Diving at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 metre platform explained

Event:	Women's 10 metre platform diving
Games:	2012 Summer
Venue:	Aquatics Centre
Date:	8–9 August
Competitors:	26
Nations:	19
Gold:	Chen Ruolin
Goldnoc:	CHN
Silver:	Brittany Broben
Silvernoc:	AUS
Bronze:	Pandelela Rinong
Bronzenoc:	MAS
Win Label:	Winning points
Win Value:	422.30
Prev:	2008
Next:	2016

The women's 10 metre platform diving competition at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place on 8 and 9 August at the Aquatics Centre within the Olympic Park.

The competition comprised three rounds:

Preliminary round: All 26 divers perform five dives; the top 18 divers advance to the semi-final.
Semi-final: The 18 divers perform five dives; the scores of the qualifications are erased and the top 12 divers advance to the final.
Final: The 12 divers perform five dives; the semi-final scores are erased and the top three divers win the gold, silver and bronze medals accordingly.

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date	Time	Round
Wednesday 8 August 2012	19:00	Preliminary
Thursday 9 August 2012	10:00 19:00	Semi-final Final

Rank	Diver	Nation	Preliminary		Semi-final		Final
Rank	Diver	Nation	Points	Rank	Total	Rank	Dive 1	Dive 2	Dive 3	Dive 4	Dive 5	Total
	Chen Ruolin		392.35	1	407.25	1	85.50	84.80	86.40	79.20	86.40	422.30
			339.80	4	359.55	3	60.75	83.20	83.20	57.75	81.60	366.50
			349.00	2	352.50	5	58.50	78.30	64.00	81.60	76.80	359.20
4			337.90	5	355.60	4	78.00	72.00	56.10	75.20	76.80	358.10
5			334.80	7	351.90	6	72.85	61.05	72.00	78.40	73.60	357.90
6			324.00	13	317.10	11	70.50	74.25	61.05	80.00	70.40	356.20
7			341.75	3	339.90	7	60.20	76.80	62.40	73.95	78.00	351.35
8			324.20	12	325.45	10	76.50	65.25	72.00	68.80	67.50	350.05
9	Hu Yadan		337.85	6	328.25	9	54.00	43.20	76.80	89.10	86.40	349.50
10			314.85	17	329.60	8	63.00	75.90	67.20	72.60	70.40	349.10
11			325.50	10	359.90	2	49.50	80.85	72.00	66.00	76.80	345.15
12			324.85	11	315.80	12	70.50	72.00	65.25	79.20	57.60	344.55
13	Kim Un-Hyang		308.10	18	314.40	13	did not advance
14	Kim Jin-Ok		320.10	15	312.95	14	did not advance
15			322.55	14	300.50	15	did not advance
16			326.95	9	296.80	16	did not advance
17			319.65	16	264.45	17	did not advance
18			327.65	8	260.05	18	did not advance
19			301.45	19	did not advance
20			287.30	20	did not advance
21			286.95	21	did not advance
22	Traisy Vivien Tukiet		285.00	22	did not advance
23			268.00	23	did not advance
24			261.05	24	did not advance
25			233.95	25	did not advance
26	Kim Su-ji		215.75	26	did not advance