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:
RankDiverNationPreliminarySemifinalFinalPointsRankPointsRankDive 1Dive 2Dive 3Dive 4Dive 5Dive 6Points507.651505.60285.0091.0089.2586.7099.45104.50555.90Qin Kai451.6011500.35381.0086.7096.2591.8096.9089.10541.75He Chong500.902510.15172.0081.6089.2585.0098.8097.50524.154477.154485.55676.5075.9587.7576.5094.5094.35505.555486.603490.55583.7084.1576.5081.6088.4088.40498.356475.255499.65486.7085.0095.0089.2572.0064.75492.707441.5015456.851172.0068.2091.2086.7089.2581.60488.958470.256478.60778.2068.4079.2082.2567.5086.70462.259436.0518461.00972.0058.5074.2578.2056.10100.70439.7510Yeoh Ken Nee452.6010441.651279.0578.2049.5079.2076.5075.00437.4511458.559472.80872.0080.8581.0083.3074.1022.10413.3512460.358458.051070.5086.7055.1042.0035.7081.60371.6013449.3012440.2013Did not advance14440.9516437.7014Did not advance15445.1513422.5015Did not advance16439.8017414.1516Did not advance17441.9014388.4017Did not advance18461.357339.8018Did not advance19Huang Qiang433.8519Did not advance20433.0520Did not advance21414.9021Did not advance22413.3022Did not advance23410.6023Did not advance24400.0024Did not advance25382.6025Did not advance26366.1026Did not advance27330.0027Did not advance28301.4528Did not advanceDid 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.

 References 

Category:2012 Summer Olympics