Beijing, China 2008.2.19-2.25
Format
The diving competition will consist of eight events, four individual events and four synchronised diving events.
The four individual diving events are:
MEN WOMEN
3m Springboard 3m Springboard
10m Platform 10m Platform
Each of these events will consist of preliminaries, semifinals and finals. The 12 divers with the highest semifinal scores will compete in the finals. The diving order in the finals will be the reverse order of the semifinal ranking. The final score of a phase is the sum of all the dives performed in the phase.
Each phase in women's events consists of five (5) dives (rounds).
Each phase in men's events consists of six (6) dives (rounds).
The four synchronised diving events are:
MEN WOMEN
Synchronized 3m Springboard Synchronized 3m Springboard
Synchronized 10m Platform Synchronized 10m Platform
Each of these events will consist of preliminaries and finals. The 8 teams with highest scores in the preliminaries will compete in the finals.
Each women's event consists of five (5) dives (rounds).
Each men's event consists of six (6) dives (rounds).
Each FINA Member Federation can enter two (2) competitors for each individual event and one (1) team for each synchro event.
Competition Rules
Individual Diving
3m Springboard and 10m Platform in the individual events are run according to FINA rule D2.3.
Synchronised Diving
Synchronised diving is run according to FINA rule D2.4.
Team trophies are awarded to the best men's team, the best women's team and the best combined team based on the placings in the individual and synchronized events according to the following points system:
1st 40pts 7th 18pts 13th 6pts
2nd 35pts 8th 16pts 14th 5pts
3rd 31pts 9th 14pts 15th 4pts
4th 27pts 10th 12pts 16th 3pts
5th 24pts 11th 10pts 17th 2pts
6th 21pts 12th 8pts 18th 1pt