The women's 10 metre platform was one of eight diving

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.

The competition was split into three phases:

Preliminary round: 22 September — Each diver performed five dives out of a group consisting of a front dive, a back dive, a reverse dive, an inward dive, a twisting dive and an armstand dive. There were no limitations in degree of difficulty. The 18 divers with the highest total score advanced to the semi-final.
Semi-final: 24 September — Each diver performed four dives out of a group consisting of a front dive, a back dive, a reverse dive, an inward dive, a twisting dive and an armstand dive, all limited in difficulty degree. The 12 divers with the highest combined score from the semi-final and preliminary dives advanced to the final.
Final: 24 September — Each diver performed five dives out of a group consisting of a front dive, a back dive, a reverse dive, an inward dive, a twisting dive and an armstand dive. The final ranking was determined by the combined score from the final and semi-final dives.

Medalists

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Laura Wilkinson Laura Wilkinson Laura Ann Wilkinson is a former American diver.- Background :As a child, Wilkinson was a gymnast, but had to give up on the sport after a growth spurt during puberty made her too tall to continue. It was then that she turned to diving. Wilkinson is a 2001 graduate of the University of Texas, where... ,	Li Na,	Anne Montminy Anne Montminy Anne Katherine Montminy is a former competitive diver and, now, a lawyer.- Diving career :... ,

Qualifying

Rank	Diver	NOC	Points	Qual
1	Sang Xue		374.79	Q
2	Li Na		366.66	Q
3	Anne Montminy Anne Montminy Anne Katherine Montminy is a former competitive diver and, now, a lawyer.- Diving career :...		339.93	Q
4	Émilie Heymans Émilie Heymans Émilie-Joane Heymans is a Canadian diver. Born in Brussels, Belgium and raised in Greenfield Park , a suburb of Montreal, she started diving in 1993, at age 11...		333.78	Q
5	Laura Wilkinson Laura Wilkinson Laura Ann Wilkinson is a former American diver.- Background :As a child, Wilkinson was a gymnast, but had to give up on the sport after a growth spurt during puberty made her too tall to continue. It was then that she turned to diving. Wilkinson is a 2001 graduate of the University of Texas, where...		331.20	Q
6	Anja Richter-Libiseller		314.31	Q
7	Svetlana Timoshinina		309.21	Q
8	Choe Myong-Hwa		308.73	Q
9	Olena Zhupina Olena Zhupina Olena Zhupina is a female diver from Ukraine who won the bronze medal with Ganna Sorokina in the Women's 3m Synchronized Springboard competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Zhupina also competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics.-References:*...		304.65	Q
10	Natalya Shikina		296.58	Q
11	Ute Wetzig Ute Wetzig Ute Wetzig is a female diver from Germany, who won a gold, a silver and a bronze medal in the women's 10 m platform event at the European Championships in the early 1990s....		289.38	Q
12	Rebecca Gilmore Rebecca Gilmore Rebecca Ellen Gilmore is an Australian diver who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics with Loudy Tourky. She also placed 18th in the 3 m springboard competition, and 11th in the 10 m platform....		288.99	Q
13	Hsieh Pei-Hua		284.91	Q
14	Irina Vyguzova		284.52	Q
15	Dolores Saez		283.41	Q
16	Sara Reiling		282.84	Q
17	Angelique Rodriguez		273.36	Q
18	Evgeniya Olshevskaya		271.05	Q
19	Juliana Veloso Juliana Veloso Juliana Rodrigues Veloso is a female diver from Brazil, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 2000. She claimed two gold medals at the 2008 South American Swimming Championships in São Paulo.-References:*...		266.04
20	Ditte Kotzian Ditte Kotzian Ditte Kotzian is a German diver. She and Heike Fischer won bronze for Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's synchronized 3 metre springboard. She had competed in the two previous Olympics without placing. She and Fischer had previously won a silver medal for Diving at the 2007 World...		265.32
21	Clara Elena Ciocan		265.29
22	Ri Ok-Rim		262.20
23	Odile Arboles-Souchon		260.25
24	Loudy Tourky Loudy Tourky Loudy Wiggins is an Australian diver.She was born in Haifa, Israel and is of a Palestinian background. She was born to Butros and Afaf Tourky. They came to Australia when Loudy was three. Loudy has commented, "I will always have a bond with Palestine...		257.40
25	Sally Freeman		256.17
26	Nana Nebieridze		252.09
27	Leire Santos		247.41
28	Lesley Ward		238.65
29	Eftihia Pappa		236.79
30	María Alcalá		235.53
31	Yolanda Ortiz Yolanda Ortíz Yolanda Ortiz Espinosa is a female diver from Cuba. She represented her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000 ....		231.63
32	Svitlana Serbina Svitlana Serbina Svitlana Serbina is a female diver from Ukraine, who twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics: 1996 and 2000. She claimed the gold medal in the women's 3 m synchronized springboard competition at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships in Perth, Western Australia, alongside...		230.64
33	Azul Almazán		229.29
34	Leong Mun Yee		227.28
35	Claire Febvay Claire Febvay Claire Febvay is a French diver.-External links:*...		222.81
36	Anişoara Oprea		221.82
37	Marion Reiff		206.57
38	Maria Konstantatou		189.57
39	Choi Hye-Jin		187.17
40	Shenny Ratna Amelia		170.07

Semi-Final Round

Rank	Diver	NOC	Points
1	Li Na		196.23
2	Sang Xue		196.11
3	Anne Montminy Anne Montminy Anne Katherine Montminy is a former competitive diver and, now, a lawyer.- Diving career :...		185.88
4	Choe Myong-Hwa		183.84
5	Émilie Heymans Émilie Heymans Émilie-Joane Heymans is a Canadian diver. Born in Brussels, Belgium and raised in Greenfield Park , a suburb of Montreal, she started diving in 1993, at age 11...		182.64
6	Rebecca Gilmore Rebecca Gilmore Rebecca Ellen Gilmore is an Australian diver who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics with Loudy Tourky. She also placed 18th in the 3 m springboard competition, and 11th in the 10 m platform....		175.92
7	Olena Zhupina Olena Zhupina Olena Zhupina is a female diver from Ukraine who won the bronze medal with Ganna Sorokina in the Women's 3m Synchronized Springboard competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Zhupina also competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics.-References:*...		173.16
8	Laura Wilkinson Laura Wilkinson Laura Ann Wilkinson is a former American diver.- Background :As a child, Wilkinson was a gymnast, but had to give up on the sport after a growth spurt during puberty made her too tall to continue. It was then that she turned to diving. Wilkinson is a 2001 graduate of the University of Texas, where...		173.04
9	Ute Wetzig Ute Wetzig Ute Wetzig is a female diver from Germany, who won a gold, a silver and a bronze medal in the women's 10 m platform event at the European Championships in the early 1990s....		169.77
10	Anja Richter-Libiseller		168.78
11	Evgeniya Olshevskaya		166.98
12	Sara Reiling		164.07
13	Dolores Saez		163.11
14	Natalya Shikina		162.27
15	Svetlana Timoshinina		160.47
16	Irina Vyguzova		157.17
17	Angelique Rodriguez		134.94
18	Hsieh Pei-Hua		126.66

Semi-Final Total

Rank	Diver	NOC	Points	Qual
1	Sang Xue		570.90	Q
2	Li Na		562.89	Q
3	Anne Montminy Anne Montminy Anne Katherine Montminy is a former competitive diver and, now, a lawyer.- Diving career :...		525.81	Q
4	Émilie Heymans Émilie Heymans Émilie-Joane Heymans is a Canadian diver. Born in Brussels, Belgium and raised in Greenfield Park , a suburb of Montreal, she started diving in 1993, at age 11...		516.42	Q
5	Laura Wilkinson Laura Wilkinson Laura Ann Wilkinson is a former American diver.- Background :As a child, Wilkinson was a gymnast, but had to give up on the sport after a growth spurt during puberty made her too tall to continue. It was then that she turned to diving. Wilkinson is a 2001 graduate of the University of Texas, where...		504.24	Q
6	Choe Myong-Hwa		492.57	Q
7	Anja Richter-Libiseller		483.09	Q
8	Olena Zhupina Olena Zhupina Olena Zhupina is a female diver from Ukraine who won the bronze medal with Ganna Sorokina in the Women's 3m Synchronized Springboard competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Zhupina also competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics.-References:*...		477.81	Q
9	Svetlana Timoshinina		469.68	Q
10	Rebecca Gilmore Rebecca Gilmore Rebecca Ellen Gilmore is an Australian diver who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics with Loudy Tourky. She also placed 18th in the 3 m springboard competition, and 11th in the 10 m platform....		464.91	Q
11	Ute Wetzig Ute Wetzig Ute Wetzig is a female diver from Germany, who won a gold, a silver and a bronze medal in the women's 10 m platform event at the European Championships in the early 1990s....		459.15	Q
12	Natalya Shikina		458.85	Q
13	Sara Reiling		446.91
14	Dolores Saez		446.52
15	Irina Vyguzova		441.69
16	Evgeniya Olshevskaya		438.03
17	Hsieh Pei-Hua		411.57
18	Angelique Rodriguez		408.30

Final Round

Rank	Diver	NOC	Points
1	Laura Wilkinson Laura Wilkinson Laura Ann Wilkinson is a former American diver.- Background :As a child, Wilkinson was a gymnast, but had to give up on the sport after a growth spurt during puberty made her too tall to continue. It was then that she turned to diving. Wilkinson is a 2001 graduate of the University of Texas, where...		370.71
2	Anne Montminy Anne Montminy Anne Katherine Montminy is a former competitive diver and, now, a lawyer.- Diving career :...		354.27
3	Li Na		345.78
4	Émilie Heymans Émilie Heymans Émilie-Joane Heymans is a Canadian diver. Born in Brussels, Belgium and raised in Greenfield Park , a suburb of Montreal, she started diving in 1993, at age 11...		329.28
5	Svetlana Timoshinina		318.42
6	Sang Xue		316.92
7	Olena Zhupina Olena Zhupina Olena Zhupina is a female diver from Ukraine who won the bronze medal with Ganna Sorokina in the Women's 3m Synchronized Springboard competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Zhupina also competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics.-References:*...		315.93
8	Anja Richter-Libiseller		313.38
9	Natalya Shikina		304.53
10	Rebecca Gilmore Rebecca Gilmore Rebecca Ellen Gilmore is an Australian diver who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics with Loudy Tourky. She also placed 18th in the 3 m springboard competition, and 11th in the 10 m platform....		273.03
11	Choe Myong-Hwa		269.22
12	Ute Wetzig Ute Wetzig Ute Wetzig is a female diver from Germany, who won a gold, a silver and a bronze medal in the women's 10 m platform event at the European Championships in the early 1990s....		268.47

Final Total

Rank	Diver	NOC	Total Points
1	Laura Wilkinson Laura Wilkinson Laura Ann Wilkinson is a former American diver.- Background :As a child, Wilkinson was a gymnast, but had to give up on the sport after a growth spurt during puberty made her too tall to continue. It was then that she turned to diving. Wilkinson is a 2001 graduate of the University of Texas, where...		543.75
2	Li Na		542.01
3	Anne Montminy Anne Montminy Anne Katherine Montminy is a former competitive diver and, now, a lawyer.- Diving career :...		540.15
4	Sang Xue		513.03
5	Émilie Heymans Émilie Heymans Émilie-Joane Heymans is a Canadian diver. Born in Brussels, Belgium and raised in Greenfield Park , a suburb of Montreal, she started diving in 1993, at age 11...		511.92
6	Olena Zhupina Olena Zhupina Olena Zhupina is a female diver from Ukraine who won the bronze medal with Ganna Sorokina in the Women's 3m Synchronized Springboard competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Zhupina also competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics.-References:*...		489.09
7	Anja Richter-Libiseller		482.16
8	Svetlana Timoshinina		478.89
9	Natalya Shikina		466.80
10	Choe Myong-Hwa		453.06
11	Rebecca Gilmore Rebecca Gilmore Rebecca Ellen Gilmore is an Australian diver who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics with Loudy Tourky. She also placed 18th in the 3 m springboard competition, and 11th in the 10 m platform....		448.95
12	Ute Wetzig Ute Wetzig Ute Wetzig is a female diver from Germany, who won a gold, a silver and a bronze medal in the women's 10 m platform event at the European Championships in the early 1990s....		438.24