# Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 3 metre springboard

The men's 3 metre springboard was one of four diving events included in the Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics programme.
The competition was split into three phases:

## Preliminary round

    29 July — Each diver performed a set number of dives without any limitation on the difficulty degree. The 18 divers with the highest total score advanced to the semi-final.

## Semi-final

    28 July — Each diver performed a set number of dives without any limitation on the difficulty degree. The 12 divers with the highest combined score from the semi-final and preliminary dives advanced to the final.

## Final

    29 July — Each diver performed a set number of dives, without limitation on the difficulty degree. The final ranking was determined by the combined score from the final and semi-final dives.

## Results

| Rank | Diver | Nation | Preliminary | Preliminary | Semi-final | Semi-final | Semi-final | Semi-final | Final | Final | Final |
| Rank | Diver | Nation | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Total | Rank | Points | Rank | Total |
| | Xiong Ni | China | 463.02 | 1 | 231.45 | 1 | 694.47 | 1 | 470.01 | 1 | 701.46 |
| | Yu Zhuocheng | China | 438.93 | 2 | 223.41 | 5 | 662.34 | 2 | 467.52 | 2 | 690.93 |
| | Mark Lenzi | United States | 372.03 | 9 | 229.74 | 2 | 601.77 | 7 | 456.76 | 3 | 686.49 |
| 4 | Scott Donie | United States | 414.03 | 4 | 223.86 | 4 | 637.89 | 4 | 443.07 | 4 | 666.93 |
| 5 | Dmitri Sautin | Russia | 391.74 | 6 | 229.74 | 2 | 621.48 | 5 | 414.93 | 6 | 644.67 |
| 6 | Michael Murphy | Australia | 419.13 | 3 | 220.08 | 6 | 639.21 | 3 | 420.87 | 5 | 640.95 |
| 7 | Jan Hempel | Germany | 358.26 | 13 | 219.99 | 7 | 578.25 | 10 | 402.33 | 8 | 622.32 |
| 8 | Fernando Platas | Mexico | 382.83 | 8 | 217.62 | 8 | 600.45 | 8 | 402.36 | 7 | 619.98 |
| 9 | Valery Statsenko | Russia | 357.18 | 15 | 217.53 | 9 | 574.71 | 11 | 380.16 | 11 | 597.69 |
| 10 | Andrey Semenyuk | Belarus | 385.32 | 7 | 202.23 | 16 | 587.55 | 9 | 393.33 | 9 | 595.56 |
| 11 | Roman Volod'kov | Ukraine | 359.85 | 12 | 210.30 | 10 | 570.15 | 12 | 382.83 | 10 | 593.13 |
| 12 | Andreas Wels | Germany | 405.33 | 5 | 207.21 | 11 | 612.54 | 6 | 376.35 | 12 | 583.56 |
| 13 | Evan Stewart | Zimbabwe | 361.53 | 11 | 206.43 | 12 | 567.96 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 14 | Richard Frece | Austria | 365.73 | 10 | 197.91 | 17 | 563.64 | 14 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 15 | Davide Lorenzini | Italy | 356.55 | 16 | 202.80 | 15 | 559.35 | 15 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 16 | Philippe Comtois | Canada | 357.75 | 14 | 193.53 | 18 | 551.28 | 16 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 17 | Imre Lengyel | Hungary | 346.74 | 17 | 204.51 | 13 | 551.25 | 17 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 18 | Tony Ally | Great Britain | 345.33 | 18 | 203.46 | 14 | 548.79 | 18 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 19 | David Bédard | Canada | 342.33 | 19 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 20 | Jimmy Sjödin | Sweden | 339.93 | 20 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 21 | Vyacheslav Khamulkin | Belarus | 331.86 | 21 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 22 | Joakim Andersson | Sweden | 331.83 | 22 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 23 | Maksym Lapyn | Ukraine | 328.23 | 23 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 24 | Bob Morgan | Great Britain | 318.69 | 24 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 25 | Dario di Fazio | Venezuela | 317.04 | 25 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 26 | Nikolaos Siranidis | Greece | 316.50 | 26 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 27 | Tony Iglesias | Bolivia | 307.83 | 27 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 28 | Russell Butler | Australia | 305.79 | 28 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 29 | Ramon Sandin | Puerto Rico | 302.55 | 29 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 30 | Joel Rodríguez | Mexico | 296.91 | 30 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 31 | José Miguel Gil | Spain | 295.47 | 31 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 32 | Lee Jong-hwa | South Korea | 293.52 | 32 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 33 | Ali Al-Hasan | Kuwait | 272.40 | 33 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 34 | Suchart Pichi | Thailand | 257.13 | 34 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 35 | Janaka Biyanwila | Sri Lanka | 247.44 | 35 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 36 | Rafael Álvarez | Spain | 208.83 | 36 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 37 | Chen Han-hung | Chinese Taipei | 194.13 | 37 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 38 | Siniša Žugić | FR Yugoslavia | 181.17 | 38 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 39 | Sergey Orin | Tajikistan | 162.66 | 39 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |