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:

Rank	Diver	Nation	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
			Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Dive 1	Dive 2	Dive 3	Dive 4	Dive 5	Dive 6	Points
	Ilya Zakharov	Russia	507.65	1	505.60	2	85.00	91.00	89.25	86.70	99.45	104.50	555.90
	Qin Kai	China	451.60	11	500.35	3	81.00	86.70	96.25	91.80	96.90	89.10	541.75
	He Chong	China	500.90	2	510.15	1	72.00	81.60	89.25	85.00	98.80	97.50	524.15
4	Patrick Hausding	Germany	477.15	4	485.55	6	76.50	75.95	87.75	76.50	94.50	94.35	505.55
5	Troy Dumais	United States	486.60	3	490.55	5	83.70	84.15	76.50	81.60	88.40	88.40	498.35
6	Yahel Castillo	Mexico	475.25	5	499.65	4	86.70	85.00	95.00	89.25	72.00	64.75	492.70
7	Ethan Warren	Australia	441.50	15	456.85	11	72.00	68.20	91.20	86.70	89.25	81.60	488.95
8	Illya Kvasha	Ukraine	470.25	6	478.60	7	78.20	68.40	79.20	82.25	67.50	86.70	462.25
9	Chris Mears	Great Britain	436.05	18	461.00	9	72.00	58.50	74.25	78.20	56.10	100.70	439.75
10	Yeoh Ken Nee	Malaysia	452.60	10	441.65	12	79.05	78.20	49.50	79.20	76.50	75.00	437.45
11	Alexandre Despatie	Canada	458.55	9	472.80	8	72.00	80.85	81.00	83.30	74.10	22.10	413.35
12	Javier Illana	Spain	460.35	8	458.05	10	70.50	86.70	55.10	42.00	35.70	81.60	371.60
13	François Imbeau-Dulac	Canada	449.30	12	440.20	13	Did not advance
14	Evgeny Kuznetsov	Russia	440.95	16	437.70	14	Did not advance
15	Matthieu Rosset	France	445.15	13	422.50	15	Did not advance
16	Oleksiy Pryhorov	Ukraine	439.80	17	414.15	16	Did not advance
17	César Castro	Brazil	441.90	14	388.40	17	Did not advance
18	Chris Colwill	United States	461.35	7	339.80	18	Did not advance
19	Huang Qiang	Malaysia	433.85	19	Did not advance
20	Michele Benedetti	Italy	433.05	20	Did not advance
21	Sebastián Villa	Colombia	414.90	21	Did not advance
22	Damien Cely	France	413.30	22	Did not advance
23	Daniel Islas Arroyo	Mexico	410.60	23	Did not advance
24	Tommaso Rinaldi	Italy	400.00	24	Did not advance
25	Robert Páez	Venezuela	382.60	25	Did not advance
26	Stefanos Paparounas	Greece	366.10	26	Did not advance
27	Jack Laugher	Great Britain	330.00	27	Did not advance
28	Edickson Contreras	Venezuela	301.45	28	Did not advance
–	Stephan Feck	Germany	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.