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Diving

Diving

Diving

Diving is a sport in which competitors jump into water from a platform or springboard, and has been a part of the Summer Olympics since 1904. There are many similarities between diving and gymnastics, and diving requires strength and flexibility, kinesthetic awareness and a sense of balance while in the air.

Total days of play :7days

5 men’s events – 1m springboard

– 3m springboard

– Synchronized 3m springboard

– Platform

– Synchronized 10m platform

– Team classification

5 women’s events– 1m springboard

– 3m springboard

– Synchronized 3m springboard

– Platform

– Synchronized 10m platform

– Team classification

– Mixed gender team event

Rules

< Individual events >

Individual events consist of the 1m and 3m springboard and the platform disciplines.

Men perform 6 dives while women perform 5 dives in each discipline, where one dive is to be selected from each dive group without any limits to the degree of difficulty.

 

< Team events >

In team events, competitors perform synchronized diving from the 3m springboard or the 10m platform.

Like the individual events, the men’s competition comprises 6 rounds of dives and the women’s competition comprises 5 rounds, where the degree of difficulty must be 2.0 for two rounds, while the remaining rounds (3 for women and 4 for men) are not limited in terms of the degree of difficulty. At least one dive shall be performed from each of the five different dive groups.

History

Diving developed into a competitive sport from people jumping into the water to go swimming. Diving was also practiced in modern Europe by gymnasts who sought to reduce risks by performing tumbling routines into water and discovered the excitement of diving. Diving evolved from people simply jumping into the water to swim and gymnasts performing tumbling routines into the water into its own sport for which a competition was first held in 1893 in the UK. German and Swedish gymnasts were instrumental in the development of diving into a global competitive sport. These gymnasts held training sessions by the sea and safely practiced their tumbling routines by installing swings, scaffolding or springboards above the water.

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