Diving has enjoyed the status of an internationally recognized sport in the Olympic Games for a long time now. It involves jumping off from a platform and falling into water by performing acrobatics in the air. Notably, athletes participating in this sport are notable for their awareness of air, strength, flexibility and knowledge of self movement.
Looking back, Diving was first introduced as a sport in the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri, United States as “plain diving”. This was followed by the fancy diving with elastic boards at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England. The 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden saw participation in diving for the first time. Following this, plain diving and fancy diving were combined to form Highboard Diving at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Since then, the sport has only increased in popularity and various divisions have been added throughout the years. Dimitri Ivanovich Sautin of Russia is notable for winning eight medals in Olympic diving, the most medals between 1992 and 2008.
The 2024 Summer Olympics also has diving events for the athletes to participate and win medals.
How many rounds of diving are there?
The 2024 Summer Olympics will have eight diving events in four categories. These are the 3-metre springboard (men/women), 10m platform (men/women), synchronized 3-metre springboard (men/women) and the 10-metre synchronized platform (men/ women).
Brief Discussion about each diving round
These are the different diving rounds in the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics -
The 3-metre springboard (men/women)
This round allows both the male and the female competitors to leap high into the air before performing acrobatics and falling into the water. The synchronized version depends on how well the teammates can match each other’s movements in the air before falling into the water.
The 10-metre platform (men/women)
This round allows the male and female competitors to make a high dive from a platform 10 metres above the water. In the case of synchronized events, the same rules are followed as the 3-metre springboard, i.e; the teammates matching each other’s movements well before falling into the water.
Where is the Olympic diving 2024?
The diving events for the 2024 Summer Olympics will be held at the Paris Olympic Aquatic Centre, also known as Centre aquatique olympique in Saint-Denis, France. It is also the venue that will host the artistic swimming and water polo events. Moreover, it will be entirely managed by the Metropole du Grand Paris.
How do you qualify for the Olympics 2024 diving?
Participants can qualify for the Olympics 2024 diving event if they are 14 years old or more (before December 31, 2023).
These participants compete in diving trials out of which two best divers can qualify for the 2024 Olympics. Moreover, they will then advance to the qualifier event where the remaining athletes can qualify for diving in the 2024 Olympics.
Notably, France, the host country, will get one team of two athletes for the synchronized events. The other NOC’s will get sixteen sports (eight for male and eight for female) athletes. For individual events, they can allow a maximum of two athletes and for synchronized events, one team of two athletes can qualify.
How old do you have to be to dive in the Olympics?
The competitors for the diving events in the 2024 Summer Olympics should be 14 years old or older (before December 31, 2023). Moreover, the athletes should have the eligibility to perform at World Aquatics events in order to perform at the Olympic Games.
FAQ's On Olympics diving events
A. The 2024 Olympics will host eight diving events across four categories.
A. Team USA has 49 gold medals in their collection, which stands far above than the rest.
A. Wu Minxia of China is the most famous Olympic diver.
A. Greg Louganis of the United States is considered to be the greatest diver of all time.
A. Olympic divers fall between 30-35 mph per hour in the water.
