Venue White City Stadium Competitors 23 from 8 nations | Dates 14–18 July | |
The men's 3 metre springboard, also known as the fancy diving competition, was one of two diving events on the Diving at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme, along with the men's 10 metre platform.
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The competition was actually held from both 3 metre and 1 metre boards. Divers performed a running plain dive and a running forward somersault from the 1 metre board, a one-and-a-half somersault and a backward spring and forward dive from the 3 metre board, and three dives of the competitor's choice from the 3 metre board. The competition was held on Tuesday 14 and Saturday 18 July 1908.
Twenty-three divers from eight nations competed.
First round
The two divers who scored the greatest number of points in each group of the first round advanced to the semifinals. A tie in the third group for second place resulted in both divers joining the group winner in advancing, for a total of 11 divers in the semifinals.
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Semifinals
The two divers from each semifinal with the highest scores advanced to the final.
Semifinal 1
Semifinal 2
Final
A tie for third place resulted in both divers receiving bronze medals.