The Pool

Artistic Swimming

Artistic swimming has featured at the Olympics since the Los Angeles 1984 Games.

For women only it will be split into duos and team events. There's a technical routine and free routine to music and they are scored based on 'synchronisation, difficulty, technique and choreography.'

Diving

There are two events in the Olympic diving competition

Springboard - acrobatic diving from the board - 3m Springboard (Men/Women) and Synchronised 3m Springboard (Men/Women)

Platform - diving from a fixed platform - 10m Platform (Men/Women) and Synchronised 10m Platform (Men/Women

"Dives are differentiated by the direction the diver faces for take-off, the direction of somersaults and twists performed, and whether the dive starts from a handstand. Scoring is based on factors including the beauty of a diver's movements, which combine three types of rotation (straight, pike and tuck), and the lack of splash upon entry into the water. Synchronised diving is additionally scored on how well two divers match each other's movements. Points are deducted from a perfect score of 10.

Deciding whether an entry into the water is good or bad is part of the sport's appeal to spectators. At Olympic level, the world's top divers create almost no splash at all, just bubbling foam on the surface. Such a clean entry is called a ‘rip entry’."

With thanks to the International Olympic Committee for the information and videos in this article