Diving at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's synchronized 10 metre platform

The men's 10 metre synchronized platform diving competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo was held on 26 July 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.[1] It was the 6th appearance of the event, which has been held at every Olympic Games since the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Men's synchronized 10 metre platform
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
VenueTokyo Aquatics Centre
Date26 July 2021
Competitors16 from 8 nations
Winning total471.81
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tom Daley
Matty Lee
 Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Cao Yuan
Chen Aisen
 China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Aleksandr Bondar
Viktor Minibaev
 ROC
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2024 →

The medals for the competition were presented by Laura Chinchilla, Costa Rica; IOC Member, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Brent Nowicki, United States; FINA Executive Director.

Competition format

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The competition was held in a single round, consisting of each pair performing six dives. The dives had to be from 5 different groups (forward, back, reverse, inward, twisting, and armstand). The first two dives were given a fixed degree of difficulty of 2.0, regardless of the dive performed. The other four dives were assigned a degree of difficulty based on somersaults, position, twists, approach, and entry. There was no limit to the degree of difficulty of dives; the most difficult dives calculated in the FINA rulebook (reverse 4 12 somersault in pike position and armstand reverse 4 somersault in pike position) are 4.8, but competitors could attempt more difficult dives. Scoring was done by a panel of eleven judges, with five judges evaluating synchronization and three judges evaluating execution of each individual diver. For each dive, each judge gave a score between 0 and 10 with 0.5 point increments. The top and bottom synchronization scores and the top and bottom execution scores for each diver were discarded. The remaining five scores were summed, multiplied by 35, and multiplied by the degree of difficulty to give a dive score. The six dive scores were summed to give the score for the round.[2]

Schedule

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All times were Japan standard time (UTC+9)[1]

Date Time Round
26 July 2021 15:00 Final

Qualification

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The top 3 teams at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships earned a quota spot for their NOC. Japan, as the host country, was guaranteed a quota spot. The next 4 teams at the 2020 FINA World Cup also received a quota spot. Divers had to be at least 14 years old by the end of 2020 to compete.[3]

Results

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Rank Divers Nation Final
Dive 1 Dive 2 Dive 3 Dive 4 Dive 5 Dive 6 Points
  Tom Daley
Matty Lee
  Great Britain 52.80 54.60 79.68 93.96 89.76 101.01 471.81
  Cao Yuan
Chen Aisen
  China 54.00 57.60 90.78 73.44 93.24 101.52 470.58
  Aleksandr Bondar
Viktor Minibaev
  ROC 52.80 51.60 78.54 89.64 77.70 89.64 439.92
4 Diego Balleza
Kevin Berlin Reyes
  Mexico 50.40 50.40 76.80 75.48 72.15 82.08 407.31
5 Vincent Riendeau
Nathan Zsombor-Murray
  Canada 52.20 52.80 74.88 79.20 65.28 80.64 405.00
6 Oleh Serbin
Oleksiy Sereda
  Ukraine 47.40 49.20 80.64 79.20 72.00 72.00 400.44
7 Kim Yeong-nam
Woo Ha-ram
  South Korea 48.60 42.60 73.92 73.44 82.08 75.48 396.12
8 Hiroki Ito
Kazuki Murakami
  Japan 51.00 52.20 72.00 65.70 59.40 76.80 377.10

References

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  1. ^ a b "Tokyo2020 schedule". Tokyo2020. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  2. ^ "FINA Diving Rulebook, 2017–21" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Diving Qualification System, Tokyo 2020" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-02-20. Retrieved 23 January 2020.