Diving at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's synchronized 10 metre platform
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The men's synchronized 10 metre platform was one of eight diving
events included in the Diving at the 2000 Summer Olympics
programme and one of the newest four events since 1924
.
The competition was held as an outright final:
Final: 23 September — Each pair of divers performed five dives freely chosen from the five diving groups, with two dives limited to a 2.0 degree of difficulty and the others without limitation. Divers could perform different dives during the same dive if both presented the same difficulty degree. The final ranking was determined by the score attained by the pair after all five dives had been performed.
Diving
Diving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, sometimes while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime.Diving is one...
events included in the Diving at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Diving at the 2000 Summer Olympics
At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, eight diving events were contested for the first time due to the inclusion of synchronized variants for each of the traditional events...
programme and one of the newest four events since 1924
Diving at the 1924 Summer Olympics
At the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, five diving events were contested. The competitions were held from Monday, July 14, 1924 to Sunday, July 20, 1924.-Medal summary:...
.
The competition was held as an outright final:
Final: 23 September — Each pair of divers performed five dives freely chosen from the five diving groups, with two dives limited to a 2.0 degree of difficulty and the others without limitation. Divers could perform different dives during the same dive if both presented the same difficulty degree. The final ranking was determined by the score attained by the pair after all five dives had been performed.
Medalists
Gold:  |
Silver:  |
Bronze:  |
| Dmitri Sautin Dmitri Sautin Dmitri Ivanovich Sautin is a Russian diver who has won more medals than any other Olympic diver. He was born in Voronezh.Sautin started diving at age seven; however, his diving career almost ended in 1991 when he was stabbed multiple times in an attack. After spending two months in the hospital,... and Igor Lukashin Igor Lukashin Igor Vladimirovich Lukashin is Russian diver who, along with Dmitri Sautin, won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the men's 10 m platform synchronized event.-References:*... , |
Hu Jia Hu Jia (diver) Hu Jia is a male Chinese diver who won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the men's 10 metre platform. He was in sixth place at the end of the preliminary round, and fourth place after the semi-finals, but put in an excellent performance in the finals to take first place.Hu also won two... and Tian Liang, |
Jan Hempel Jan Hempel Jan Hempel is a German diver who competed at the 1988, 1992, 1996, and the 2000 Summer Olympics, winning two Olympic medals. Hempel won a silver in 10 m Platform and a bronze medal in 10 m synchronized platform... and Heiko Meyer Heiko Meyer Heiko Meyer is a German diver who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics. He won a bronze medal with Jan Hempel in the men's 10 m platform synchronized event.-References:*... , |
Results
- Values in brackets represent the aggregate score and ranking at the end of the dive.
| Rank | Divers | NOC | Dive 1 | Dive 2 | Dive 3 | Dive 4 | Dive 5 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Total | |||
| 1 | Dmitri Sautin Dmitri Sautin Dmitri Ivanovich Sautin is a Russian diver who has won more medals than any other Olympic diver. He was born in Voronezh.Sautin started diving at age seven; however, his diving career almost ended in 1991 when he was stabbed multiple times in an attack. After spending two months in the hospital,... and Igor Lukashin Igor Lukashin Igor Vladimirovich Lukashin is Russian diver who, along with Dmitri Sautin, won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the men's 10 m platform synchronized event.-References:*... |
58.20 | 1 | 52.80 (111.00) |
3 (1) |
82.80 (193.80) |
2 (2) |
83.52 (277.32) |
1 (1) |
87.72 | 1 | 365.04 | |
| 2 | Hu Jia Hu Jia (diver) Hu Jia is a male Chinese diver who won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the men's 10 metre platform. He was in sixth place at the end of the preliminary round, and fourth place after the semi-finals, but put in an excellent performance in the finals to take first place.Hu also won two... and Tian Liang |
55.20 | 2 | 53.40 (108.60) |
1 (2) |
88.32 (196.92) |
1 (1) |
74.70 (271.62) |
7 (2) |
87.12 | 2 | 358.74 | |
| 3 | Jan Hempel Jan Hempel Jan Hempel is a German diver who competed at the 1988, 1992, 1996, and the 2000 Summer Olympics, winning two Olympic medals. Hempel won a silver in 10 m Platform and a bronze medal in 10 m synchronized platform... and Heiko Meyer Heiko Meyer Heiko Meyer is a German diver who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics. He won a bronze medal with Jan Hempel in the men's 10 m platform synchronized event.-References:*... |
52.80 | 3 | 53.40 (106.20) |
1 (3) |
78.30 (184.50) |
3 (3) |
75.84 (260.34) |
6 (3) |
78.54 | 5 | 338.88 | |
| 4 | Leon Taylor Leon Taylor Leon Taylor is a British former competitive diver.He was hyperactive as a child and his parents were advised to channel his energies and enthusiasm into sport. He was a swimmer and gymnast from the age of two and only took up competitive diving when he was eight... and Peter Waterfield Peter Waterfield Peter Graham Waterfield is a British diver. His specialism is the 10 metre platform event, both as solo competitor and in the synchronised event with his former partner Leon Taylor... |
48.60 | 8 | 52.20 (100.80) |
4 (8) |
77.22 (178.02) |
4 (5) |
77.52 (255.54) |
3 (5) |
79.80 | 4 | 335.34 | |
| 5 | Mathew Helm Mathew Helm Mathew Helm is an Australian diver who won the silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the men's 10 metre platform. He was in first place at the end of the preliminary round and the semi-finals, but was passed by Chinese diver Hu Jia in the finals... and Robert Newbery Robert Newbery Robert Frederick Newbery is an Australian diver, who won a bronze medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics and two bronze medals in the 2004 Summer Olympics, one with synchronised springboard diving partner Steven Barnett.His wife, Chantelle Newbery, has also won an Olympic medal in diving... |
52.80 | 3 | 49.20 (102.00) |
8 (5) |
69.30 (171.30) |
8 (8) |
76.80 (248.10) |
4 (7) |
85.14 | 3 | 333.24 | |
| 6 | Oleksandr Skrypnik and Roman Volod'kov Roman Volod'kov Roman Volod'kov is a retired diver from Ukraine, who represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. He is best known for winning an individual bronze medal at the European Championships in 1995.-References:*... |
51.00 | 6 | 50.40 (101.40) |
7 (6) |
77.22 (178.62) |
4 (4) |
78.72 (257.34) |
2 (4) |
74.88 | 7 | 332.22 | |
| 7 | David Pichler David Pichler David Pichler is an American Olympic diver representing the United States in 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where Pichler was elected team captain.... and Mark Ruiz Mark Ruiz Mark Ruiz , is an Olympic diver from Puerto Rico. Ruiz represented the United States in the 2000 Olympic Games and the 2004 Olympic Games.-Childhood:... |
52.80 | 3 | 52.20 (105.00) |
4 (4) |
71.10 (176.10) |
7 (6) |
76.23 (252.33) |
5 (6) |
69.36 | 8 | 321.69 | |
| 8 | Gilles Emptoz-Lacote and Fréderic Piérre | 49.80 | 7 | 51.60 (101.40) |
6 (7) |
72.00 (173.40) |
6 (7) |
65.70 (239.10) |
8 (8) |
75.84 | 6 | 314.94 |