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Diving

Diving covers springboard and platform diving in a diving pool. Difficulty, approach, take-off, flight phase, body line and water entry are judged; `kunst-und-turmspringen` is treated as a German alias route to this entry.

LevelMain sport FamilyAquatics Family CategoryWater sport / aquatics
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Classification

Category Water sport / aquatics
Family Aquatics Family
Level Main sport

Weitere Angaben

Tags individual, diving, water-sport, aquatics-familie, wasserspringen, wassersport-aquatics, kunst-und-turmspringen, water-sport-aquatics

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Perform a declared dive with suitable difficulty cleanly and safely.

Teilnehmer

Individual or synchronized pair by event.

Teamgröße

Individual/synchronized.

Spielfeld

Diving pool with springboard or platform.

Dauer

Depends on format and event.

Wertung

Degree of difficulty multiplied by judges' scores under World Aquatics rules.

Gewinnbedingung

Best valid time, placing or score in the announced format.

Ausrüstung

  • diving pool
  • springboard/platform
  • swimwear
  • coach

Wichtige Regelpunkte

  • wrong dive
  • unsafe sequence
  • rule/start error
  • synchronization deviation

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

Federations

  • World Aquatics
  • World Aquatics

Related sports

Hauptsportart

Gymnastics Main sport

Weitere verwandte Sportarten

High Diving Variant Synchronized Diving Variant Cliff Diving Variant