Twists and turns, poise and precision, speed and somersaults – welcome to Diving.

Seven judges give each diver a score out of 10, with each diver performing multiple dives. 

The top two scores and the bottom two scores are discarded. The remaining three are added together and multiplied by the dive’s degree of difficulty, with the highest score at the end winning gold.

The Diving schedule at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games was:

Individual

  • 1m springboard, men’s, and women’s events
  • 3m springboard, men’s, and women’s events
  • 10m platform, men’s, and women’s events

Synchronised

  • 3m springboard, men’s, women’s, and mixed team events
  • 10m platform, men’s, women’s, and mixed team events
     

Diving has been at every Commonwealth Games since the inaugural event in Hamilton, Canada, in 1930. Synchronised diving made its debut at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games.

There will be 36 diving medals, including 12 gold medals, up for grabs at Victoria 2026. 

More information on Diving and the venue will be available soon.

Diving Fast Facts

  • England was the top nation in Birmingham, winning 15 of the 36 medals on offer, including six gold. Australia was next best with 10 (four gold, three silver, three bronze).
  • 10m-platform divers are travelling around 55kmh when they enter the water.
  • 75 athletes (38 men and 37 women) from 10 nations and territories competed at Birmingham.
  • Australia tops the overall medal table with 128 medals (41 gold) followed by Canada with 126 (39 gold).
  • 14 divers represented Australia in Birmingham, including seven making their Games debut.