Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 3 metre springboard

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Men's 3 metre springboard
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 3 metre springboard.jpg
Venue Beijing National Aquatics Center
Date18–19 August
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg He Chong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Silver medal icon.svg Alexandre Despatie Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Bronze medal icon.svg Qin Kai Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
  2004
2012  

Men's 3 metre springboard competition at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics was held from August 18 to August 19, at the Beijing National Aquatics Center. It was an individual diving competition, with dives performed from a flexible springboard three metres above the surface of the water.

The individual diving competitions all consist of three rounds. In the first, the 29 divers each perform six dives. The top 18 divers advance to the semifinals. Each diver again performs six dives, and the top 12 divers from among those dives advance to the finals. Preliminary scores are ignored at this point, as only the semifinal scores are considered in advancement. In the final round, the divers perform a final set of six dives, with the scores from those dives (and only those dives) used to determine final ranking.

Seven judges evaluate each dive, giving the diver a score between 0 and 10 with increments of 0.5; scores below 6.0 or above 9.5 are rare. The highest and lowest score from each judge are dropped. The remaining five scores are summed, multiplied by 0.6, and multiplied by the degree of difficulty of the dive to give the total score for the dive. Scores from each dive in the round are summed to give the round score.

Results

RankDiverCountryPreliminary [1] Semifinal [2] Final [3]
PointsRankPointsRankPoints
Gold medal icon.svg He Chong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 515.501547.251572.90
Silver medal icon.svg Alexandre Despatie Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 453.609518.752536.65
Bronze medal icon.svg Qin Kai Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 502.952508.503530.10
4 Dmitry Sautin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 474.854476.358512.65
5 Pavlo Rozenberg Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 431.6516454.4012485.60
6 Troy Dumais Flag of the United States.svg  United States 448.4012463.1510472.50
7 Yahel Castillo Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 480.653504.554462.10
8 Patrick Hausding Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 451.6511481.55462.05
9 Robert Newbery Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 465.156460.3511461.05
10 Juan Urán Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 443.0514468.909454.60
11 Ken Terauchi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 452.8010478.257442.50
12 Chris Colwill Flag of the United States.svg  United States 464.757480.956425.90
13 Joona Puhakka Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 469.455451.9513Did not advance
14 Nicola Marconi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 430.9018444.5514Did not advance
15 Illya Kvasha Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 461.658439.5515Did not advance
16 Matthew Mitcham Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 439.8515427.4516Did not advance
17 Aleksandr Dobroskok Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 431.1517412.0017Did not advance
18 Reuben Ross Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 446.1513395.8518Did not advance
19 Jorge Betancourt Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 428.2519Did not advance
20 Javier Illana Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 423.9020Did not advance
21 Ramón Fumadó Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 419.0521Did not advance
22 Constantin Blaha Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 407.5522Did not advance
23 Yuriy Shlyakhov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 405.0523Did not advance
24 César Castro Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 400.6024Did not advance
25 Sergei Kuchmasov Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 399.4025Did not advance
26 Ben Swain Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 390.3026Did not advance
27 Jorge Luis Pupo Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 388.7027Did not advance
28 Tommaso Marconi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 360.1528Did not advance
29 Son Seong-cheol Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 353.3529Did not advance

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References

  1. Men's 3m Springboard Preliminary Results, August 18, 2008, archived from the original on 2008-08-28, retrieved 2008-08-18
  2. Men's 3m Springboard Semifinal Results, August 18, 2008, archived from the original on September 2, 2008, retrieved 2008-08-18
  3. Men's 3m Springboard Final Results, August 18, 2008, archived from the original on August 22, 2008, retrieved 2008-08-18