Diving competitions are held at various levels. In general, the number of divers varies with age group. A diver is represented by a group of three or four digits followed by a single letter. The judges of the divers knowledge and practice to refer to the number of divers.

A surface smooth water often causes difficulties for athletes to assess the distance in the water. Therefore, competition pools often have machines that agitate the water under springboards and platforms. It's easy to judge distances in a turbulent water surface.

Most Olympic and world championship competitions divided into three sessions. The first session is called preliminary. In this session, the order of a diver is randomly selected. Divers performed a series of dives during this period session. Men usually do six dives and five dives women. The top 18 divers can take part in the next session called semifinals. They follow the same order of a diver in the current session as well. Each diver performs another list of dives in the level of difficulty. In general, men and women perform five dives to 3-meter springboard and four dives in the 10m platform. The preliminary and semifinal results add. The 12 divers can take part in the final. In this session, divers perform in inverse order of their position. That is, the lowest score will go first diver. Men perform six dives and the women five dives.

The scores for the semifinals and finals are awarded after the final. The diver who achieves the highest score wins the competition.

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