Women's synchronized 10 metre platform competition at the Beijing

Beijing

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 2008 Summer Olympics

2008 Summer Olympics

The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...

took place on August 12 at the Beijing National Aquatics Center.

Like all other synchronized diving

Synchronized diving

Synchronized diving is an Olympic sport. First brought to the Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia in 2000, the event features two divers who attempt to perform identical or mirrored dives...

 competitions at the Olympics, only one round of competition was held. Eight pairs of divers competed. Each pair performed five dives, with both divers from the pair diving at the same time.

Nine judges evaluated each dive, with two each judging the performance of the two divers (the execution judges) and five judges evaluating the synchronization of the pair (the synchronization judges). For each dive, four of the nine scores are ignored--the highest and lowest execution scores, and the highest and lowest synchronization scores. The remaining five scores are summed, multiplied by the dive's degree of difficulty, and then multiplied by 0.6 to get a final score for the dive.

Results

Rank	Nation	Dives					Total
		1	2	3	4	5
	Wang Xin Wang Xin Wang Xin ; birth name Wang Ruoxue , born in Wuhan, Hubei) is a Chinese athlete who competes in diving.She initially trained atTsinghua University with controversial diving coach Yu Fen before moving to the national team in 2006.... , Chen Ruolin Chen Ruolin Chen Ruolin is a Chinese diver. She won the gold medals in women's 10m platform and 10m synchronized platform at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing for Team China.-References:*...	55.80	55.20	79.20	82.56	90.78	363.54
	Briony Cole Briony Cole Briony Cole is an Australian diver who won a gold medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, silver and bronze medals at the 2007 World Championships and a silver medal at the Beijing 2008 Olympics, and a bronze medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.As a child, Cole competed in gymnastics, which led her... , Melissa Wu Melissa Wu (diver) Melissa Paige Wu is an Australian diver who has won silver medals at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships, the 2006 Commonwealth Games and the Beijing 2008 Olympics. Her father is of Chinese descent.Wu began diving only in 2003...	51.00	53.40	72.00	71.04	87.72	335.16
	Paola Espinosa Paola Espinosa Paola Milagros Espinosa Sánchez is an athlete from Mexico. She competes in diving and represented Mexico at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and again at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, being her national team's flagbearer in the latter... , Tatiana Ortiz Tatiana Ortiz Tatiana Ortíz Galicia is an athlete from Mexico. She competes in diving and represented Mexico at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she won a bronze medal in the 10m Synchronized Platform with Paola Espinosa....	46.80	48.60	77.76	73.26	83.64	330.06
4	Stefanie Anthes, Nora Subschinski Nora Subschinski Nora Subschinski is a German diver. She participates in the 3m springboard and 10m platform competitions....	50.40	49.80	69.12	60.39	80.58	310.29
5	Mary Beth Dunnichay Mary Beth Dunnichay Mary Beth Dunnichay is an American platform diver. Her older brother Caleb is also a competitive diver for Auburn University.... , Haley Ishimatsu Haley Ishimatsu Haley Ishimatsu is an American platform diver.- Personal life :Ishimatsu is a fourth-generation Japanese American. Her older sister Victoria "Tory" Ishimatsu is also a competitive diver, and tried out for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games at the U.S. trials with Haley...	51.00	51.00	60.30	66.24	80.58	309.12
6	Choe Kum Hui, Kim Un Hyang	53.40	51.60	61.20	63.36	78.54	308.10
7	Meaghan Benfeito Meaghan Benfeito Meaghan Benfeito is a Canadian diver. She competes in the 10m synchronized event with Roseline Filion. She was born in Montreal.... , Roseline Filion Roseline Filion Roseline Filion is a Canadian diver. She competes in the 10 m synchronized event with Meaghan Benfeito. She was born in Laval, Quebec....	51.00	51.60	67.50	62.37	73.44	305.91
8	Tonia Couch Tonia Couch Tonia Couch is a British diver.-Diving achievements:-External links:*... , Stacie Powell	51.00	48.60	66.60	63.84	73.44	303.48