Diving at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 3 metre springboard explained

Event:	Men's 3 metre springboard
Games:	1988 Summer
Gold:	Greg Louganis
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Tan Liangde
Silvernoc:	CHN
Bronze:	Li Deliang
Bronzenoc:	CHN
Prev:	1984
Next:	1992

The men's 3 metre springboard, also reported as springboard diving, was one of four diving events on the Diving at the 1988 Summer Olympics programme. Memorably, defending champion Greg Louganis managed to complete the preliminary qualifying after hitting his head on the springboard while performing a reverse 2½ pike in the third round and suffering a concussion, and continued to the finals to win the gold medal.^{[1] [2]}

The competition was split into two phases:

1. Preliminary round (19 September)

Divers performed eleven dives. The twelve divers with the highest scores advanced to the final.

1. Final (20 September)

Divers performed another set of eleven dives and the score here obtained determined the final ranking.

Results

Rank	Diver	Nation	Preliminary		Final
			Points	Rank	Points
			629.67	3	730.80
			682.65	1	704.88
			607.77	4	665.28
4			642.60	2	661.47
5			588.15	7	642.99
6			594.36	5	616.02
7			581.01	8	598.77
8			591.45	6	588.33
9			579.63	9	570.60
10			561.81	12	563.37
11			577.50	10	562.05
12			570.63	11	554.16
13			553.74	13	Did not advance
14			549.99	14	Did not advance
15			549.09	15	Did not advance
16			542.67	16	Did not advance
17			541.14	17	Did not advance
18			540.72	18	Did not advance
19			532.92	19	Did not advance
20			532.62	20	Did not advance
21			511.98	21	Did not advance
22			500.76	22	Did not advance
23			499.41	23	Did not advance
24			496.17	24	Did not advance
25			483.12	25	Did not advance
26			478.74	26	Did not advance
27			475.44	27	Did not advance
28			470.19	28	Did not advance
29			457.65	29	Did not advance
30			446.92	30	Did not advance
31			387.60	31	Did not advance
32			362.58	32	Did not advance
33			347.22	33	Did not advance
34			298.08	34	Did not advance
35			263.16	35	Did not advance

Sources

• Book: Official Report of the Games of the XXIVth Olympiad Seoul, 1988 - Volume 2: Competition Summary and Results . 11 January 2007 . 1989 . pdf . Seoul Olympic Organizing Committee . Seoul . english, french . 23924033 . pp. 573–8.
• News: Hong Kong's Last Chance To Win an Olympic Medal. The New York Times. John. Crean. 13 June 1996.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 50 stunning Olympic moments No20: Greg Louganis's perfect dive 1988 . 28 March 2012 . . Simon Burnton.
2. Web site: Diving at the 1988 Summer Olympics: Springboard, Men . Olympedia . 21 May 2020.