Diving at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 3 metre springboard

Men's 3 metre springboard at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Medalists
Bruce Harlan  United States Miller Anderson  United States Sammy Lee  United States

Diving at the 1948 Summer Olympics
3 m springboard		men		women
10 m platform		men		women

The men's 3 metre springboard, also reported as springboard diving, was one of four diving events on the diving at the 1948 Summer Olympics programme.

The competition, held on Friday July 30 and on Tuesday August 3, was split into two sets of dives:

1. Compulsory dives

   Divers performed five pre-chosen dives (one from each category) – a running straight header forward, backward header with pike, running straight isander-half gainer reverse dive, backward spring and forward dive with pike, and running straight forward twist.

2. Facultative dives

   Divers performed five dives of their choice (one from each category and different from the compulsory).

Twenty-six divers from 15 nations competed..

Results

Rank	Diver	Points
1	Bruce Harlan (USA)	163.64
2	Miller Anderson (USA)	157.29
3	Sammy Lee (USA)	145.52
4	Joaquín Capilla (MEX)	141.79
5	Raymond Mulinghausen (FRA)	126.55
6	Svante Johansson (SWE)	120.20
7	22x20px Kamal Ali Hassan (EGY)	119.90
8	Thomas Christiansen (DEN)	114.59
9	22x20px George Athans (CAN)	114.13
10	22x20px Francis Gosling (BER)	113.98
11	Milton Busin (BRA)	113.86
12	Franz Worisch (AUT)	112.15
13	Peter Heatly (GBR)	111.73
14	Roger Heinkelé (FRA)	110.78
15	22x20px Ismail Ahmed Ramzi (EGY)	110.18
16	David Norris (AUS)	109.67
17	Diego Mariscal (MEX)	107.78
18	Charles Johnson (GBR)	105.32
19	Wilhelm Lippa (AUT)	103.18
20	Guy Hernandez (FRA)	102.89
21	Gunnar Kemnitz (BRA)	102.22
22	22x20px Mohamed Ibrahim (EGY)	97.52
23	Peter Elliott (GBR)	91.23
24	José Castillo (CUB)	84.81
25	Ernst Strupler (SUI)	80.09
26	Günther Mund (CHI)	68.08

References

• sports-reference.com