| Event: | Diving |
| Games: | 2008 Summer |
| Venue: | Beijing National Aquatics Centre |
| Date: | August 10 – 23, 2008 |
| Competitors: | 125 |
| Nations: | 30 |
| Prev: | 2004 |
| Next: | 2012 |
Diving competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics were held from August 10 to August 23, at the Beijing National Aquatics Centre.
The following events were contested by both men and women in Beijing:[1]
Individual events consisted of preliminaries, semifinals and finals. The order of divers in the preliminary round were determined by computerized random selection, during the Technical Meeting. The 18 divers with the highest scores in the preliminaries proceeded to the semifinals.The semifinal consisted of the top 18 ranked divers from the preliminary competition and the final consisted of the top 12 ranked divers from the semifinal.[2]
All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)
| Day | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday, August 10, 2008 | 14:30–15:40 | 3m Springboard Synchronized Women |
| Monday, August 11, 2008 | 14:30–15:40 | 10m Platform Synchronized Men |
| Tuesday, August 12, 2008 | 14:30–15:40 | 10m Platform Synchronized Women |
| Wednesday, August 13, 2008 | 14:30–15:40 | 3m Springboard Synchronized Men |
| Friday, August 15, 2008 | 13:30–16:30 | 3m Springboard Women (Preliminaries) |
| Saturday, August 16, 2008 | 20:00–21:40 | 3m Springboard Women (Semifinal) |
| Sunday, August 17, 2008 | 20:30–22:00 | 3m Springboard Women (Final) |
| Monday, August 18, 2008 | 19:00–22:30 | 3m Springboard Men (Preliminaries) |
| Tuesday, August 19, 2008 | 10:00–11:50 | 3m Springboard Men (Semifinal) |
| 20:30–22:10 | 3m Springboard Men (Final) | |
| Wednesday, August 20, 2008 | 19:00–22:10 | 10m Platform Women (Preliminaries) |
| Thursday, August 21, 2008 | 10:00–11:40 | 10m Platform Women (Semifinal) |
| 20:00–21:30 | 10m Platform Women (Final) | |
| Friday, August 22, 2008 | 19:00–22:45 | 10m Platform Men (Preliminaries) |
| Saturday, August 23, 2008 | 10:00–11:50 | 10m Platform Men (Semifinal) |
| 20:00–21:40 | 10m Platform Men (Final) |
See main article: Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification.
An NOC could enter up to 2 qualified divers in each individual event and up to 1 team in each synchronized event.
Qualifying places for each event were awarded as follows:
| Competition | Date | Venue | Individual Diving | Synchronized Diving | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 17 - April 1, 2007 | 12 | 3 | |||
| February 19–25, 2008 | 22 | 4 | |||
| Host nation | - | - | - |  China | |
| TOTAL | 34 | 8 | |||
Retrieved from Beijing Olympics 2008 Official Website.[3]
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