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

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Venue
  
Aquatics Centre

Competitors
  
29 from 17 nations

Date
  
6–7 August

Winning points
  
555.90

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.

Contents

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)

    Results

    Source:

    Green denotes finalists.

    *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.

    References

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