List of diving facilities explained

This is a list of diving facilities, especially those including 10-meter diving platforms. This is usually the last feature of an athletics complex required for training and competition in the full program of Olympic swimming and diving. In the United States, a 10-meter platform is required for full NCAA competition,^[1] although two schools may hold a dual NCAA meet at a facility lacking one if both schools agree. Organizations that set standards for diving facilities include FINA which governs international competitions, and, in the United States, NFHS, NCAA, and USA Swimming. A typical requirement for indoor facilities is that they must provide 5m (16feet) clearance above the highest diving board or platform, so that divers do not hit a ceiling structure.^[1]

The competitive sport of diving has included the 10-meter dive as an Olympic event since the 1904 Summer Olympics. By 1837, six indoor pools with diving boards had been built in London, England. The first diving competition was held in 1885, in Germany.^[2] In the first Olympic diving competition in 1904, American George Sheldon won gold in platform diving. Women's diving in the Olympics started with Women's diving at the 1912 Summer Olympics, won by Greta Johansson.

Training for Olympic diving competition requires 10-meter diving facilities, which are scant in some parts of the world. For example, the Walter Schroeder Aquatic Center, built in 1979 as a YMCA facility, is one of only two Olympic-sized pools in Wisconsin that can host large events, and it is the only facility in the southeast Wisconsin region with 10-meter diving platforms.

Australia

• Canberra Olympic Pool: Opened in 1955 in the lead-up to the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games, this was the first 10-metre diving platform tower built in Australia.
• Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre

host to the 2000 Olympic Games diving events and provides an ongoing venue for diving competitions with diving towers and springboards. See Diving at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

• Adelaide Aquatic Centre

Built in 1969 houses an international standard diving tower and springboards on a purpose-built diving pool.

Austria

• Auster Wellnessbad / Graz Eggenberg, Graz, Austria^[3]

Brazil

• Centro Aquático Maria Lenk (built 2007), host of diving events of 2007 Pan American Games and of 2016 Summer Olympics. Now part of the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Park.

Canada

• Bassin de plongeon, Olympic Park (Montreal), host of diving for 1972 Summer Olympics, "complètement modernisé".^[4]

France

• Piscine des Tourelles, Paris, aquatics venue for the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Germany

• Olympic Swimming Stadium, Berlin, which hosted the 1936 Summer Olympics's swimming and diving competitions.
• Others:

Platform	Image	Facility	Location	Note
10 meter platform		Schwanseebad	Weimar
			Bünde
10 meter platform in Rheingau			Rheingau
			Berlin
			Magdeburg
10 meter platform		Delfinoh Freibad	Nordhorn

Hungary

• High diving facility in Budapest
• Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest
• Danube Arena, Budapest
• Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, Debrecen

India

• Diving pool at Mahatma Gandhi Swimming Pool, Dadar West, Mumbai, is a separate diving pool with 1m and 3m boards, 5m, 7.5m and 10m platforms.^{[5] [6]}

Monaco

• Rainier III Nautical Stadium, whose saltwater Olympic-size swimming pool has 1, 3, 5, and 10m diving platforms.

Netherlands

• Eindhoven, host of diving for 2008 European Cup (athletics) (mainly in France)
• Olympic Sports Park Swim Stadium, Amsterdam, aquatics venue for 1928 Summer Olympics, demolished following the Olympics in 1929.

Norway

• Ankerskogen svømmehall, in Hamar, Hedmark
• Oslo^[7]

Sweden

• Lysingsbadet, Västervik, diving platforms of two heights

Switzerland

• Bellerive, Lausanne

• Hallenbad Oerlikon (Zurich), with diving boards and platforms at 1/3/5/7.5/10 meters of height.^[8]

United States

Notable historic facilities in the United States, which are no longer existing, include:

• Diving platforms and springboards at the salt-water, public Fleishhacker Pool in San Francisco. The facility opened in 1925 and was closed in 1971.

Current facilities include:

Image	Facility	City	State	Note
				^[9]
			Alabama	^[10]
				^[11]
			Arizona
			Arizona
			California	^[12] ^[13]
			California
		Los Angeles	California	Built for the 1984 Summer Olympics. Updated 2014.^[14]
			California
			California	^[15]
			California
			California
			California
				^[16]
				^[17]
	Coral Springs Aquatic Complex		Florida	^[18]
	Fort Lauderdale Aquatic Complex		Florida	^[19]
			Florida	^[20]
	YMCA Aquatic Center		Florida	^[21]
			Florida	^[22]
				^[23]
			Georgia	^[24]
	Moss Farms Aquatic Center		Georgia	^[25]
				^[26]
	Olympic Swimming Complex			Private^[27]
	Portage Park Pool			10M IS CLOSED SINCE 2019 ^[28]
	Meineke Pool			10M open until August 13 during summer.
			Indiana	^[29]
	Hoosiers' Outdoor Diving Facility, Indiana University	Bloomington	Indiana
			Indiana	^[30]
			Indiana
				^[31]
			Kentucky	^[32]
				^[33]
				^[34]
	Kennedy Shriver Aquatic Center		Maryland	^[35]
	Germantown Indoor Swim Center		Maryland
			Michigan
			Missouri	^[36]
	City of St. Peters Rec Plex		Missouri
				^[37]
			New Jersey	^[38]
			New York	^[39]
			New York
	Greensboro Aquatic Center	Greensboro	North Carolina
			Ohio
			Ohio	^[40]
			Ohio
	Hidden Hollow Swim Club			^[41]
			Pennsylvania
			Pennsylvania	^[42]
				^[43]
	Student Aquatic Center, University of Tennessee	Knoxville	Tennessee
				^[44]
			Texas
			Texas	^[45]
			Texas	^[46]
	Com Aquatics		Texas
	Northside ISD Swim Center	San Antonio	Texas
	Kearns Oquirrh Park Fitness Center
				^[47]
			Virginia	Planned for completion in 2017.^[48]
				^[49]
	Walter Schroeder Aquatic Center			^[50]
	Soderholm Family Aquatic Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison	Madison	Wisconsin	^[51]
	The Aquatic Center at Mylan Park, West Virginia University	Morgantown	WV	Opened officially in November 2019

See also

• List of swimming pools in Hungary
• List of swimming pools in Sweden

Notes and References

1. Web site: How to Design a World-Class Diving Venue. January 5, 2015.
2. Per History of Swimming / The History of Swimming Pools, itself citing Encyclopedia Britannica
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwkDa-W-zYY 10 Meter Diving - Graz Eggenberg: 10-meter diving just for fun?
4. Web site: Bassin de Plongeon . Parc Olympique . 28 April 2021.
5. https://www.swimmersguide.com/viewfacility?FacilityID=24216 Mahatma Gandhi Olympic Swimming Pool
6. Web site: Mahatma Gandhi Swimming Pool.
7. [:File:Svømmestevne 1916 - no-nb digifoto 20160215 00514 NB NS NM 02828.jpg]
8. Web site: Hallenbad Oerlikon - Stadt Zürich .
9. Web site: Alabama Aquatic Center and Don Gambril Olympic Pool. University of Alabama Athletics. August 1, 2019.
10. Web site: Martin Aquatics Center. aquatics.auburn.edu. August 1, 2019.
11. Web site: Facilities. Northern Arizona University Athletics. August 1, 2019.
12. Web site: title. August 1, 2019.
13. Web site: Clovis West Aquatics-Facilities. August 1, 2019.
14. Web site: Uytengsu Aquatics Center . recsports.usc.edu . March 9, 2020.
15. Web site: Riverside Aquatics Complex at Riverside City College. riversideaquaticscomplex.com. August 1, 2019.
16. Web site: Facilities. Air Force Academy Athletics. August 1, 2019.
17. Web site: UC Pool.
18. Web site: Aquatic Complex – This world-renowned facility is home to national and international swimming, water polo, synchronized swimming and diving competitions.. August 1, 2019.
19. Web site: Ft. Lauderdale Diving Team » Our Facility. August 1, 2019.
20. Web site: Stephen C. O'Connell Center Natatorium. Florida Gators. August 1, 2019.
21. Web site: Our Facility. August 22, 2016. August 1, 2019.
22. Web site: NATIONAL CHAMPIONS ⭐⭐. December 3, 2018. Florida State Seminoles. August 1, 2019.
23. Web site: The Aquatic Facility. August 1, 2019.
24. Web site: Facilities. University of Georgia Athletics. August 1, 2019.
25. Web site: Facility. August 16, 2011. MossFarmsDiving.com. August 1, 2019.
26. Web site: Duke Kahanamoku Aquatic Complex. University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics. August 1, 2019.
27. Web site: Platform Diving Tower and Diving Boards . Lava Hot Springs.
28. Web site: Welcoming EveryBlock members to Nextdoor. EveryBlock has partnered with Nextdoor to give EveryBlock members a better neighborhood experience.. August 1, 2019.
29. Web site: Facilities. Indiana University Athletics. August 1, 2019.
30. Web site: IU Natatorium. IU Natatorium. August 1, 2019.
31. News: Swimming Pools Facility Rentals Community KU Department of Health, Sport, & Exercise Sciences. 2015-12-07. Department of Health, Sport, and Exercise Sciences. 2017-09-30. en.
32. Web site: Facilities. 2021-03-01. University of Louisville Athletics. en.
33. Web site: LSU Swimming & Diving Facilities. LSUsports.net. August 1, 2019.
34. Web site: Lejeune Hall - Swimming & Diving and Water Polo.
35. Web site: Kennedy Shriver Aquatic Center.
36. Web site: Diving Well - MizzouRec MizzouRec. www.mizzourec.com. en. 2018-01-01.
37. Web site: Pool and Aquatic Program Policy – Recreation . recreation.rutgers.edu . March 9, 2020.
38. Web site: DeNunzio Pool. campusrec.princeton.edu . November 14, 2022.
39. Web site: Aquatic Center. www.nassaucountyny.gov . November 14, 2022.
40. Web site: Beeghly Natatorium - Youngstown State . www.ysusports.com . 30 June 2019.
41. Web site: Swim Clubs . www.linvilla.com . November 11, 2020.
42. Web site: McCoy Natatorium . gopsusports.com . October 6, 2020.
43. Web site: How to design a world-class diving venue . Doug Cook . January 2015 . January 22, 2017. (includes photo)
44. Web site: Facilities | Longhorn Aquatics | The University of Texas at Austin. longhornaquatics.utexas.edu. August 1, 2019.
45. Web site: Facilities. SMU Athletics. August 1, 2019.
46. Web site: CRWC Natatorium . 2024-05-18 . University of Houston Athletics . en.
47. Web site: Christiansburg Aquatic Center. Virginia Tech Athletics. August 1, 2019.
48. Web site: Liberty announces Olympic-sized pool addition to indoor track facility . May 9, 2016 . January 22, 2017.
49. Web site: Our Training Facilities - Pacific NW Diving. August 1, 2019.
50. Web site: Schroeder YMCA Swim/Dive Team - About WSAC. www.teamunify.com. August 1, 2019.
51. Web site: Facilities - Swimming & Diving . 2024-05-18 . Wisconsin Badgers . en.