FINA Diving World Cup

The FINA Diving World Cup is an international biennial diving competition that was first contested in The Woodlands, Texas in 1979.[1] The 2012 edition served as Diving's test event for the 2012 Olympics,[2] as well as the final qualifying event for Diving at those Games. Tom Daley (UK, b. 21 May 1994) is the youngest medallist at a FINA Diving World Cup. He was aged 13 years 277 days when he won bronze in the 10 m synchro competition in Beijing, China, on 22 February 2008.[3][4][5]

This article is about the biennial stand-alone diving event. For the annual series of elite diving events, see FINA Diving World Series.

FINA Diving World Cup
StatusActive
GenreSporting event
Date(s)Mid-year
FrequencyBiennial
CountryVarying
Inaugurated1979 (1979)

Editions
Number Year Host City Host Country Events
11979The Woodlands United States4
21981Mexico City Mexico4
31983The Woodlands United States4
41985Shanghai China4
51987Amersfoort Netherlands4
61989Indianapolis United States6
71991Winnipeg Canada6
81993Beijing China6
91995Atlanta United States10
101997Mexico City Mexico10
111999Wellington New Zealand10
122000Sydney Australia10
132002Seville Spain10
142004Athens Greece8
152006Changshu China10
Number Year Host City Host Country Events
162008Beijing China8
172010Changzhou China8
182012London United Kingdom8
192014Shanghai China9
202016Rio de Janeiro Brazil8
212018Wuhan China11
222021Tokyo Japan8

Medals (1979–2021)
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China1265730213
2 Russia11221245
3 United States10161945
4 Germany4141735
5 Canada4131633
6 Great Britain44917
7 Mexico361322
8 Australia2121731
9 Soviet Union18615
10 Malaysia1225
11 Ukraine0347
12 Japan0224
13 East Germany0134
 Italy0134
15 Cuba0123
16 Austria0112
 France0112
18 Jamaica0101
 North Korea0101
20 Spain0022
21 Belarus0011
 Czechoslovakia0011
 Kazakhstan0011
 South Korea0011
Totals (24 nations)166166163495

See also

References
  1. "Structure [Diving]". fina.org. Archived from the original on 19 September 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
  2. "London 2012 – Diving test event". fina.org. 12 October 2011. Archived from the original on 13 September 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  3. Glenday, Craig (2014). Guinness World Records 2014. pp. 260. ISBN 978-1-908843-15-9.
  4. "Tokyo 2020 Test Events". Tokyo 2020 (Olympics). Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  5. "FINA – DIVING WORLD CUP 2020 – Information Bulletin" (PDF). fina.org. 20 December 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
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