Diving at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 metre platform

Women's 10 metre platform diving
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Women's 10 metre platform diving; at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
	Aquatics Centre
Venue	Aquatics Centre
Date	8–9 August
Competitors	26 from 19 nations
Winning points	422.30
Medalists
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The women's 10 metre platform diving competition at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place on 8 and 9 August at the Aquatics Centre within the Olympic Park. Chen Ruolin successfully defended her Olympic title ahead of Australia's Brittany Broben by over 50 points.^[1] Pandelela Rinong won Malaysia's first Olympic medal in a sport other than badminton as well as Malaysia's first female Olympic medalist.^[2]

The competition comprised three rounds:

Preliminary round: All 26 divers perform five dives; the top 18 divers advance to the semi-final.
Semi-final: The 18 divers perform five dives; the scores of the qualifications are erased and the top 12 divers advance to the final.
Final: The 12 divers perform five dives; the semi-final scores are erased and the top three divers win the gold, silver and bronze medals accordingly.^[3]

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date	Time	Round
Wednesday 8 August 2012	19:00	Preliminary
Thursday 9 August 2012	10:00 19:00	Semi-final Final

Results

Rank	Diver	Nation	Preliminary		Semi-final		Final
Rank	Diver	Nation	Points	Rank	Total	Rank	Dive 1	Dive 2	Dive 3	Dive 4	Dive 5	Total
	Chen Ruolin	China	392.35	1	407.25	1	85.50	84.80	86.40	79.20	86.40	422.30
	Brittany Broben	Australia	339.80	4	359.55	3	60.75	83.20	83.20	57.75	81.60	366.50
	Pandelela Rinong	Malaysia	349.00	2	352.50	5	58.50	78.30	64.00	81.60	76.80	359.20
4	Melissa Wu	Australia	337.90	5	355.60	4	78.00	72.00	56.10	75.20	76.80	358.10
5	Yulia Koltunova	Russia	334.80	7	351.90	6	72.85	61.05	72.00	78.40	73.60	357.90
6	Paola Espinosa	Mexico	324.00	13	317.10	11	70.50	74.25	61.05	80.00	70.40	356.20
7	Christin Steuer	Germany	341.75	3	339.90	7	60.20	76.80	62.40	73.95	78.00	351.35
8	Noemi Batki	Italy	324.20	12	325.45	10	76.50	65.25	72.00	68.80	67.50	350.05
9	Hu Yadan	China	337.85	6	328.25	9	54.00	43.20	76.80	89.10	86.40	349.50
10	Roseline Filion	Canada	314.85	17	329.60	8	63.00	75.90	67.20	72.60	70.40	349.10
11	Meaghan Benfeito	Canada	325.50	10	359.90	2	49.50	80.85	72.00	66.00	76.80	345.15
12	Iuliia Prokopchuk	Ukraine	324.85	11	315.80	12	70.50	72.00	65.25	79.20	57.60	344.55
13	Kim Un-Hyang	North Korea	308.10	18	314.40	13	did not advance
14	Kim Jin-Ok	North Korea	320.10	15	312.95	14	did not advance
15	Brittany Viola	United States	322.55	14	300.50	15	did not advance
16	Katie Bell	United States	326.95	9	296.80	16	did not advance
17	Maria Kurjo	Germany	319.65	16	264.45	17	did not advance
18	Mai Nakagawa	Japan	327.65	8	260.05	18	did not advance
19	Monique Gladding	Great Britain	301.45	19	did not advance
20	Stacie Powell	Great Britain	287.30	20	did not advance
21	Carolina Mendoza	Mexico	286.95	21	did not advance
22	Traisy Vivien Tukiet	Malaysia	285.00	22	did not advance
23	Brenda Spaziani	Italy	268.00	23	did not advance
24	Audrey Labeau	France	261.05	24	did not advance
25	Annia Rivera	Cuba	233.95	25	did not advance
26	Kim Su-ji	South Korea	215.75	26	did not advance