List of diving facilities

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

Brazil
Centro Aquático Maria Lenk

Canada

France

Germany
Olympic Swimming Stadium in Berlin
  • Olympic Swimming Stadium, Berlin, which hosted the 1936 Summer Olympics's swimming and diving competitions.
  • Others:
PlatformImageFacilityLocationNote
10 meter platform Schwanseebad Weimar
Bünde
*10 meter platform in Rheingau Rheingau
Berlin
Magdeburg
10 meter platform Delfinoh Freibad Nordhorn

Hungary
High diving platform in Budapest

India
  • Diving pool at Mahatma Gandhi Swimming Pool, Dadar West, Mumbai, is a separate 25 by 21 metres (82 ft × 69 ft) diving pool with 1m and 3m boards, 5m, 7.5m and 10m platforms.[6][7]

Monaco

Netherlands
Eindhoven

Norway
Hamar

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

Switzerland
Bellerive, Lausanne
  • Bellerive, Lausanne
  • Hallenbad Oerlikon (Zurich), with diving boards and platforms at 1/3/5/7.5/10 meters of height.[9]

United States

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:

ImageFacilityCityStateNote
Alabama Aquatic Center, University of AlabamaTuscaloosaAlabama[10]
James E. Martin Aquatics Center, Auburn UniversityAuburnAlabama[11]
NAU Aquatic and Tennis Complex, Northern Arizona UniversityFlagstaffArizona[12]
Mona Plummer Aquatic Center, Arizona State UniversityTempeArizona
Hillenbrand Aquatic Center, University of ArizonaTucsonArizona
California Aquatic Center, University of California, BerkeleyBerkeleyCalifornia
Clovis West Aquatics Center, Clovis West High SchoolFresnoCalifornia[13][14]
Spieker Aquatics Center, University of California, Los AngelesLos AngelesCalifornia
Uytengsu Aquatics Center, University of Southern CaliforniaLos AngelesCaliforniaBuilt for the 1984 Summer Olympics. Updated 2014.[15]
Marguerite Aquatic Center, Mission Viejo NadadoresMission ViejoCalifornia
Riverside Aquatics Complex, Riverside City CollegeRiversideCalifornia[16]
Rose Bowl Aquatics CenterPasadenaCalifornia
Santa Clara International Swim Center, Santa Clara UniversitySanta ClaraCalifornia
Maas Diving Center, Avery Aquatic Center, Stanford UniversityStanfordCalifornia[17]
USAFA Cadet Gymnasium, United States Air Force AcademyColorado SpringsColorado[18]
University Center Swimming Pool, University of MiamiCoral GablesFlorida[19]
Coral Springs Aquatic ComplexCoral SpringsFlorida[20]
Fort Lauderdale Aquatic ComplexFort LauderdaleFlorida[21]
Stephen C. O'Connell Center Natatorium, University of FloridaGainesvilleFlorida[22]
YMCA Aquatic CenterOrlandoFlorida[23]
Morcom Aquatics Center, Florida State UniversityTallahasseeFlorida[24]
Coach Herb McAuley Aquatic Center, Georgia TechAtlantaGeorgia[25]
Gabrielsen Natatorium, University of GeorgiaAthensGeorgia[26]
Moss Farms Aquatic CenterMoultrieGeorgia[27]
Duke Kahanamoku Aquatic Complex, University of HawaiiHonoluluHawaii[28]
Olympic Swimming ComplexLava Hot SpringsIdahoPrivate[29]
Portage Park PoolChicagoIllinois10M IS CLOSED SINCE 2019 [30]
Meineke Pool, Schaumburg IL. 10M open until August 13 during summer. Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center, Indiana UniversityBloomingtonIndiana[31]
Hoosiers' Outdoor Diving Facility, Indiana UniversityBloomingtonIndiana[31]
IU Natatorium, Indiana University–Purdue University IndianapolisIndianapolisIndiana[32]
Boilermaker Aquatic Center, Purdue UniversityWest LafayetteIndiana
Iowa Campus Recreation and Wellness Center, University of IowaIowa CityIowa
Robinson Natatorium, University of KansasLawrenceKansas[33]
Lancaster Aquatic Center, University of KentuckyLexingtonKentucky
Ralph Wright Natatorium, University of LouisvilleLouisvilleKentucky[34]
LSU Natatorium, Louisiana State UniversityBaton RougeLouisiana[35]
United States Naval Academy Aquatic Center, Lejeune Hall, United States Naval AcademyAnnapolisMaryland[36]
Kennedy Shriver Aquatic CenterBethesdaMaryland[37]
Germantown Indoor Swim CenterBoydsMaryland
Canham Natatorium, University of MichiganAnn ArborMichigan
Jones Natatorium, Eastern Michigan UniversityYpsilantiMichigan
Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Centerm, University of MinnesotaMinneapolisMinnesota
Shaw Park Aquatic CenterClaytonMissouri
Mizzou Aquatic Center, University of MissouriColumbiaMissouri[38]
City of St. Peters Rec PlexSaint PetersMissouri
Bob Devaney Sports Center, University of Nebraska–LincolnLincolnNebraska
Sonny Werblin Rec Center, Rutgers UniversityNew BrunswickNew Jersey[39]
DeNunzio Pool, Princeton UniversityPrincetonNew Jersey[40]
University at Buffalo Pool, University at BuffaloBuffaloNew York
Nassau County Aquatic Center, Eisenhower ParkLong IslandNew York[41]
Crandall Pool, United States Military AcademyWest PointNew York
Taishoff Aquatics Pavilion, Duke UniversityDurhamNorth Carolina
Greensboro Aquatic Center Greensboro North Carolina
Robert F. Busbey Natatorium, Cleveland State UniversityClevelandOhio
Ron O'Brien Diving Well, Ohio State UniversityColumbusOhio
Beeghly Natatorium, Youngstown State UniversityYoungstownOhio[42]
The Corwin M. Nixon Aquatic Center, Miami UniversityOxfordOhio
Tualatin Hills Aquatic Center, Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation DistrictBeavertonOregon
Hidden Hollow Swim ClubMediaPennsylvania[43]
Pitt Pool, University of PittsburghPittsburghPennsylvania
McCoy Natatorium, Pennsylvania State UniversityState CollegePennsylvania[44]
Allan Jones Aquatic Center, University of TennesseeKnoxvilleTennessee[17]
Student Aquatic Center, University of TennesseeKnoxvilleTennessee
Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center, University of Texas at AustinAustinTexas[45]
Texas A&M Natatorium, Texas A&M UniversityCollege StationTexas
Robson & Lindley Aquatics Center and Barr-McMillion Natatorium, Southern Methodist UniversityDallasTexas[46]
Campus Recreation and Wellness Center, The University of HoustonHoustonTexas
Com AquaticsMidlandTexas
Northside ISD Swim Center San Antonio Texas
Kearns Oquirrh Park Fitness CenterSalt Lake CityUtah
Christiansburg Aquatic Center Virginia TechBlacksburgVirginia[47]
Liberty Natatorium, Liberty UniversityLynchburgVirginiaPlanned for completion in 2017.[48]
Weyerhaeuser Aquatic CenterFederal WayWashington[49]
Walter Schroeder Aquatic CenterBrown DeerWisconsin[3]
The Aquatic Center at Mylan Park, West Virginia University Morgantown WV Opened officially in November 2019

See also

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