Diving at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Qualification
Qualifying system
For individual diving the top twelve from the 2011 World Championships, the five continental champions and the eighteen semifinalists at the 2012 Diving World Cup will qualify a quota spot. For the pairs events the top three from the world championships, the top four from the world cup and the hosts qualify.[1]
Qualification summary
| Nation | Synchronized diving | Individual diving | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 3 m | Men's 10 m | Women's 3 m | Women's 10 m | Men's 3 m | Men's 10 m | Women's 3 m | Women's 10 m | Quotas | Athletes | |
 Australia | X | X | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | ||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belarus | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
 Brazil | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||||
 Canada | X | X | X | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | |
 China | X | X | X | X | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 |
 Colombia | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||||||
 Cuba | X | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |||||
 France | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | |||||
 Germany | X | X | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | ||
 Great Britain | X | X | X | X | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 |
 Greece | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
 Hungary | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
 Italy | X | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | |||
 Japan | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
 Malaysia | X | X | X | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | |
 Mexico | X | X | X | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | |
 Norway | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
 North Korea | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
 Russia | X | X | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | ||
 South Korea | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
 Spain | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
 Sweden | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
 Ukraine | X | X | X | X | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 |
 United States | X | X | X | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | |
 Venezuela | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Total: 25 NOCs | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 32 | 30 | 26 | 149 | 136 |
Qualification timeline
| Event | Date | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 European Diving Championships[2] | March 8 to March 13, 2011 | Turin |
| 2011 World Aquatics Championships | July 16 to July 31, 2011 | Shanghai |
| Oceania Qualifying Events [3] | August 19 to August 21, 2011 |  Wellington |
| Asian Diving Cup[4] | September 25 to September 27, 2011 | Kuala Lumpur |
| 2011 Pan American Games | October 14 to October 30, 2011 | Guadalajara |
| 2012 FINA Diving World Cup | February 20 to February 26, 2012 | London |
- African qualification tournament was not held.
Men's 3 m synchronized springboard
| Competition | Vacancies | Qualifiers |
|---|---|---|
| FINA World Championships | China Russia Mexico | |
| FINA Diving World Cup | Malaysia Ukraine Canada United States | |
| Host nation | Great Britain | |
| TOTAL | 8 |
Men's 10 m synchronized platform
| Competition | Vacancies | Qualifiers |
|---|---|---|
| FINA World Championships | China Germany Ukraine | |
| FINA Diving World Cup | Mexico United States Cuba Russia | |
| Host nation | Great Britain | |
| TOTAL | 8 |
Women's 3 m synchronized springboard
| Competition | Vacancies | Qualifiers |
|---|---|---|
| FINA World Championships | China Canada Australia | |
| FINA Diving World Cup | ||
| Host nation | Great Britain | |
| TOTAL | 8 |
Women's 10 m synchronized platform
| Competition | Vacancies | Qualifiers |
|---|---|---|
| FINA World Championships | China Australia Germany | |
| FINA Diving World Cup | Canada Ukraine Malaysia Mexico | |
| Host nation | Great Britain | |
| TOTAL | 8 |
Men's 3 m springboard
For the individual events, any one diver can only gain 1 quota place per event for their NOC.
Men's 10 m platform
Women's 3 m springboard
Women's 10 m platform
| Competition | Vacancies | Qualifiers |
|---|---|---|
| FINA World Championships |
| |
| 2011 European Diving Championships | Italy (Noemi Batki) | |
| Oceania Qualifying | Australia (Rachel Bugg)[11] | |
| Asia Diving Cup | not allocated - China already have 2 quotas[10] | |
| 2011 Pan American Games | not allocated - Paola Espinosa has already qualified | |
| FINA Diving World Cup |
| |
| Additional |
| |
| TOTAL | 26 |
^1 Only two athletes per nation can qualify, meaning if there are less than eighteen athletes the remaining quota spots will go to the additional pool.
- Athletes listed in brackets have not qualified, rather have earned a quota spot for their nation.
References
- Diving qualification system Archived 2012-02-03 at the Wayback Machine
- "Turin 2011 Arena European Championships Diving - All Medal Winners" (PDF). LEN. 13 Mar 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
- "Asia Pacific Rim Junior Diving Invitational". Wellington High Performance Aquatics. Retrieved 20 Aug 2011.
- 4th Asian Diving Cup, Malaysia
- "Oceania Olympic Mens 3 metre, Final". DiveRecorder. Retrieved 24 Aug 2011.
- Ajitpal Singh (26 Sep 2011). "Diving / Asia Cup: Unexpected day for Yeoh". New Straits Times. Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 30 Sep 2011.
- "Oceania Olympic Mens Platform, Final". DiveRecorder. Retrieved 24 Aug 2011.
- Ajitpal Singh (28 Sep 2011). "Diving / Asia Cup: Bryan nicks his second Olympic berth". New Straits Times. Archived from the original on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 30 Sep 2011.
- "Oceania Olympic Womens 3 metre, Final". DiveRecorder. Retrieved 24 Aug 2011.
- Ajitpal Singh (23 Sep 2011). "Diving: China cast shadow over Olympic hopes". New Straits Times. Archived from the original on 2011-09-23. Retrieved 30 Sep 2011.
- "Oceania Olympic Womens Platform, Final". DiveRecorder. Retrieved 24 Aug 2011.