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 6 and 7 August at the Aquatics Centre within the Olympic Park.

Ilya Zakharov from Russia won the gold medal. China's Qin Kai took silver and He Chong won bronze.

Format

The competition was held in three rounds:

Preliminary round: All 29 divers perform six dives; the top 18 divers advance to the semi-final. Semi-final: The 18 divers perform six dives; the scores of the qualifications are erased and the top 12 divers advance to the final. Final: The 12 divers perform six dives; the semi-final scores are erased and the top three divers win the gold, silver and bronze medals accordingly.

Schedule All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1) Date Time RoundMonday 6 August 201219:00PreliminaryTuesday 7 August 2012 10:0019:00 SemifinalFinal

Results Source:

RankDiver NationPreliminarySemifinalFinalPointsRankPointsRankDive 1Dive 2Dive 3Dive 4Dive 5Dive 6Points 507.65 1 505.60 2 85.00 91.00 89.25 86.70 99.45 104.50 555.90 Qin Kai 451.60 11 500.35 3 81.00 86.70 96.25 91.80 96.90 89.10 541.75 He Chong 500.90 2 510.15 1 72.00 81.60 89.25 85.00 98.80 97.50 524.15 4 477.15 4 485.55 6 76.50 75.95 87.75 76.50 94.50 94.35 505.55 5 486.60 3 490.55 5 83.70 84.15 76.50 81.60 88.40 88.40 498.35 6 475.25 5 499.65 4 86.70 85.00 95.00 89.25 72.00 64.75 492.70 7 441.50 15 456.85 11 72.00 68.20 91.20 86.70 89.25 81.60 488.95 8 470.25 6 478.60 7 78.20 68.40 79.20 82.25 67.50 86.70 462.25 9 436.05 18 461.00 9 72.00 58.50 74.25 78.20 56.10 100.70 439.75 10 Yeoh Ken Nee 452.60 10 441.65 12 79.05 78.20 49.50 79.20 76.50 75.00 437.45 11 458.55 9 472.80 8 72.00 80.85 81.00 83.30 74.10 22.10 413.35 12 460.35 8 458.05 10 70.50 86.70 55.10 42.00 35.70 81.60 371.60 13 449.30 12 440.20 13 did not advance 14 440.95 16 437.70 14 did not advance 15 445.15 13 422.50 15 did not advance 16 439.80 17 414.15 16 did not advance 17 441.90 14 388.40 17 did not advance 18 461.35 7 339.80 18 did not advance 19 Huang Qiang 433.85 19 did not advance 20 433.05 20 did not advance 21 414.90 21 did not advance 22 413.30 22 did not advance 23 410.60 23 did not advance 24 400.00 24 did not advance 25 382.60 25 did not advance 26 366.10 26 did not advance 27 330.00 27 did not advance 28 301.45 28 did not advance did not finish*

*Stephan Feck, competing in his first Olympics, received a 0.0 on his second dive after he slipped on the board and landed on his back in the water. He returned for his third dive but did not perform his fourth, fifth or sixth, thereby removing himself from the competition.

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