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Platform, Women

Date17 – 18 August 2016
StatusOlympic
LocationParque Aquático Maria Lenk, Parque Olímpico da Barra, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro
Participants28 from 17 countries
Format10 metre platform.

With five-time Olympic gold medalist Chen Ruolin not defending the title she won in 2008 and 2012, the way was open for the new Chinese prodigy, 15-year-old Ren Qian, to win gold. At the 2016 Rio Test and World Cup event, Ren received four perfect 10s in her first four dives and then in her final dive received 10s from all seven judges in what was described as the “Dive of the Tournament”. She won the event by more than 43 points from her team-mate Si Yajie. On her way to winning the bronze medal at the 2015 World Championship in Kazan, Ren also registered a maximum 10. The individual platform event at the 2015 World Championships was won by Kim Kuk-Hyang of North Korea, with Pandelela Rinong, the London 2012 bronze medalist, in third place behind Ren.

Canada’s Meaghan Benfeito led after the first round of dives of the preliminary round, but it was the Chinese pair of Si and Ren who finished one and two, with Ren 11.65 points behind Si, but a massive 39 points ahead of the third best qualifier, Jessica Parratto of the US. Rinong qualified for the semi-final in sixth place. The world champion Kim Kuk-Hyang finished 25th and was outside the top 18 to make it through to the next round; her best dive brought her just 67.50 points as she was eliminated. Last of the qualifiers was Russia’s Yuliya Timoshinina who landed face first into the pool on her second dive and received just 14 points, never recovering from that, but what an Olympic pedigree she had. Her parents Svetlana and Vladimir were both Olympic divers, her grandfather Aleksandr Timoshinin was a two-time Olympic gold medallist rower and her grandmother Nataliya Kuznetsova won a diving silver medal in 1968.

The semi-final saw the two Chinese divers separated at the top of the leaderboard by the American Parratto as Ren slipped from second to third after a poor third dive, a backward three and a half somersault, for which the judges gave her just 46.20 points. She recovered with two final dives of 81.60 to stay in contention while her team-mate Si Jayjie remained in the gold medal position helped by a brilliant third dive, an armstand back double somersault with one and a half twists, for which she received four 9s from the seven judges and a total of 84.80 as she went into the final 22.30 points ahead of Jessica Parratto with Australia’s Melissa Wu up to fourth.

Canada’s Meaghan Benfeito led after the first round dives in the final with Si and Parratto sharing second place. But after dive two, Si was in the lead with Ren moving up from fourth to second, with Parratto in third and Benfeito relegated to fourth, but then the competition all changed. Ren Qian took the lead after her third dive, a brilliantly executed inward three-and-a-half somersault, which earned her 94.05, the highest score of the night, and, in the same round, Parratto moved out of contention with the worst dive of the night, which scored just 44.80. Ren’s two final dives were both in excess of 90 points and she achieved four 10s in those two dives. Only Si stayed with her but even she knew it was all over before her final dive as she needed over 100 to win. While the two Chinese divers were pulling away from the field, Benfeito dived consistently to win the bronze medal, albeit 30 points behind Si and 50 points behind Ren, to add to the bronze she won in the synchronised platform event. On winning at 15 years and 180 days, Ren became the youngest medalist at the Rio Games, as she was 120 days younger than Japan’s Mima Ito who won bronze in the women’s team table tennis two days earlier.

PosNrDiverNOCQualifyingSFFinal
1Ren QianCHN385.80 (2)362.40 (3)439.25 (1)Gold
2Si YajieCHN397.45 (1)389.30 (1)419.40 (2)Silver
3Meaghan BenfeitoCAN329.15 (7)332.80 (9)389.20 (3)Bronze
4Paola EspinosaMEX313.70 (13)306.45 (12)377.10 (4)
5Melissa WuAUS342.80 (4)346.00 (4)368.30 (5)
6Roseline FilionCAN323.55 (9)336.80 (7)367.95 (6)
7Kim Un-HyangPRK289.45 (18)343.70 (5)357.90 (7)
8Minami ItahashiJPN320.20 (10)335.55 (8)356.60 (8)
9Nur Dhabitah SabriMAS325.85 (8)307.65 (11)338.00 (9)
10Jessica ParrattoUSA346.80 (3)367.00 (2)334.60 (10)
11Pandelela RinongMAS332.45 (6)336.95 (6)330.45 (11)
12Tonia CouchGBR332.80 (5)318.00 (10)323.70 (12)
13 r2/3Katrina YoungUSA313.85 (12)301.45 (13)
14 r2/3Yuliya ProkopchukUKR297.95 (15)300.65 (14)
15 r2/3Brittany O'BrienAUS290.30 (17)300.05 (15)
16 r2/3Hanna KrasnoshlykUKR300.80 (14)295.45 (16)
17 r2/3Elena WassenGER291.90 (16)276.40 (17)
18 r2/3Yekaterina PetukhovaRUS317.25 (11)259.50 (18)
19 r1/3Laura MarinoFRA289.35 (19)
20 r1/3Alejandra OrozcoMEX287.45 (20)
21 r1/3Maria KurjoGER287.00 (21)
22 r1/3Ingrid OliveiraBRA281.90 (22)
23 r1/3Sarah BarrowGBR277.40 (23)
24 r1/3Maha AbdalsalamEGY276.15 (24)
25 r1/3Kim Kuk-HyangPRK263.20 (25)
26 r1/3Noemi BatkiITA256.90 (26)
27 r1/3Villő KormosHUN227.70 (27)
28 r1/3Yuliya TimoshininaRUS212.25 (28)

Qualifying (17 August 2016 — 15:00)

Five dives. Top 18 advanced to the semi-finals.

Judge 1 (Dives 1-3)Rolando RuizCUB
Judge 2 (Dives 1-3)Mayur VyasIND
Judge 3 (Dives 1-3)Ildikó KelemenHUN
Judge 4 (Dives 1-3)Arne TellefsenNOR
Judge 5 (Dives 1-3)Félix Calderón RodríguezPUR
Judge 6 (Dives 1-3)Marco PolazzoITA
Judge 7 (Dives 1-3)Colleen HuffmanUSA
Judge 1 (Dives 4-5)Ana BarbosaBRA
Judge 2 (Dives 4-5)Peter AxteliusSWE
Judge 3 (Dives 4-5)Rao LangCHN
Judge 4 (Dives 4-5)Gillian BrookerAUS
Judge 5 (Dives 4-5)Min Suck-HongKOR
Judge 6 (Dives 4-5)Hélène MorneauCAN
Judge 7 (Dives 4-5)Marc FaberNED
PosOrdDiverNOCPointsDive #1Dive #2Dive #3Dive #4Dive #5
110Si YajieCHN397.4576.50 (=2)76.80 (=2)78.40 (2)84.15 (1)81.60 (2)Q
227Ren QianCHN385.8076.50 (=2)72.00 (=5)69.30 (7)83.20 (2)84.80 (1)Q
34Jessica ParrattoUSA346.8069.00 (9)74.25 (4)60.80 (14)64.35 (=10)78.40 (3)Q
45Melissa WuAUS342.8072.00 (=4)67.20 (=10)64.40 (11)62.40 (15)76.80 (=4)Q
58Tonia CouchGBR332.8054.00 (24)76.80 (=2)80.00 (1)57.60 (17)64.40 (16)Q
613Pandelela RinongMAS332.4572.00 (=4)65.25 (13)73.60 (=4)52.80 (21)68.80 (13)Q
714Meaghan BenfeitoCAN329.1576.80 (1)63.00 (=17)70.95 (6)67.20 (=8)51.20 (25)Q
81Nur Dhabitah SabriMAS325.85– (28)41.60 (24)75.90 (3)64.35 (=10)72.00 (=7)Q
922Roseline FilionCAN323.5563.00 (=16)69.30 (9)60.00 (15)54.45 (=19)76.80 (=4)Q
1012Minami ItahashiJPN320.2072.00 (=4)63.00 (=17)39.60 (=23)72.00 (=4)73.60 (6)Q
1116Yekaterina PetukhovaRUS317.2563.00 (=16)64.00 (16)62.70 (12)63.55 (=13)64.00 (=17)Q
127Katrina YoungUSA313.8549.50 (25)64.35 (15)73.60 (=4)72.00 (=4)54.40 (23)Q
1317Paola EspinosaMEX313.7060.00 (21)79.20 (1)28.90 (27)81.60 (3)64.00 (=17)Q
1425Hanna KrasnoshlykUKR300.8061.60 (19)66.00 (12)60.90 (13)49.30 (24)63.00 (19)Q
1518Yuliya ProkopchukUKR297.9572.00 (=4)38.40 (26)47.85 (20)69.30 (6)70.40 (=10)Q
162Elena WassenGER291.9060.80 (20)67.20 (=10)67.50 (9)34.80 (26)61.60 (20)Q
1720Brittany O'BrienAUS290.3063.00 (=16)64.50 (14)39.60 (=23)67.20 (=8)56.00 (22)Q
1821Kim Un-HyangPRK289.4564.50 (=14)70.40 (8)19.80 (28)64.35 (=10)70.40 (=10)Q
1915Laura MarinoFRA289.3572.00 (=4)40.50 (25)53.65 (18)51.20 (23)72.00 (=7)
2019Alejandra OrozcoMEX287.4566.00 (13)72.00 (=5)29.40 (26)54.45 (=19)65.60 (15)
2123Maria KurjoGER287.0042.00 (27)72.00 (=5)50.40 (19)52.20 (22)70.40 (12)
2226Ingrid OliveiraBRA281.9067.20 (=11)59.20 (19)69.00 (8)14.50 (28)72.00 (=7)
239Sarah BarrowGBR277.4067.20 (=11)44.80 (22)47.60 (21)57.00 (18)60.80 (21)
246Maha AbdalsalamEGY276.1557.60 (23)53.20 (20)59.40 (16)68.15 (7)37.80 (27)
2524Kim Kuk-HyangPRK263.2067.50 (10)43.20 (23)59.20 (17)26.10 (27)67.20 (14)
2628Noemi BatkiITA256.9064.50 (=14)32.00 (27)67.20 (10)40.00 (25)53.20 (24)
2711Villő KormosHUN227.7044.80 (26)46.40 (21)46.20 (22)58.80 (16)31.50 (28)
283Yuliya TimoshininaRUS212.2558.50 (22)14.00 (28)33.00 (25)63.55 (=13)43.20 (26)

Semi-Finals (18 August 2016 — 10:00)

Five dives. Top 12 advanced to the final.

Judge 1 (Dives 1-3)Hélène MorneauCAN
Judge 2 (Dives 1-3)Mohamed HassanEGY
Judge 3 (Dives 1-3)Ildikó KelemenHUN
Judge 4 (Dives 1-3)Rao LangCHN
Judge 5 (Dives 1-3)Florin AvasiloaeROU
Judge 6 (Dives 1-3)Cristina RíosCOL
Judge 7 (Dives 1-3)Marco PolazzoITA
Judge 1 (Dives 4-5)Colleen HuffmanUSA
Judge 2 (Dives 4-5)Mayur VyasIND
Judge 3 (Dives 4-5)Marc FaberNED
Judge 4 (Dives 4-5)Simon LatimerNZL
Judge 5 (Dives 4-5)Ulises AlvaradoECU
Judge 6 (Dives 4-5)Masaaki ItoJPN
Judge 7 (Dives 4-5)Nikolaos TouloudisGRE
PosOrdDiverNOCPointsDive #1Dive #2Dive #3Dive #4Dive #5
118Si YajieCHN389.3072.00 (=3)81.60 (1)84.80 (1)69.30 (7)81.60 (=1)Q
216Jessica ParrattoUSA367.0063.00 (=11)74.25 (2)68.80 (7)84.15 (1)76.80 (=3)Q
317Ren QianCHN362.4081.00 (1)72.00 (=3)46.20 (18)81.60 (2)81.60 (=1)Q
415Melissa WuAUS346.0072.00 (=3)67.20 (6)53.20 (15)76.80 (3)76.80 (=3)Q
51Kim Un-HyangPRK343.7069.00 (9)62.40 (12)79.20 (2)62.70 (10)70.40 (=11)Q
613Pandelela RinongMAS336.9576.50 (2)65.25 (9)72.00 (=3)56.00 (14)67.20 (=13)Q
710Roseline FilionCAN336.8070.00 (8)64.35 (10)69.00 (6)74.25 (4)59.20 (16)Q
89Minami ItahashiJPN335.5565.60 (10)58.50 (13)64.35 (10)73.50 (5)73.60 (=5)Q
912Meaghan BenfeitoCAN332.8070.40 (7)72.00 (=3)52.80 (=16)64.00 (=8)73.60 (=5)Q
1014Tonia CouchGBR318.0045.00 (16)65.60 (8)72.00 (=3)64.00 (=8)71.40 (10)Q
1111Nur Dhabitah SabriMAS307.6563.00 (=11)72.00 (=3)52.80 (=16)47.85 (16)72.00 (=7)Q
126Paola EspinosaMEX306.4570.50 (6)54.45 (15)66.30 (9)43.20 (17)72.00 (=7)Q
137Katrina YoungUSA301.4572.00 (=3)21.45 (18)64.00 (11)72.00 (6)72.00 (=7)
144Yuliya ProkopchukUKR300.6563.00 (=11)40.00 (17)71.05 (5)59.40 (12)67.20 (=13)
152Brittany O'BrienAUS300.0544.80 (17)66.00 (7)67.65 (8)51.20 (15)70.40 (=11)
165Hanna KrasnoshlykUKR295.4563.00 (=11)63.00 (11)60.90 (13)62.35 (11)46.20 (18)
173Elena WassenGER276.4043.20 (18)57.60 (14)63.00 (12)58.00 (13)54.60 (17)
188Yekaterina PetukhovaRUS259.5048.00 (15)48.00 (16)54.45 (14)41.85 (18)67.20 (=13)

Final Round (18 August 2016 — 16:00)

Five dives.

Judge 1Mayur VyasIND
Judge 2Rolando RuizCUB
Judge 3Peter AxteliusSWE
Judge 4Cristina RíosCOL
Judge 5William LeeSGP
Judge 6Mohamed HassanEGY
Judge 7Marco PolazzoITA
PosOrdDiverNOCPointsDive #1Dive #2Dive #3Dive #4Dive #5
110Ren QianCHN439.2578.00 (4)84.80 (3)94.05 (1)91.20 (1)91.20 (1)
212Si YajieCHN419.4081.00 (=2)86.40 (1)86.40 (2)79.20 (5)86.40 (=2)
34Meaghan BenfeitoCAN389.2081.60 (1)78.00 (5)79.20 (4)76.80 (6)73.60 (7)
41Paola EspinosaMEX377.1066.00 (11)75.90 (6)81.60 (3)81.60 (=3)72.00 (=8)
59Melissa WuAUS368.3073.50 (6)72.00 (=8)75.60 (6)81.60 (=3)65.60 (11)
66Roseline FilionCAN367.9571.40 (9)85.80 (2)76.50 (5)47.85 (12)86.40 (=2)
78Kim Un-HyangPRK357.9070.50 (10)72.00 (=8)56.10 (10)82.50 (2)76.80 (=5)
85Minami ItahashiJPN356.6073.60 (5)58.50 (11)69.30 (8)72.00 (=8)83.20 (4)
92Nur Dhabitah SabriMAS338.0072.00 (=7)75.20 (7)59.40 (9)59.40 (10)72.00 (=8)
1011Jessica ParrattoUSA334.6081.00 (=2)79.20 (4)44.80 (12)52.80 (11)76.80 (=5)
117Pandelela RinongMAS330.4572.00 (=7)53.65 (12)72.00 (7)73.60 (7)59.20 (12)
123Tonia CouchGBR323.7064.50 (12)67.20 (10)52.80 (11)72.00 (=8)67.20 (10)