Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 3 metre springboard explained

Event:	Men's 3 metre springboard
Games:	1996 Summer
Gold:	Xiong Ni
Goldnoc:	CHN
Silver:	Yu Zhuocheng
Silvernoc:	CHN
Bronze:	Mark Lenzi
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	1992
Next:	2000

The men's 3 metre springboard was one of four diving events included in the Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics programme.^[1]

The competition was split into three phases:

Preliminary round: 29 July — Each diver performed a set number of dives without any limitation on the difficulty degree. The 18 divers with the highest total score advanced to the semi-final.

Semi-final: 28 July — Each diver performed a set number of dives without any limitation on the difficulty degree. The 12 divers with the highest combined score from the semi-final and preliminary dives advanced to the final.

Final: 29 July — Each diver performed a set number of dives, without limitation on the difficulty degree. The final ranking was determined by the combined score from the final and semi-final dives.

Results

Rank	Diver	Nation	Preliminary		Semi-final				Final
			Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank	Points	Rank	Total
			463.02	1	231.45	1	694.47	1	470.01	1	701.46
			438.93	2	223.41	5	662.34	2	467.52	2	690.93
			372.03	9	229.74	2	601.77	7	456.76	3	686.49
4			414.03	4	223.86	4	637.89	4	443.07	4	666.93
5			391.74	6	229.74	2	621.48	5	414.93	6	644.67
6			419.13	3	220.08	6	639.21	3	420.87	5	640.95
7			358.26	13	219.99	7	578.25	10	402.33	8	622.32
8			382.83	8	217.62	8	600.45	8	402.36	7	619.98
9			357.18	15	217.53	9	574.71	11	380.16	11	597.69
10			385.32	7	202.23	16	587.55	9	393.33	9	595.56
11			359.85	12	210.30	10	570.15	12	382.83	10	593.13
12			405.33	5	207.21	11	612.54	6	376.35	12	583.56
13			361.53	11	206.43	12	567.96	13	did not advance
14			365.73	10	197.91	17	563.64	14	did not advance
15			356.55	16	202.80	15	559.35	15	did not advance
16			357.75	14	193.53	18	551.28	16	did not advance
17			346.74	17	204.51	13	551.25	17	did not advance
18			345.33	18	203.46	14	548.79	18	did not advance
19			342.33	19	did not advance
20			339.93	20	did not advance
21			331.86	21	did not advance
22			331.83	22	did not advance
23			328.23	23	did not advance
24			318.69	24	did not advance
25			317.04	25	did not advance
26			316.50	26	did not advance
27			307.83	27	did not advance
28			305.79	28	did not advance
29			302.55	29	did not advance
30			296.91	30	did not advance
31			295.47	31	did not advance
32			293.52	32	did not advance
33			272.40	33	did not advance
34			257.13	34	did not advance
35			247.44	35	did not advance
36			208.83	36	did not advance
37			194.13	37	did not advance
38			181.17	38	did not advance
39			162.66	39	did not advance

Sources

• Book: The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games - Volume III: The Competition Results . The Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG) . 13 January 2007 . 1997 . pdf . Peachtree Publishers . Atlanta, GA . english, french . 1-56145-169-X . 36994823 . 31.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics: Springboard, Men . Olympedia . 23 May 2020.