Latimer (30) is the youngest, and the only New Zealand member, of the 15-strong judges panel at the Olympics.
"I'm very happy about it," Latimer said.
"It's been a lot of hard work over the last five years," A lot of travelling is involved in being an international judge and Latimer has worked part-time as an investigator for the Health and Disabilities Commissioner in Auckland.
In the past 12 months he has judged a World Cup in China and the Chinese Olympic trials, grand prix in Canada, United States and Germany and the Olympic test event in London.
He has also judged in Cuba and Russia.
Latimer left New Zealand yesterday for his busy 13-day Olympic schedule.
"I'm down to judge all the events," he said.
This will involve men and women, springboard, platform and synchronised diving.
Latimer is recognised as a neutral judge, because New Zealand does not have any divers competing at the Olympics. His work is rated highly and he will judge all the finals at London.
The difficulty of dives has increased over the last few years and there have been a few competitors who have dived too close and struck their head on the platform in big competitions.
"The judges will be told to reward competitors who dive at a safe distance," Latimer said.
Latimer, a prodigy of Otago master coach Dick Lamb, was New Zealand's top male diver when he retired from the sport in 2002 because of constant lower back pain.
He was born with one disc missing in his lower back and the constant pressure from diving led to a stress fracture.
Latimer learnt the rudiments of judging during his competitive days in Dunedin. He has been a Fina judge since 2008 and made his international debut at the world junior championships in Aachen, Germany.
He has officiated at World Cup meets, the Commonwealth Games, and the world championships. The Olympics will be the pinnacle of his judging career.
"I'm really excited about it, since injuries forced me to end my diving career early," he said.
He learned much from Lamb, who coached his son Gary, who finished 22nd in the springboard event at the the 1984 Olympics at Los Angeles.
"Dick taught me the technical aspects of the sport that I'm now using as a judge,"
Latimer said.
Latimer first represented New Zealand at the world junior championships in 1995, at the age of 13.
He finished 18th at the championships in China and was 21st in the Czech Republic four years later.
Latimer represented New Zealand 11 times, the last at the Australian championships in 2002.
He was Otago's top male diver for seven years and won 21 New Zealand men's open events and broke nine New Zealand records.
