# Diving at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 3 metre springboard

The men's 3 metre springboard, also reported as 3-metre springboard diving, was one of four diving events on the Diving at the 1960 Summer Olympics programme.
The competition was split into three phases:
* Preliminary round (27 August)
    Divers performed four voluntary dives without limit of degrees of difficulty. The sixteen divers with the highest scores advanced to the semi-finals.
* Semi-final (27 August)
    Divers performed three voluntary dives without limit of degrees of difficulty. The eight divers with the highest combined scores from the preliminary round and semi-final advanced to the final.
* Final (29 August)
    Divers performed three voluntary dives without limit of degrees of difficulty. The final ranking was determined by the combined score from all three rounds.

## 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 |
| | Gary Tobian | United States | 62.03 | 2 | 45.30 | 3 | 107.33 | 2 | 62.64 | 1 | 170.00 |
| | Sam Hall | United States | 62.16 | 1 | 45.33 | 2 | 107.49 | 1 | 59.59 | 2 | 167.08 |
| | Juan Botella | Mexico | 60.66 | 3 | 46.30 | 1 | 106.96 | 3 | 55.34 | 3 | 162.30 |
| 4 | Alvaro Gaxiola | Mexico | 54.89 | 6 | 39.78 | 8 | 94.67 | 6 | 55.75 | 4 | 150.42 |
| 5 | Ernest Meissner | Canada | 53.62 | 8 | 40.61 | 6 | 94.23 | 7 | 49.84 | 5 | 144.07 |
| 6 | Lamberto Mari | Italy | 55.04 | 5 | 41.45 | 4 | 96.49 | 4 | 47.48 | 6 | 143.97 |
| 7 | Toshio Yamano | Japan | 52.84 | 12 | 41.24 | 5 | 94.08 | 8 | 46.38 | 7 | 140.46 |
| 8 | Hans-Dieter Pophal | United Team of Germany | 55.10 | 4 | 38.81 | 11 | 94.91 | 5 | 39.04 | 8 | 133.95 |
| 9 | Georges Senecot | France | 53.93 | 7 | 38.54 | 14 | 92.47 | 9 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 10 | Walter Messa | Italy | 53.47 | 9 | 38.81 | 11 | 92.28 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 11 | Rudolf Oertel | United Team of Germany | 51.80 | 15 | 40.10 | 7 | 91.90 | 11 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 12 | Yury Melnikov | Soviet Union | 53.30 | 10 | 38.56 | 13 | 91.86 | 12 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 13 | Johnny Hellström | Sweden | 51.91 | 14 | 39.40 | 9 | 91.31 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 14 | Göran Lundqvist | Sweden | 52.36 | 13 | 38.87 | 10 | 91.23 | 14 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 15 | Kurt Mrkwicka | Austria | 53.12 | 11 | 37.61 | 16 | 90.73 | 15 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 16 | Graham Deuble | Australia | 51.48 | 16 | 37.78 | 15 | 89.26 | 16 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 17 | Vyacheslav Chernyshov | Soviet Union | 50.87 | 17 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 18 | Christian Pire | France | 50.49 | 18 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 19 | Peter Huber | Austria | 50.46 | 19 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 20 | Peter Squires | Great Britain | 50.23 | 20 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 21 | Tomáš Bauer | Czechoslovakia | 49.92 | 21 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 22 | Fernando Ribeiro | Brazil | 49.27 | 22 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 23 | Shunsuke Kaneto | Japan | 47.51 | 23 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 24 | János Konkoly | Hungary | 46.94 | 24 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 25 | Jerzy Kowalewski | Poland | 46.54 | 25 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 26 | Keith Collin | Great Britain | 46.10 | 26 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 27 | Kenneth Crotty | Australia | 43.40 | 27 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 28 | Ahmed Moharran | Egypt | 42.98 | 28 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 29 | Federico Andrade | Colombia | 41.43 | 29 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 30 | József Dóra | Hungary | 41.21 | 30 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 31 | Hans Klug | Switzerland | 38.65 | 31 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 32 | Ali Muheeb | Egypt | 35.79 | 32 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |