| Event: | Diving |
| Games: | 2016 Summer |
| Venue: | Maria Lenk Aquatic Center |
| Dates: | 7–20 August |
| Competitors: | 136 |
| Nations: | 29 |
| Num Events: | 8 |
| Prev: | 2012 |
| Next: | 2020 |
The diving competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 7 to 20 August at Maria Lenk Aquatic Center in Barra da Tijuca.[1] It was one of four aquatic sports at the Games, along with swimming, water polo, and synchronised swimming.
The 2016 Games featured competitions in eight events (men and women events each of): 3m springboard, synchronised 3m springboard, 10m platform, and synchronised 10m platform.[2]
The diving competitions featured up to 136 athletes.[3] All divers had to be at least 14 years old on or by 31 December 2016.[4]
On Tuesday August 9, the water of the diving well turned dark green, originally thought to be caused by the heat and lack of wind in the venue. However, at the time a CNN photographer took a picture, an adjacent pool in the same location was not green.[5] Olympic officials later confirmed that the change in color was due to 160 litres of hydrogen peroxide having been mistakenly added to the pool during cleaning.[6]
For the eighth consecutive Games, China dominated the medal table, and for the fourth occasion in that period were denied a clean sweep of diving golds by a single event; in this case, the 3 metre synchronised men's event won by Great Britain's Jack Laugher and Chris Mears, their nation's first ever gold medalists in the discipline.
See main article: Diving at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification.
A nation could have no more than 16 divers qualify (up to eight males and eight females) and could enter up to two divers in individual events and one pair in synchronized events.[3]
For the individual diving events, qualifiers were:
For the synchronized events (pairs), qualifiers were:
Note: Qualifying spots went to the nation – they were not tied to the individual diver who achieved the place/finish at the qualifying event. However, an individual diver might only qualify one spot for their nation.
136 athletes represented 29 nations in Diving at the 2016 Olympics:[7]
All times are Brasília Time (UTC-3)
| Day | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday 7 August | 16:00–17:15 | 3m Springboard Synchronized Women |
| Monday 8 August | 16:00–17:15 | 10m Platform Synchronized Men |
| Tuesday 9 August | 16:00–17:15 | 10m Platform Synchronized Women |
| Wednesday 10 August | 16:00–17:15 | 3m Springboard Synchronized Men |
| Friday 12 August | 15:30–18:30 | 3m Springboard Women (Preliminaries) |
| Saturday 13 August | 16:00–17:40 | 3m Springboard Women (Semifinal) |
| Sunday 14 August | 16:00–17:30 | 3m Springboard Women (Final) |
| Monday 15 August | 15:15–18:45 | 3m Springboard Men (Preliminaries) |
| Tuesday 16 August | 10:00–11:50 | 3m Springboard Men (Semifinal) |
| 18:00–20:10 | 3m Springboard Men (Final) | |
| Wednesday 17 August | 15:00–18:10 | 10m Platform Women (Preliminaries) |
| Thursday 18 August | 10:00–11:30 | 10m Platform Women (Semifinal) |
| 16:00–17:30 | 10m Platform Women (Final) | |
| Friday 19 August | 16:00–19:10 | 10m Platform Men (Preliminaries) |
| Saturday 20 August | 11:00–12:50 | 10m Platform Men (Semifinal) |
| 16:30–18:10 | 10m Platform Men (Final) |
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| Synchronized 10 m platform | nowrap | nowrap |
| 3 m springboard | ||||||
| 10 m platform | ||||||
| nowrap | Synchronized 3 m springboard | nowrap | nowrap | |||
| Synchronized 10 m platform | nowrap |