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 | ||
 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 | 3 |
China Russia Mexico
|
| FINA Diving World Cup | 4 |
Malaysia Ukraine Canada United States
|
| Host nation | 1 |
Great Britain
|
| TOTAL | 8 |
Men's 10 m synchronized platform
| Competition | Vacancies | Qualifiers |
|---|---|---|
| FINA World Championships | 3 |
China Germany Ukraine
|
| FINA Diving World Cup | 4 |
Mexico United States Cuba Russia
|
| Host nation | 1 |
Great Britain
|
| TOTAL | 8 |
Women's 3 m synchronized springboard
| Competition | Vacancies | Qualifiers |
|---|---|---|
| FINA World Championships | 3 |
China Canada Australia
|
| FINA Diving World Cup | 4 |
|
| Host nation | 1 |
Great Britain
|
| TOTAL | 8 |
Women's 10 m synchronized platform
| Competition | Vacancies | Qualifiers |
|---|---|---|
| FINA World Championships | 3 |
China Australia Germany
|
| FINA Diving World Cup | 4 |
Canada Ukraine Malaysia Mexico
|
| Host nation | 1 |
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 | 12 |
|
| 2011 European Diving Championships | 1 |
Italy (Noemi Batki)
|
| Oceania Qualifying | 1 |
Australia (Rachel Bugg)[11]
|
| Asia Diving Cup | 1 |
not allocated - China already have 2 quotas[10] |
| 2011 Pan American Games | 1 |
not allocated - Paola Espinosa has already qualified |
| FINA Diving World Cup | Up to 18 1 |
|
| Additional | 5 1 |
|
| 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[usurped]
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b 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.
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