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

Men's 3 metre springboard at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	Aquatics Centre
Date	6–7 August
Competitors	29 from 17 nations
Winning points	555.90
Medalists
Ilya Zakharov  Russia Qin Kai  China He Chong  China

Diving at the 2012 Summer Olympics
3 m springboard		men		women
10 m platform		men		women
Synchronized 3 m springboard		men		women
Synchronized 10 m platform		men		women

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	Round
Monday 6 August 2012	19:00	Preliminary
Tuesday 7 August 2012	10:00 19:00	Semifinal Final

Results

Green denotes finalists.

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