Diving at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification
This article details the qualifying phase for diving at the 2016 Summer Olympics. The competition at these Games will comprise a total of 136 athletes coming from the different nations; each has been allowed to enter not more than 16 divers (up to eight males and eight females) with only two in individual events and a pair in synchronized events.[1]
| Diving at the 2016 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
 | ||
| List of divers Qualification | ||
| Individual | ||
| 3 m springboard | men | women |
| 10 m platform | men | women |
| Synchronized | ||
| 3 m springboard | men | women |
| 10 m platform | men | women |
Summary
For individual diving, the top twelve from the 2015 World Championships, the five continental champions and the eighteen semifinalists at the 2016 Diving World Cup will achieve 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]
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | |||
 Austria | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
 Belarus | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
 Brazil | X | X | X | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
 Canada | X | X | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | ||
 China | X | X | X | X | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 13 |
 Colombia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |||||
 Croatia | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
 Egypt | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||||
 France | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||||
 Germany | X | X | X | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | |
 Great Britain | X | X | X | X | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 |
 Hungary | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
 Ireland | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
 Italy | X | X | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | ||
 Jamaica | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
 Japan | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
 Malaysia | X | X | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | ||
 Mexico | X | X | X | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | |
 Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
 New Zealand | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
 North Korea | X | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
 Puerto Rico | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
 Russia | X | X | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | ||
 South Africa | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
 South Korea | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
 Ukraine | X | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | ||||
 United States | X | X | X | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | |
 Venezuela | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Total: 29 NOCs | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 146 | 136 |
FINA final list - 10 July 2016 [2]
Timeline
| Event | Date | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 European Diving Championships | June 9–14, 2015 | Rostock |
| 2015 Pan American Games | July 10–13, 2015 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Toronto |
| 2015 World Aquatics Championships | July 24 – August 9, 2015 | Kazan |
| 2015 Asian Diving Cup | September 4–6, 2015 | Kuala Lumpur |
| Oceania Championships | December 12–13, 2015 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Melbourne |
| 2016 FINA Diving World Cup | February 19–24, 2016 | Rio de Janeiro |
| Re-allocation of unused quota | June 16–24, 2016 | — |
Synchronized diving
Men's 3 m synchronized springboard
| Competition | Places | Qualified teams |
|---|---|---|
| FINA World Championships | 3 | China Russia Great Britain |
| FINA Diving World Cup | 4 | Germany Mexico Italy United States |
| Host nation | 1 | Brazil |
| Total | 8 |
Men's 10 m synchronized platform
| Competition | Places | Qualified teams |
|---|---|---|
| FINA World Championships | 3 | China Mexico Russia |
| FINA Diving World Cup | 4 | Germany Great Britain United States Ukraine |
| Host nation | 1 | Brazil |
| Total | 8 |
Women's 3 m synchronized springboard
| Competition | Places | Qualified teams |
|---|---|---|
| FINA World Championships | 3 | China Canada Australia |
| FINA Diving World Cup | 4 | Italy Malaysia Great Britain Germany |
| Host nation | 1 | Brazil |
| Total | 8 |
Women's 10 m synchronized platform
| Competition | Places | Qualified teams |
|---|---|---|
| FINA World Championships | 3 | China Canada North Korea |
| FINA Diving World Cup | 4 | Malaysia Great Britain United States Mexico |
| Host nation | 1 | Brazil |
| Total | 8 |
Individual diving
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
For the individual events, any one diver can only gain 1 quota place per event for their NOC.
| Competition | Places | Qualified divers |
|---|---|---|
| FINA World Championships | 12 | China (Qiu Bo) China (Chen Aisen) Great Britain (Tom Daley) Russia (Victor Minibaev) United States (David Boudia) Mexico (Iván García) Germany (Sascha Klein) Australia (Domonic Bedggood) Russia (Nikita Shleikher) Mexico (German Sanchez) France (Benjamin Auffret) Belarus (Vadim Kaptur) |
| 2015 European Diving Championships | 1 | Germany (Martin Wolfram) |
| Oceania Qualifying | 1 | Australia (James Connor) |
| African Qualifying | 1 | Egypt (Mohab El-Kordy) |
| 2015 Asian Diving Cup | 1 | Malaysia (Ooi Tze Liang) |
| 2015 Pan American Games | 1 | not allocated – Mexico already qualified 2 divers |
| FINA Diving World Cup | Up to 18 | Canada (Maxim Bouchard) United States (Steele Johnson) Venezuela (Jesús Liranzo) Colombia (Victor Ortega) Venezuela (Robert Páez) Brazil (Hugo Parisi) Puerto Rico (Rafael Quintero) Colombia (Sebastián Villa) South Korea (Woo Ha-ram) |
| Re-allocation of unused quota | 3 | Italy (Maicol Verzotto) Canada (Vincent Riendeau) Belarus (Yauheni Karaliou) |
| Total | 28 |
Women's 3 m springboard
For the individual events, any one diver can only gain 1 quota place per event for their NOC.
^ 1. South Africa was awarded a quota place through the continental qualifier, but later declined, as SASCOC made an agreement on the Rio 2016 Olympics qualification criteria that the Continental Qualification route would not be considered.[3]
Women's 10 m platform
For the individual events, any one diver can only gain 1 quota place per event for their NOC.
References
- "Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Diving" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
- "Final List Divers Rio 2016". FINA. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
- "SASCOC will not be considered continental qualification" (PDF). SASCOC. Retrieved 27 December 2015.