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This is a list of diving facilities, especially those including 10-meter diving platforms. This is usually the last feature of an athletics complex required for training and competition in the full program of Olympic swimming and diving. In the United States, a 10-meter platform is required for full NCAA competition,[1] although two schools may hold a dual NCAA meet at a facility lacking one if both schools agree. Organizations that set standards for diving facilities include FINA which governs international competitions, and, in the United States, NFHS, NCAA, and USA Swimming. A typical requirement for indoor facilities is that they must provide 5 metres (16 ft) clearance above the highest diving board or platform, so that divers do not hit a ceiling structure.[1]

The competitive sport of diving has included the 10-meter dive as an Olympic event since the 1904 Summer Olympics. By 1837, six indoor pools with diving boards had been built in London, England. The first diving competition was held in 1885, in Germany.[2] In the first Olympic diving competition in 1904, American George Sheldon won gold in platform diving. Women's diving in the Olympics started with Women's diving at the 1912 Summer Olympics, won by Greta Johansson.

University of Washington, 1915

Training for Olympic diving competition requires 10-meter diving facilities, which are scant in some parts of the world. For example, the Walter Schroeder Aquatic Center, built in 1979 as a YMCA facility, is one of only two Olympic-sized pools in Wisconsin that can host large events, and it is the only facility in the southeast Wisconsin region with 10-meter diving platforms.[3]

Australia

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Canberra Civic Pool
Canberra Civic Pool
  • Canberra Olympic Pool: Opened in 1955 in the lead-up to the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games, this was the first 10-metre diving platform tower built in Australia.
  • Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre: host to the 2000 Olympic Games diving events and provides an ongoing venue for diving competitions with diving towers and springboards. See Diving at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
  • Adelaide Aquatic Centre: Built in 1969 houses an international standard diving tower and springboards on a purpose-built diving pool.

Austria

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Auster Wellnessbad
  • Auster Wellnessbad / Graz Eggenberg, Graz, Austria[4]

Brazil

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Centro Aquático Maria Lenk

Canada

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France

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Germany

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Olympic Swimming Stadium in Berlin
  • Olympic Swimming Stadium, Berlin, which hosted the 1936 Summer Olympics's swimming and diving competitions.
  • Others:
Platform Image Facility Location Note
10 meter platform Schwanseebad Weimar
Bünde
*10 meter platform in Rheingau Rheingau
Berlin
Magdeburg
10 meter platform Delfinoh Freibad Nordhorn
10 meter platform Ulla-Klinger-Halle ("Westhalle") Aachen [6]

Hungary

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High diving platform in Budapest

India

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Monaco

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Netherlands

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Eindhoven

Norway

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Hamar

Sweden

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Lysingsbadet, Västervik
  • Lysingsbadet, Västervik, diving platforms of two heights

Switzerland

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Bellerive, Lausanne
  • Bellerive, Lausanne
  • Hallenbad Oerlikon (Zurich), with diving boards and platforms at 1/3/5/7.5/10 meters of height.[10]

United States

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Notable historic facilities in the United States, which are no longer existing, include:

  • Diving platforms and springboards at the salt-water, public Fleishhacker Pool in San Francisco. The facility opened in 1925 and was closed in 1971.
Diving at Fleishhacker Pool

Current facilities include:

Image Facility City State Note
Alabama Aquatic Center, University of Alabama Tuscaloosa Alabama [11]
James E. Martin Aquatics Center, Auburn University Auburn Alabama [12]
NAU Aquatic and Tennis Complex, Northern Arizona University Flagstaff Arizona [13]
Mona Plummer Aquatic Center, Arizona State University Tempe Arizona
Hillenbrand Aquatic Center, University of Arizona Tucson Arizona
California Aquatic Center, University of California, Berkeley Berkeley California
Clovis West Aquatics Center, Clovis West High School Fresno California [14][15]
Spieker Aquatics Center, University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles California
Uytengsu Aquatics Center, University of Southern California Los Angeles California Built for the 1984 Summer Olympics. Updated 2014.[16]
Marguerite Aquatic Center, Mission Viejo Nadadores Mission Viejo California [citation needed]
Riverside Aquatics Complex, Riverside City College Riverside California [17]
Rose Bowl Aquatics Center Pasadena California
Santa Clara International Swim Center, Santa Clara University Santa Clara California [citation needed]
Maas Diving Center, Avery Aquatic Center, Stanford University Stanford California [18]
USAFA Cadet Gymnasium, United States Air Force Academy Colorado Springs Colorado [19]
University Center Swimming Pool, University of Miami Coral Gables Florida [20]
Coral Springs Aquatic Complex Coral Springs Florida [21]
Fort Lauderdale Aquatic Complex Fort Lauderdale Florida [22]
Stephen C. O'Connell Center Natatorium, University of Florida Gainesville Florida [23]
YMCA Aquatic Center Orlando Florida [24]
Morcom Aquatics Center, Florida State University Tallahassee Florida [25]
Coach Herb McAuley Aquatic Center, Georgia Tech Atlanta Georgia [26]
Gabrielsen Natatorium, University of Georgia Athens Georgia [27]
Moss Farms Aquatic Center Moultrie Georgia [28]
Duke Kahanamoku Aquatic Complex, University of Hawaii Honolulu Hawaii [29]
Olympic Swimming Complex Lava Hot Springs Idaho Private[30]
Portage Park Pool Chicago Illinois 10M IS CLOSED SINCE 2019 [31]
Meineke Pool Schaumburg Illinois 10M open until August 13 during summer.
Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center, Indiana University Bloomington Indiana [32]
Hoosiers' Outdoor Diving Facility, Indiana University Bloomington Indiana [32]
IU Natatorium, Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis Indianapolis Indiana [33]
Boilermaker Aquatic Center, Purdue University West Lafayette Indiana [citation needed]
Iowa Campus Recreation and Wellness Center, University of Iowa Iowa City Iowa [citation needed]
Robinson Natatorium, University of Kansas Lawrence Kansas [34]
Lancaster Aquatic Center, University of Kentucky Lexington Kentucky [citation needed]
Ralph Wright Natatorium, University of Louisville Louisville Kentucky [35]
LSU Natatorium, Louisiana State University Baton Rouge Louisiana [36]
United States Naval Academy Aquatic Center, Lejeune Hall, United States Naval Academy Annapolis Maryland [37]
Kennedy Shriver Aquatic Center Bethesda Maryland [38]
Germantown Indoor Swim Center Boyds Maryland [citation needed]
Canham Natatorium, University of Michigan Ann Arbor Michigan [citation needed]
Jones Natatorium, Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti Michigan [citation needed]
Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center, University of Minnesota Minneapolis Minnesota [citation needed]
Shaw Park Aquatic Center Clayton Missouri
Mizzou Aquatic Center, University of Missouri Columbia Missouri [39]
City of St. Peters Rec Plex Saint Peters Missouri
Bob Devaney Sports Center, University of Nebraska–Lincoln Lincoln Nebraska
Sonny Werblin Rec Center, Rutgers University New Brunswick New Jersey [40]
DeNunzio Pool, Princeton University Princeton New Jersey [41]
University at Buffalo Pool, University at Buffalo Buffalo New York [citation needed]
Nassau County Aquatic Center, Eisenhower Park Long Island New York [42]
Crandall Pool, United States Military Academy West Point New York
Taishoff Aquatics Pavilion, Duke University Durham North Carolina [citation needed]
Greensboro Aquatic Center Greensboro North Carolina
Robert F. Busbey Natatorium, Cleveland State University Cleveland Ohio [citation needed]
Ron O'Brien Diving Well, Ohio State University Columbus Ohio [citation needed]
Beeghly Natatorium, Youngstown State University Youngstown Ohio [43]
The Corwin M. Nixon Aquatic Center, Miami University Oxford Ohio
Tualatin Hills Aquatic Center, Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District Beaverton Oregon [citation needed]
Hidden Hollow Swim Club Media Pennsylvania [44]
Pitt Pool, University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pennsylvania [citation needed]
McCoy Natatorium, Pennsylvania State University State College Pennsylvania [45]
Allan Jones Aquatic Center, University of Tennessee Knoxville Tennessee [18]
Student Aquatic Center, University of Tennessee Knoxville Tennessee
Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center, University of Texas at Austin Austin Texas [46]
Texas A&M Natatorium, Texas A&M University College Station Texas [citation needed]
Robson & Lindley Aquatics Center and Barr-McMillion Natatorium, Southern Methodist University Dallas Texas [47]
Campus Recreation and Wellness Center, The University of Houston Houston Texas [48]
Com Aquatics Midland Texas [citation needed]
Northside ISD Swim Center San Antonio Texas
Kearns Oquirrh Park Fitness Center Salt Lake City Utah
Christiansburg Aquatic Center Virginia Tech Blacksburg Virginia [49]
Liberty Natatorium, Liberty University Lynchburg Virginia Planned for completion in 2017.[50]
Weyerhaeuser Aquatic Center Federal Way Washington [51]
Walter Schroeder Aquatic Center Brown Deer Wisconsin [3]
Soderholm Family Aquatic Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison Wisconsin [52]
The Aquatic Center at Mylan Park, West Virginia University Morgantown WV Opened officially in November 2019

See also

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References

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  2. ^ Per History of Swimming / The History of Swimming Pools, itself citing Encyclopedia Britannica
  3. ^ a b "Schroeder YMCA Swim/Dive Team - About WSAC". www.teamunify.com. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  4. ^ 10 Meter Diving - Graz Eggenberg: 10-meter diving just for fun?, 2011 Youtube video.
  5. ^ "Bassin de Plongeon". Parc Olympique. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  6. ^ "www.aachen.de - Ulla-Klinger-Halle". www.aachen.de. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
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  8. ^ "Mahatma Gandhi Swimming Pool".
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  20. ^ "UC Pool".
  21. ^ "Aquatic Complex – This world-renowned facility is home to national and international swimming, water polo, synchronized swimming and diving competitions". Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  22. ^ "Ft. Lauderdale Diving Team » Our Facility". Retrieved August 1, 2019.
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  29. ^ "Duke Kahanamoku Aquatic Complex". University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  30. ^ "Platform Diving Tower and Diving Boards". Lava Hot Springs.
  31. ^ "Welcoming EveryBlock members to Nextdoor". EveryBlock has partnered with Nextdoor to give EveryBlock members a better neighborhood experience. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
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  35. ^ "Facilities". University of Louisville Athletics. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
  36. ^ "LSU Swimming & Diving Facilities". LSUsports.net. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  37. ^ "Lejeune Hall - Swimming & Diving and Water Polo".
  38. ^ "Kennedy Shriver Aquatic Center".
  39. ^ "Diving Well - MizzouRec MizzouRec". www.mizzourec.com. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
  40. ^ "Pool and Aquatic Program Policy – Recreation". recreation.rutgers.edu. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  41. ^ "DeNunzio Pool". campusrec.princeton.edu. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
  42. ^ "Aquatic Center". www.nassaucountyny.gov. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
  43. ^ "Beeghly Natatorium - Youngstown State". www.ysusports.com. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  44. ^ "Swim Clubs". www.linvilla.com. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  45. ^ "McCoy Natatorium". gopsusports.com. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
  46. ^ "Facilities | Longhorn Aquatics | The University of Texas at Austin". longhornaquatics.utexas.edu. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  47. ^ "Facilities". SMU Athletics. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  48. ^ "CRWC Natatorium". University of Houston Athletics. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
  49. ^ "Christiansburg Aquatic Center". Virginia Tech Athletics. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
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  51. ^ "Our Training Facilities - Pacific NW Diving". Retrieved August 1, 2019.
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