Diving at the 1948 Summer Olympics - Men's 3 metre springboard
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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:
Twenty-six divers from 15 nations competed.
Diving
Diving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, sometimes while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime.Diving is one...
events on the diving at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Diving at the 1948 Summer Olympics
At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, four diving events were contested. The competitions were held from Friday July 30, 1948 to Friday August 6, 1948.-Medal summary:...
programme.
The competition, held on Friday July 30 and on Tuesday August 3, was split into two sets of dives:
- 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.
- 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 | 163.64 | |
| 2 | 157.29 | |
| 3 | 145.52 | |
| 4 | 141.79 | |
| 5 | 126.55 | |
| 6 | 120.20 | |
| 7 | 119.90 | |
| 8 | 114.59 | |
| 9 | 114.13 | |
| 10 | 113.98 | |
| 11 | 113.86 | |
| 12 | 112.15 | |
| 13 | 111.73 | |
| 14 | 110.78 | |
| 15 | 110.18 | |
| 16 | 109.67 | |
| 17 | 107.78 | |
| 18 | 105.32 | |
| 19 | 103.18 | |
| 20 | 102.89 | |
| 21 | 102.22 | |
| 22 | 97.52 | |
| 23 | 91.23 | |
| 24 | 84.81 | |
| 25 | 80.09 | |
| 26 | 68.08 |