THE COMPETITION

The order of diving shall be determined by a random draw prior to all preliminary competitions. The draw shall be held at the Technical Meeting prior to the preliminary competition. When available, an electronic draw shall be used.

In the semi-finals, the divers shall compete in reverse order of their ranking determined by the total scores at the end of the preliminary competition. In the case of a tie, the dive order shall be determined by a draw between the affected divers.

In the final competition, except where the tournament system is used, the divers shall compete in the reverse order of their ranking determined by the total scores at the end of the semi-final competition. In the case of a tie, the dive order shall be determined by a draw between the affected divers.

When the tournament system is used, the divers shall compete in all remaining sessions of the competition in the reverse order of their ranking determined by the total scores at the end of the preliminary competition. In the case of a tie, the dive order shall be determined by a draw between the affected divers.

The total number of dives executed in one session shall not exceed 210. In that event the session shall be divided into two or more sessions unless a double judges panel is used.

If a diver is unable to compete in any session the diver ranked next shall advance to the next session in order to have the prescribed number of divers in each session.

When two or more divers score the same number of points, a tie shall be declared for that particular place.

In the individual events, the diver with the highest total points shall be declared the winner of that event.

In the synchronised events, the team with the highest total points shall be declared the winner of that event.

COMPETITION FORMAT

All individual and synchronised diving competitions for men shall comprise six (6) dives.

All individual and synchronised diving competitions for women shall comprise five (5) dives.

No dive shall be repeated within each six (6) or five (5) dives.

A dive of the same number shall be regarded as the same dive.

1 metre and 3 metres springboard - men and women

The Women's springboard competitions shall comprise five (5) dives from different groups without limit of degree of difficulty.

The Men's springboard competitions shall comprise six (6) dives without limit of degree of difficulty, of which one dive shall be selected from each group, plus an additional dive which may be selected from any group.

COMPETITION PROCEDURE

Every competiton shall be controlled by a Referee, supported by Assistant Referees, together with Judges and a Secretariat.

The number of the dive to be performed and the manner of execution shall be displayed on an indicator board visible to both divers and judges.

A computer programme with adequate capability to produce a judging analysis shall be used.

Composition of the Judges Panels

At the Olympic Games, World Championships and World Cups, seven (7) judges shall be used for individual events and nine (9) judges for synchronised diving events (five shall judge the synchronisation of the dive, two shall judge the execution of one diver and two the execution of the other diver).

Last update: May 6, 2007