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2008 FINA Diving World Cup

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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

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  • 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

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China (CHN)74011
2 Germany (GER)1102
3 Russia (RUS)0202
4 Canada (CAN)0112
5 Australia (AUS)0022
 Mexico (MEX)0022
 United States (USA)0022
8 Great Britain (GBR)0011
Totals (8 entries)88824

Medals

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Man

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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

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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

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