Olympic Summer Games 2012 / Diving - Individual Diving (Men)

sport	Diving
discipline	10 m high diving
gender	Men
Attendees	32 athletes from 19 countries
Competition location	London Aquatics Center
Competition phase	August 10-11, 2012
Medalist David Boudia ( USA ) Qiu Bo ( CHN ) Thomas Daley ( GBR )

The diving from the 10m board of men in the 2012 Olympics in London was on 10 and 11 August 2012 at the London Aquatics Center held. 32 athletes took part.

Each of the 32 starters was entitled to six qualifying jumps. The 18 best jumpers qualified for the semi-finals, the points from the qualification were deleted. Six jumps were completed again in the semi-finals. The 12 best jumpers made it to the final, in which the points were deleted again. In the final, too, there were six jumps.

Title holder

Olympic champion	Matthew Mitcham ( Australia )	537.95 points	Beijing 2008
World Champion	Qiu Bo ( People's Republic of China )	585.45 points	Shanghai 2011
European champion	Thomas Daley ( United Kingdom )	565.05 points	Eindhoven 2012

qualification

August 10, 2012, 8 p.m. (CEST)

space	Surname	nation	1st jump	2nd jump	3rd jump	4th jump	5th jump	6th jump	total score
01	Qiu Bo	People's Republic of China	86.40	99.75	94.05	86.40	99.90	97.20	563.70
02	Lin Yue	People's Republic of China	86.40	74.25	100.80	92.50	91.80	86.40	532.15
03	Sascha Klein	Germany	81.60	88.80	92.75	91.80	89.10	81.00	525.05
04th	Martin Wolfram	Germany	77.40	72.00	87.45	84.40	81.00	94.35	496.80
05	Germán Sánchez	Mexico	89.10	81.70	75.90	98.40	84.15	66.60	495.85
06th	Iván García	Mexico	81.40	85.80	77.90	81.00	85.80	79.80	491.70
07th	Olexandr Bondar	Ukraine	81.60	83.25	57.60	89.10	89.10	81.00	481.65
08th	Nicholas McCrory	United States	76.80	81.60	77.70	79.20	79.20	86.40	480.90
09	Matthew Mitcham	Australia	76.50	74.25	81.60	74.25	66.00	84.60	457.20
10	Jeinkler Aguirre	Cuba	61.50	86.40	64.80	70.40	85.80	84.60	453.50
11	Riley McCormick	Canada	73.50	79.20	80.00	69.30	64.35	86.40	452.75
12	Anton Sakharov	Ukraine	72.00	88.20	83.25	74.25	47.25	86.40	451.35
13	Víctor Ortega	Colombia	75.20	67.50	75.90	73.60	84.15	74.25	450.60
14th	Viktor Minibayev	Russia	67.20	86.95	82.50	77.40	48.60	86.40	449.05
15th	Thomas Daley	United Kingdom	73.80	78.40	89.25	83.25	39.60	84.15	448.45
16	Gleb Galperin	Russia	88.00	91.80	66.00	84.15	34.65	81.00	445.60
17th	José Antonio Guerra	Cuba	58.50	21.60	92.80	95.20	79.20	93.60	440.90
18th	David Boudia	United States	81.00	73.60	88.80	44.55	81.00	70.20	439.15
19th	Bryan Lomas	Malaysia	81.60	68.45	29.70	74.25	96.35	84.60	434.95
20th	James Connor	Australia	66.00	79.20	76.80	64.00	74.25	67.20	433.05
21st	Wadsim Kaptur	Belarus	72.00	76.80	74.40	72.00	61.05	64.35	420.60
22nd	Sebastian Villa	Colombia	78.40	71.75	37.95	77.70	80.85	72.60	419.25
23	Peter Waterfield	United Kingdom	66.00	40.00	94.35	77.55	64.35	70.20	412.45
24	Amund Gismervik	Norway	81.60	72.00	64.35	41.85	69.75	72.00	401.55
25th	Christofer Eskilsson	Sweden	76.80	76.80	72.60	39.60	42.90	66.60	375.30
26th	Park Ji-ho	South Korea	72.00	67.20	52.80	37.70	72.00	68.80	370.50
27	Francesco Dell'Uomo	Italy	72.50	76.50	81.60	41.25	37.95	60.45	370.25
28	Andrea Chiarabini	Italy	51.20	70.95	54.45	54.45	61.50	75.20	367.75
29	Eric Sehn	Canada	59.40	62.40	55.80	67.50	49.50	69.30	363.90
30th	Hugo Parisi	Brazil	76.50	59.20	39.60	75.60	66.00	46.80	363.70
31	Zimafej Hardsejchyk	Belarus	72.00	39.60	52.50	68.80	66.00	51.15	350.05
32	Ri Hyun-ju	North Korea	73.50	72.00	18.15	37.95	56.10	73.60	331.30

Semifinals

August 11, 2012, 11:00 a.m. (CEST)

space	Surname	nation	1st jump	2nd jump	3rd jump	4th jump	5th jump	6th jump	total score
01	Qiu Bo	People's Republic of China	89.60	85.75	94.05	102.60	94.35	97.20	563.55
02	Lin Yue	People's Republic of China	81.60	94.05	102.60	94.35	75.60	93.60	541.80
03	David Boudia	United States	88.20	86.40	94.35	85.80	82.80	93.60	531.15
04th	Thomas Daley	United Kingdom	81.00	86.40	84.00	88.80	91.80	89.10	521.10
05	Martin Wolfram	Germany	91.80	86.40	79.20	86.40	86.40	88.80	519.00
06th	Viktor Minibayev	Russia	81.60	86.95	79.20	81.00	91.80	93.60	514.15
07th	Nicholas McCrory	United States	76.80	83.20	83.25	89.10	84.15	90.00	506.50
08th	Sascha Klein	Germany	76.80	90.65	89.25	91.80	74.25	81.00	503.75
09	José Antonio Guerra	Cuba	76.50	88.20	86.40	81.60	79.20	90.00	501.90
10	Iván García	Mexico	88.80	87.45	86.10	81.00	74.25	79.80	497.40
11	Olexandr Bondar	Ukraine	78.40	77.70	82.80	89.10	89.10	79.20	496.30
12	Riley McCormick	Canada	72.00	86.40	81.60	79.20	79.20	97.20	495.60
13	Matthew Mitcham	Australia	75.00	85.80	86.40	90.75	74.25	70.20	482.40
14th	Germán Sánchez	Mexico	85.80	91.20	36.30	86.10	89.10	88.80	477.30
15th	Anton Sakharov	Ukraine	76.80	86.40	88.80	84.15	36.75	91.80	464.70
16	Gleb Galperin	Russia	81.60	37.40	72.00	89.10	89.10	84.60	453.80
17th	Víctor Ortega	Colombia	68.80	63.00	69.30	78.40	80.85	79.20	439.55
18th	Jeinkler Aguirre	Cuba	72.00	75.20	55.80	83.20	64.35	86.40	436.95

final

August 11, 2012, 9:30 p.m. (CEST)

space	Surname	nation	1st jump	2nd jump	3rd jump	4th jump	5th jump	6th jump	total score
01	David Boudia	United States	97.20	86.40	99.90	90.75	91.80	102.60	568.65
02	Qiu Bo	People's Republic of China	91.20	94.50	92.40	93.60	94.35	100.80	566.85
03	Thomas Daley	United Kingdom	91.80 [note]	86.40	92.75	98.05	97.20	90.75	556.95
04th	Viktor Minibayev	Russia	81.60	92.50	89.10	81.00	91.80	91.80	527.80
05	José Antonio Guerra	Cuba	76.50	88.20	86.40	96.90	82.50	97.20	527.70
06th	Lin Yue	People's Republic of China	91.20	94.05	91.80	68.45	91.80	90.00	527.30
07th	Iván Gárcia	Mexico	83.25	82.50	98.40	81.00	89.10	87.40	521.65
08th	Martin Wolfram	Germany	97.20	86.40	77.55	64.80	88.20	92.50	506.65
09	Nicholas McCrory	United States	86.40	75.20	83.25	79.20	84.15	97.20	505.40
10	Sascha Klein	Germany	80.00	83.25	66.50	97.20	77.55	91.80	496.30
11	Riley McCormick	Canada	76.50	86.40	81.60	79.20	74.25	95.40	493.35
12	Olexandr Bondar	Ukraine	72.00	88.80	82.80	79.20	56.10	64.80	443.70

^[Note] Due to a sudden accumulation of flash photography in the mainly British audience, eighteen-year-old Daley (figurehead and hope of the British squad since Beijing 2008 ) lost his bearings in the middle of his first jump with a difficulty of 3.6. Although he landed unharmed and was able to secure 75.6 points (5 × 7.0; 2 × 7.5) for the jump, his trainer successfully sued for a repetition of the jump, and the audience was once again urgently at the risk of flashing lights the diver pointed out. His second attempt went without any problems and earned him a total of 91.80 points with individual scores between 8.0 and 9.0 (received 3 × 8.5). The difference of more than 15 points to his first rating was linked to the fear that the second chance could be interpreted as an unfair advantage for him in retrospect and put his top athletic performance into the background. Ultimately, however, Daley separated from fourth place by almost 30 points, so he would have secured the bronze medal even without his initial second chance. It remained the only incident of the tournament. Despite the successful repetition, Daley had such bad memories of the event that he could no longer perform the jump even after working with sports psychologists and a new trainer. Since this or a similar screw combination with this level of difficulty is required in every international competition, he instead developed a completely new, never before presented jump combination based on a template from the Cirque du Soleil just 18 months before the following Olympic Games in 2016 . The jump (3,5 Salti with legs stretched, then a screw) received the nickname in the following competitions fireworks ( firework ).

Video recordings

• qualification
• Semifinals
• final

Picture gallery

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  David Boudia ( USA ) wins gold

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  Qiu Bo ( CHN ; right) wins silver,
  Tom Daley ( GBR ; left) wins bronze

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  Defending champion Matthew Mitcham ( AUS ), here after his Olympic victory in 2008 , fails in the semi-finals

Web links

• SportsReference high diving single men

Notes and evidence

1. ↑ Back 2½ Somersault 2½ twist –– 2½ back flips with 2½ twists
2. ↑ Forward 3½ Somersault in pike position with a (1) twist; Jump ID: 5172B; DD: 3.6
3. ↑ ITV -Langzeit- documentary Tom Daley: Diving for Gold ; First broadcast on July 30, 2016. Film info page archived from the original on August 3, 2016. Retrieved on July 19, 2018.