Diving at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 3 metre springboard

The men's 3 metre springboard diving competition at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held on the 6th and 7th of August, 2012. They were held at the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park.

Ilya Zakharov from Russia won the gold medal. Qin Kai from China won the silver medal. He Chong, also from China, won the bronze medal.

## Format

The diving competition was held in three rounds:

- Preliminary round: All 29 divers do six dives. The top 18 divers go to the semi-final round.
- Semi-final round: The 18 divers do six dives. The scores from the preliminary round do not count. The top 12 divers go to the final round.
- Final round: The 12 divers do six dives. The scores from the semi-final round do not count. The top three divers win gold, silver, and bronze medals accordingly.

## Results

Source:
|rowspan="2"|Rank|rowspan="2"|Diver|rowspan="2"|Nation|colspan="2"|Preliminary|colspan="2"|Semifinal|colspan="7"|Final|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||align="left"||align="left"||507.65|1|505.60|2|85.00|91.00|89.25|86.70|99.45|104.50|**555.90**|
||align="left"|Qin Kai|align="left"||451.60|11|500.35|3|81.00|86.70|96.25|91.80|96.90|89.10|**541.75**|
||align="left"|He Chong|align="left"||500.90|2|510.15|1|72.00|81.60|89.25|85.00|98.80|97.50|**524.15**|
|4|align="left"||align="left"||477.15|4|485.55|6|76.50|75.95|87.75|76.50|94.50|94.35|**505.55**|
|5|align="left"||align="left"||486.60|3|490.55|5|83.70|84.15|76.50|81.60|88.40|88.40|**498.35**|
|6|align="left"||align="left"||475.25|5|499.65|4|86.70|85.00|95.00|89.25|72.00|64.75|**492.70**|
|7|align="left"||align="left"||441.50|15|456.85|11|72.00|68.20|91.20|86.70|89.25|81.60|**488.95**|
|8|align="left"||align="left"||470.25|6|478.60|7|78.20|68.40|79.20|82.25|67.50|86.70|**462.25**|
|9|align="left"||align="left"||436.05|18|461.00|9|72.00|58.50|74.25|78.20|56.10|100.70|**439.75**|
|10|align="left"|Yeoh Ken Nee|align="left"||452.60|10|441.65|12|79.05|78.20|49.50|79.20|76.50|75.00|**437.45**|
|11|align="left"||align="left"||458.55|9|472.80|8|72.00|80.85|81.00|83.30|74.10|22.10|**413.35**|
|12|align="left"||align="left"||460.35|8|458.05|10|70.50|86.70|55.10|42.00|35.70|81.60|**371.60**|
|13|align="left"||align="left"||449.30|12|440.20|13|colspan="7"|Did not advance||||||
|14|align="left"||align="left"||440.95|16|437.70|14|colspan="7"|Did not advance||||||
|15|align="left"||align="left"||445.15|13|422.50|15|colspan="7"|Did not advance||||||
|16|align="left"||align="left"||439.80|17|414.15|16|colspan="7"|Did not advance||||||
|17|align="left"||align="left"||441.90|14|388.40|17|colspan="7"|Did not advance||||||
|18|align="left"||align="left"||461.35|7|339.80|18|colspan="7"|Did not advance||||||
|19|align="left"|Huang Qiang|align="left"||433.85|19|colspan="9"|Did not advance||||||||
|20|align="left"||align="left"||433.05|20|colspan="9"|Did not advance||||||||
|21|align="left"||align="left"||414.90|21|colspan="9"|Did not advance||||||||
|22|align="left"||align="left"||413.30|22|colspan="9"|Did not advance||||||||
|23|align="left"||align="left"||410.60|23|colspan="9"|Did not advance||||||||
|24|align="left"||align="left"||400.00|24|colspan="9"|Did not advance||||||||
|25|align="left"||align="left"||382.60|25|colspan="9"|Did not advance||||||||
|26|align="left"||align="left"||366.10|26|colspan="9"|Did not advance||||||||
|27|align="left"||align="left"||330.00|27|colspan="9"|Did not advance||||||||
|28|align="left"||align="left"||301.45|28|colspan="9"|Did not advance||||||||
||align="left"||align="left"||colspan="11"|Did not finish*||||||||||
Stephan Feck from Germany was competing in his first Olympics. He received a score of 0.0 on his second dive, because he slipped on the diving board and landed on his back. He did not do his fourth, fifth, or sixth dives for the preliminary round. This removed him from the competition.