Diving at the 2000 Summer Olympics

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, eight diving events were contested for the first time due to the inclusion of synchronized variants for each of the traditional events. The competition took place at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre, from 22 to 30 September, comprising a total of 157 divers from 42 nations.

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 metre springboard	Xiong Ni China (CHN)	Fernando Platas Mexico (MEX)	Dmitri Sautin Russia (RUS)
10 metre platform	Tian Liang China (CHN)	Hu Jia China (CHN)	Dmitri Sautin Russia (RUS)
Synchronized 3 metre springboard	Xiong Ni and Xiao Hailiang China (CHN)	Dmitri Sautin and Alexandre Dobroskok Russia (RUS)	Robert Newbery and Dean Pullar Australia (AUS)
Synchronized 10 metre platform	Dmitri Sautin and Igor Lukashin Russia (RUS)	Hu Jia and Tian Liang China (CHN)	Jan Hempel and Heiko Meyer Germany (GER)

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 metre springboard	Fu Mingxia China (CHN)	Guo Jingjing China (CHN)	Dörte Lindner Germany (GER)
10 metre platform	Laura Wilkinson United States (USA)	Li Na China (CHN)	Anne Montminy Canada (CAN)
Synchronized 3 metre springboard	Vera Ilina and Ioulia Pakhalina Russia (RUS)	Fu Mingxia and Guo Jingjing China (CHN)	Ganna Sorokina and Olena Zhupina Ukraine (UKR)
Synchronized 10 metre platform	Li Na and Sang Xue China (CHN)	Émilie Heymans and Anne Montminy Canada (CAN)	Rebecca Gilmore and Loudy Tourky Australia (AUS)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	5	5	0	10
2	Russia (RUS)	2	1	2	5
3	United States (USA)	1	0	0	1
4	Canada (CAN)	0	1	1	2
5	Mexico (MEX)	0	1	0	1
6	Australia (AUS)	0	0	2	2
6	Germany (GER)	0	0	2	2
8	Ukraine (UKR)	0	0	1	1

Participating nations

Here are listed the nations that were represented in the diving events and, in brackets, the number of national competitors.

Argentina (1)
Armenia (1)
Australia (6)
Austria (3)
Azerbaijan (1)
Belarus (2)
Brazil (2)
Canada (7)
China (8)
Chinese Taipei (4)
Colombia (2)
Cuba (6)
Czech Republic (1)
Finland (2)

France (6)
Georgia (1)
Germany (8)
Great Britain (8)
Greece (5)
Hong Kong (1)
Hungary (4)
Indonesia (3)
Italy (5)
Japan (1)
Kazakhstan (5)
Malaysia (3)
Mexico (7)
North Korea (5)

Peru (1)
Philippines (2)
Puerto Rico (1)
Romania (3)
Russia (7)
South Korea (4)
Spain (5)
Sweden (1)
Switzerland (3)
Thailand (2)
Ukraine (9)
United States (7)
Venezuela (3)
Zimbabwe (1)

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Diving at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

"Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2006-12-19.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (SOCOG) (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad - Volume Three: Results (pdf) (in English and French). Sydney, New South Wales: Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (SOCOG). ISBN 0-9579616-1-8. OCLC 49687523. Retrieved 2007-01-18.

Events at the 2000 Summer Olympics (Sydney)

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