Diving in track and field is an individual competition. Divers can jump off the platform or springboard by themselves, or enter the water directly or do gymnastics of various difficulties in the air, and enter the water in a clean and beautiful posture. China's excellent divers include Guo Jingjing and Wu. Diving refers to a kind of water skill sport in which athletes take off on a certain height of equipment, complete aerial movements and finally enter the water. Diving can be generally divided into athletics diving and non-athletics diving. Athletics diving and athletics diving include athletics diving and skydiving. Track and field diving is one of the official events of the Olympic Games, which is divided into springboard diving and platform diving. During the competition, athletes take off on a springboard with one end fixed and one end elastic to complete the diving action, which is called springboard diving (the height of springboard from water is defined as 1m and 3m). An athlete takes off on a straight and solid platform to complete the diving action, which is called platform diving (the platform is 5m, 7.5m and10m above the water respectively). Diving at high altitude is a very thrilling diving sport. Athletes take off from high cliffs or special ultra-high platforms, complete aerial movements and then enter the water. In America, there are aerial acrobatic diving competitions.

The dedicated steel platform is 48 meters high and the desktop is about 70 centimeters wide. Athletes are free to choose the action of the competition, and the referee will score. The winner is the one who scores more points. In Mexico, there is a traditional cliff diving competition. The cliff is 60 meters high and the sea is below. The athlete's jump is similar to the 48-meter high-altitude diving in the United States. High-altitude diving is very dangerous and prone to injury accidents, so it is not common in the world. /kloc-in the 0/9th century, diving became popular in Germany and developed greatly. 1870, Otto Crook, a German sports educator, listed the postures and movements of10 fancy diving in Swimming and Diving. 1900, diving made its Olympic debut. Swedish athletes gave a wonderful diving performance at the Olympic Games, and were recognized as the earliest modern athletics diving. 1904 In the third Olympic Games held in St. Louis, USA, diving was officially listed as a competition. 1908, during the 4th Olympic Games held in London, England, the International Water Sports Federation was established and the rules of diving competition were re-formulated.

The springboard diving event was added, which laid the foundation for the development of modern athletics diving. 19 12 In the 5th Olympic Games, women participated in diving for the first time. Swedish girl Ge Johnson became the first Olympic women's diving champion. 1920 Women's springboard diving was added to the 7th Olympic Games. Since the 9th Olympic Games, synchronized diving has been cancelled. So far, men's and women's springboard diving and platform diving have participated in all previous Olympic diving competitions and international diving competitions. In addition to the Olympic Games, the world diving competition also includes the World Championships and the World Cup. 1973, the first world championship was held in yugoslavia. From 65438 to 0979, the International Swimming Federation founded the biennial World Cup diving competition. Diving activities for entertainment and fitness are called recreational diving. Performance diving is usually a diving performance held after a grand festival or diving competition.

In Hong Kong Ocean Park, people often perform high-altitude diving performances of about 33.5 meters. American divers can still fall to the end of the 3-meter board after completing the reverse somersault for one week, and then complete the forward somersault for three and a half weeks. You can also turn backward on the small elastic net or springboard installed on the platform of 10m, and then land on the net board, and then complete the difficult movements such as turning forward 1 half turn and turning three turns. China's synchronized diving and fixed-point diving performances are famous for their tacit cooperation. China's first collective fireworks diving is unique and fascinating. Received favorable comments in international and domestic performances.