Diving at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 3 metre springboard

The men's 3 metre springboard diving competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held on 15 and 16 August at the Maria Lenk Aquatic Center in Barra da Tijuca.

Men's 3 metre springboard at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue	Maria Lenk Aquatic Center
Date	15–16 August 2016
Competitors	29 from 20 nations
Winning total	547.60 points
Medalists
Cao Yuan[1]  China Jack Laugher  Great Britain Patrick Hausding  Germany
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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 Brasília time (UTC−3)

Date	Time	Round
Monday, 15 August 2016	15:15	Preliminary
Tuesday, 16 August 2016	10:00 18:00	Semifinal Final

Results

Rank	Diver	Nation	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
			Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Dive 1	Dive 2	Dive 3	Dive 4	Dive 5	Dive 6	Points
	Cao Yuan	China	498.70	1	489.10	1	85.00	94.50	94.50	90.00	86.70	96.90	547.60
	Jack Laugher	Great Britain	439.95	7	389.40	12	81.60	91.00	90.10	76.05	96.90	88.20	523.85
	Patrick Hausding	Germany	440.00	6	413.50	10	63.00	89.25	79.55	83.30	98.80	85.00	498.90
4	Evgeny Kuznetsov	Russia	449.90	4	468.35	3	81.60	76.50	68.25	90.00	70.00	95.00	481.35
5	Kristian Ipsen	United States	461.35	3	437.70	7	72.00	75.00	72.85	89.25	77.00	89.70	475.80
6	Illya Kvasha	Ukraine	398.20	15	430.05	8	71.40	79.05	82.25	93.10	66.00	83.30	475.10
7	Rommel Pacheco	Mexico	488.25	2	469.70	2	45.90	58.50	86.70	79.20	84.00	96.90	451.20
8	Oliver Dingley	Ireland	399.80	13	414.25	9	74.40	81.60	76.50	69.00	61.50	79.90	442.90
9	César Castro	Brazil	398.85	14	442.45	6	72.00	77.50	76.50	70.50	63.00	76.50	436.00
10	Michael Hixon	United States	421.60	10	467.25	4	60.00	81.60	85.75	77.00	62.70	64.60	431.65
11	Philippe Gagne	Canada	400.75	12	445.40	5	72.00	63.55	73.10	71.40	64.75	80.50	425.30
12	Sebastián Morales	Colombia	447.05	5	406.55	11	65.10	76.50	42.00	34.20	70.20	76.50	364.50
13	Michele Benedetti	Italy	390.85	17	387.30	13	Did not advance
14	Yona Knight-Wisdom	Jamaica	416.55	11	381.40	14	Did not advance
15	Grant Nel	Australia	395.05	16	368.35	15	Did not advance
16	Rodrigo Diego	Mexico	430.70	8	356.05	16	Did not advance
17	Stephan Feck	Germany	423.50	9	354.20	17	Did not advance
18	Ilya Zakharov	Russia	389.90	18	345.60	18	Did not advance
19	Freddie Woodward	Great Britain	388.15	19	Did not advance
20	Ken Terauchi	Japan	380.85	20	Did not advance
21	He Chao	China	380.35	21	Did not advance
22	Sho Sakai	Japan	373.70	22	Did not advance
23	Matthieu Rosset	France	373.40	23	Did not advance
24	Woo Ha-ram	South Korea	364.10	24	Did not advance
25	Youssef Ezzat	Egypt	360.95	25	Did not advance
26	Kevin Chávez	Australia	356.55	26	Did not advance
27	Constantin Blaha	Austria	351.95	27	Did not advance
28	Andrea Chiarabini	Italy	350.40	28	Did not advance
29	Ahmad Amsyar Azman	Malaysia	341.70	29	Did not advance