Diving at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 3 metre springboard

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Men's 3 metre springboard
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Vladimir Vasin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Silver medal icon.svg Franco Cagnotto Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Bronze medal icon.svg Craig Lincoln Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  1968
1976  

The men's 3 metre springboard, also reported as springboard diving, was one of four diving events on the Diving at the 1972 Summer Olympics programme. [1]

The competition was split into two phases:

  1. Preliminary round (29 August)
    Divers performed eight dives. The twelve divers with the highest scores advanced to the final.
  2. Final (30 August)
    Divers performed three voluntary dives without limit of degrees of difficulty. The final ranking was determined by the combined score with the preliminary round.

Results

RankDiverNationPreliminaryFinal
PointsRankPointsRankTotal
Gold medal icon.svg Vladimir Vasin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 387.723206.371594.09
Silver medal icon.svg Franco Cagnotto Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 400.951190.682591.63
Bronze medal icon.svg Craig Lincoln Flag of the United States.svg  United States 386.794190.503577.29
4 Klaus Dibiasi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 380.166178.894559.05
5 Michael Finneran Flag of the United States.svg  United States 378.847178.505557.34
6 Vyacheslav Strakhov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 392.102164.1010556.20
7 Falk Hoffmann Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 384.455160.5011544.95
8 Norbert Huda Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 355.299168.878524.16
9 Carlos Girón Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 345.2111176.676521.88
10 Roar Løken Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 344.5512170.377514.92
11 José Robinson Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 348.4810165.549514.02
12 Helge Ziethen Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 364.028147.0012511.02
13 Donald Wagstaff Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 344.1313Did not advance
14 Scott Cranham Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 339.2114Did not advance
15 Pentti Koskinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 336.9915Did not advance
16 Kenneth Sully Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 336.1216Did not advance
17 Christopher Walls Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 332.0717Did not advance
18 Vladimir Kapirulin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 329.4618Did not advance
19 Gerhard Hölzl Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 327.4219Did not advance
20 David Bush Flag of the United States.svg  United States 327.0620Did not advance
21 Ion Ganea Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 325.1721Did not advance
22 Alain Goosen Flag of France.svg  France 322.4122Did not advance
23 John Baker Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 321.1523Did not advance
24 Junji Yuasa Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 316.9524Did not advance
25 Ron Friesen Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 313.1125Did not advance
26 Salim Barjum Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 310.8626Did not advance
27 Porfirio Becerril Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 310.6527Did not advance
28 Brian Wetheridge Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 310.5328Did not advance
29 Kenneth Grove Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 302.9129Did not advance
30 Reinhard von Bauer Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 299.7930Did not advance
31 Rudolf Kruspel Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 293.5831Did not advance
32 Josef Kien Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 285.3032Did not advance

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References

  1. "Diving at the 1972 Summer Olympics: Springboard, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 May 2020.

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