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]
Summary
editFor 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
edit| Event | Date | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 European Diving Championships | June 9–14, 2015 |  Rostock
|
| 2015 Pan American Games | July 10–13, 2015 |  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 |  Melbourne
|
| 2016 FINA Diving World Cup | February 19–24, 2016 | Rio de Janeiro
|
| Re-allocation of unused quota | June 16–24, 2016 | — |
Synchronized diving
editMen's 3 m synchronized springboard
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
editMen's 3 m springboard
editFor the individual events, any one diver can only gain 1 quota place per event for their NOC.
Men's 10 m platform
editFor the individual events, any one diver can only gain 1 quota place per event for their NOC.
Women's 3 m springboard
editFor 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
editFor the individual events, any one diver can only gain 1 quota place per event for their NOC.
References
edit- ^ a b "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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.