarus (BLR)     5 2 3 4 2 2 6
 Belgium (BEL)     1 3 2 1 1 1 6
 Bermuda (BER)     1 2 1 3
 Bolivia (BOL)     1 1
 Brazil (BRA)     1 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 4 3 9 4 16
 Bulgaria (BUL)     2 1 1 3
 Canada (CAN)     1 2 1 1 3 3 2 2 2 3 4 8 9 7 6 8 6 7 6 10 9 6 10 23
 Chile (CHI)     1 2 2
 China (CHN)     8 8 8 7 8 10 10 12 13 16 10
 Chinese Taipei (TPE)     2 4 2
 Colombia (COL)     1 1 3 2 2 1 3 2 4 3 10
 Costa Rica (CRC)     1 1
 Croatia (CRO)     1 1
 Cuba (CUB)     1 2 2 6 6 5 3 7
 Czech Republic (CZE)     1 1
 Czechoslovakia (TCH)     2 2 3 1 1 1 1 2 8
 Denmark (DEN)     5 4 1 1 2 3 2 1 2 2 1 11
 Dominican Republic (DOM)     1 2 3 1 4
 East Germany (GDR)     5 7 7 9 4 6
 Ecuador (ECU)     1 1 2
 Egypt (EGY)     2 4 4 4 3 1 4 4 3 9
 Finland (FIN)     2 6 3 6 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 18
 France (FRA)     1 12 4 1 2 5 4 2 4 3 2 1 1 2 2 1 6 1 2 5 3 3 22
 Georgia (GEO)     2 1 2
 Germany (GER)     3 5 4 9 2 11 4 6 7 8 10 14 8 8 9 15
 Great Britain (GBR)     16 3 5 11 7 6 11 9 5 7 6 5 8 4 6 6 5 4 5 8 7 10 12 11 12 25
 Greece (GRE)     1 1 5 8 1 1 6
 Guatemala (GUA)     1 1
 Hong Kong (HKG)     2 2 1 1 4
 Hungary (HUN)     2 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 4 3 2 2 1 16
 India (IND)     2 1
 Indonesia (INA)     1 3 2
 Iran (IRI)     1 1
 Ireland (IRL)     1 1 2 3
 Israel (ISR)     1 1 2
 Italy (ITA)     1 1 1 1 3 3 1 5 3 4 2 4 1 2 4 3 2 5 6 8 8 8 6 23
 Jamaica (JAM)     1 1 1 3
 Japan (JPN)     1 1 4 5 2 4 5 9 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 1 2 2 1 3 11 20
 Kazakhstan (KAZ)     5 5 2
 Kuwait (KUW)     2 1 2 1 2 5
 Malaysia (MAS)     3 3 4 9 6 5 6
 Mexico (MEX)     1 5 1 4 5 3 4 3 6 4 5 6 6 3 8 5 7 5 7 10 9 14 22
 Netherlands (NED)     4 7 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 13
 New Zealand (NZL)     1 3 1 1 1 5
 North Korea (PRK)     4 3 5 3 3 3 2 7
 Norway (NOR)     3 4 3 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 11
 Peru (PER)     1 1 2
 Philippines (PHI)     2 2 2
 Poland (POL)     1 5 3 2 1 1 6
 Portugal (POR)     1 1
 Puerto Rico (PUR)     1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 8
 Rhodesia (RHO)     1 3 2
 Romania (ROU)     3 3 4 3 3 1 2 7
 Russia (RUS)     7 7 9 10 7 8 6
 Russian Empire (RU1)     1 1
 Singapore (SGP)     2 1
 South Africa (RSA)     1 1 1 1 1 1 2 7
 South Korea (KOR)     1 3 2 1 2 4 4 1 2 1 5 11
 Soviet Union (URS)     11 11 7 12 10 9 11 12 8 9
 Spain (ESP)     3 2 3 3 2 2 3 5 5 4 2 2 2 13
 Sri Lanka (SRI)     1 1 2
 Sweden (SWE)     10 34 12 11 8 1 3 3 4 2 4 2 1 2 3 2 2 2 1 3 1 1 2 2 1 25
 Switzerland (SUI)     1 1 1 3 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 1 14
 Syria (SYR)     1 1 2
 Tajikistan (TJK)     2 1
 Thailand (THA)     1 2 2 3
 Turkey (TUR)     1 1
 Ukraine (UKR)     6 9 8 9 9 7 6 7
 Unified Team (EUN)     7 1
 United States (USA)     7 2 2 14 10 9 9 10 7 11 9 5 12 11 8 11 7 7 7 8 7 10 12 11 10 11 26
 United Team of Germany (EUA)     7 9 2
 Uruguay (URU)     1 1
 Venezuela (VEN)     1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 3 2 1 11
 West Germany (FRG)     8 9 4 4 6 6
 Yugoslavia (YUG)     1 2 2
 Zimbabwe (ZIM)     3 2 1 2 1 1 6
Nations     2 9 10 14 14 18 9 21 21 21 16 24 21 23 25 22 21 29 31 30 40 42 30 29 25 28 30 82
Divers     10 39 57 53 71 61 28 69 62 72 59 74 82 83 90 82 67 80 81 95 121 157 125 136 136 135 144  
Year 96 00 04 08 12 20 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 24

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ "Aquatics – Diving". Sports. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2007-01-21.
  2. ^ Bill Bryson. "A City Under Starter's Orders". Olympics 2000 Sydney. The Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 2007-04-01. Retrieved 2007-01-22.
  3. ^ "Aquatics – Diving". Summer Sports. Australian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2007-04-23. Retrieved 2007-01-22.
  4. ^ "Diving". The Sports Yellow Pages!!. ThinkQuest. Archived from the original on 2005-11-04. Retrieved 2007-01-22.
  5. ^ Wren, Christopher S. (9 January 1984). "'84 Olympic Effort a Great Leap Forward for China". The New York Times.
  6. ^ "Olympic Analytics - Medals by Countries". olympanalyt.com. Retrieved 2022-01-31.

References

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