2008 FINA Diving World Cup

The Beijing Aquatics Center (Water Cube).

The 2008 FINA Diving World Cup was held in Beijing, China and was a test event for the new Beijing Aquatics Center (Water Cube), as well as a qualifying event for 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Summary of Events

• China won all but one Discipline at the 2008 World Cup.
• Germany's Sascha Klien won the Ten Meter Platform (the only title China didn't get).

Medal Table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	7	4	0	11
2	Germany	1	1	0	2
3	Russia	0	2	0	2
4	Canada	0	1	1	2
5	United States	0	0	2	2
5	Mexico	0	0	2	2
5	Australia	0	0	2	2
6	United Kingdom	0	0	1	1
Total		8	8	8	24

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Springboard Finals
3 m	He Chong China	Qin Kai China	Yahel Castillo Mexico
3 m synchro	Qin Kai Wang Feng China	Yuriy Kunakov Dmitri Sautin Russia	Alexander Despatie Arturo Miranda Canada
Platform Finals
10 m	Sascha Klein Germany	Zhou Lüxin China	David Boudia United States
10 m synchro	Huo Liang Lin Yue China	Patrick Hausding Sascha Klein Germany	Blake Aldridge Thomas Daley Great Britain

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Springboard Finals
3 m	Wu Minxia China	Guo Jingjing China	Sharleen Stratton Australia
3 m synchro	Guo Jingjing Wu Minxia China	Yuliya Pakhalina Anastasia Pozdnyakova Russia	Kelci Bryant Ariel Rittenhouse United States
Platform Finals
10 m	Chen Ruolin China	Wang Xin China	Paola Espinosa Mexico
10 m synchro	Chen Ruolin Wang Xin China	Émilie Heymans Marie-Ève Marleau Canada	Briony Cole Melissa Wu Australia

Preceded by 2006 FINA Diving World Cup (Changzhou, China)

2008 FINA Diving World Cup (Beijing, China)

Succeeded by 2010 FINA Diving World Cup (Changzhou, China)

References

• About.com: "FINA Diving World Cup Results"

External links

• www.fina.org/