# Diving at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 3 metre springboard

The men's 3 metre springboard, also reported as springboard diving, was one of four diving events on the Diving at the 1968 Summer Olympics programme. It was the 13th appearance of the event, which has been held at every Olympic Games since the 1908 Summer Olympics.

## Competition format

The competition was split into two phases:
* Preliminary round (19–20 October)
    Divers performed five compulsory dives with limited degrees of difficulty and two voluntary dives without limits. The twelve divers with the highest scores advanced to the final.
* Final (20 October)
    Divers performed three voluntary dives without limit of degrees of difficulty. The final ranking was determined by the combined score with the preliminary round.

## Schedule

All times are Central Time Zone (UTC-6)
| Date | Time | Round |
| Saturday-Sunday, 19–20 October 1968 | 10:00-17:00 | Preliminary |
| Sunday, 20 October 1968 | 17:00 | Final |

## Results

| Rank | Diver | Nation | Preliminary | Preliminary | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Rank | Diver | Nation | Points | Rank | Dive 1 | Dive 2 | Dive 3 | Points | Rank | Total |
| | Bernard Wrightson | United States | 102.95 | 3 | 22.96 | 21.28 | 22.96 | 67.20 | 1 | 170.15 |
| | Klaus Dibiasi | Italy | 104.68 | 2 | 17.82 | 17.36 | 19.88 | 55.06 | 4 | 159.74 |
| | Jim Henry | United States | 105.47 | 1 | 15.12 | 21.84 | 15.66 | 52.62 | 5 | 158.09 |
| 4 | Luis Nino De Rivera | Mexico | 99.13 | 6 | 18.48 | 17.94 | 20.16 | 56.58 | 3 | 155.71 |
| 5 | Franco Cagnotto | Italy | 95.92 | 9 | 18.90 | 18.76 | 22.12 | 59.78 | 2 | 155.70 |
| 6 | Keith Russell | United States | 100.61 | 4 | 15.68 | 14.00 | 21.46 | 51.14 | 8 | 151.75 |
| 7 | Tord Andersson | Sweden | 99.58 | 5 | 19.04 | 16.24 | 16.64 | 51.92 | 7 | 151.50 |
| 8 | Donald Wagstaff | Australia | 97.84 | 7 | 19.24 | 17.42 | 15.68 | 52.34 | 6 | 150.18 |
| 9 | Mikhail Safonov | Soviet Union | 92.77 | 12 | 12.04 | 17.36 | 18.85 | 48.25 | 9 | 141.02 |
| 10 | Ulrich Reff | West Germany | 95.42 | 11 | 12.04 | 16.52 | 16.10 | 44.66 | 10 | 140.08 |
| 11 | Vladimir Vasin | Soviet Union | 95.73 | 10 | 14.56 | 11.48 | 17.82 | 43.86 | 11 | 139.59 |
| 12 | Pentti Koskinen | Finland | 95.99 | 8 | 16.33 | 16.52 | 8.96 | 41.81 | 12 | 137.80 |
| 13 | José Robinson | Mexico | 91.45 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 14 | Jorge Telch | Mexico | 90.68 | 14 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 15 | Jakub Puchow | Poland | 88.65 | 15 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 16 | Norbert Huda | West Germany | 88.43 | 16 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 17 | Italo Salice | Italy | 87.86 | 17 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 18 | Junji Yuasa | Japan | 86.80 | 18 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 19 | Frank Carter | Great Britain | 85.90 | 19 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 20 | Boris Polulyakh | Soviet Union | 84.32 | 20 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 21 | Jerzy Kowalewski | Poland | 79.97 | 21 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 22 | Song Jae-Ung | South Korea | 79.66 | 22 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 23 | Alberto Moreno | Cuba | 76.80 | 23 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 24 | Salim Barjum | Colombia | 76.19 | 24 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 25 | Kenneth Sully | Canada | 74.62 | 25 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 26 | José Luis Ponce | Cuba | 72.72 | 26 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 27 | Jerry Anderson | Puerto Rico | 68.83 | 27 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 28 | Héctor Bas | Puerto Rico | 62.43 | 28 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| - | Salvador Pérez | Dominican Republic | DNS | - | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| - | Hakon Loken | Norway | DNS | - | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |