Diving at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Men's 3 metre springboard explained

Event:	Men's 3 metre springboard
Games:	2006
Venue:	Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre
Date:	23 March
Competitors:	12
Nations:	5
Gold:	Alexandre Despatie
Goldcga:	CAN
Silver:	Robert Newbery
Silvercga:	AUS
Bronze:	Steven Barnett
Bronzecga:	AUS
Win Value:	941.60
Win Label:	Winning score
Prev:	2002
Next:	2010

The men's 3 metre springboard was part of the Diving at the 2006 Commonwealth Games program. The competition was held on 23 March 2006 at Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre in Melbourne, Australia.^{[1] [2]}

Format

The competition was held in two rounds:

• Preliminary round: All 12 divers perform six dives, and as there are only 12 competitors, they all advance to the final.
• Final: The 12 divers perform six dives; these are added onto the preliminary round scores and the top three divers win the gold, silver and bronze medals accordingly.

Schedule

All times are Australian Eastern Daylight Time (UTC+11).

Date	Start	Round
23 March	10:00	Preliminary
23 March	19:00	style=background:lemonchiffon	Finals

Results

Results:^{[3] [4] [5]}

Rank	Diver	Preliminary		Final		Total Points
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
		442.00	3	499.60	1	941.60
		446.00	2	460.30	2	906.30
		428.25	4	441.15	3	869.40
4		412.65	6	413.50	4	826.15
5		414.45	5	392.55	5	807.00
6		379.85	7	355.15	6	735.00
7		335.50	8	370.30	7	705.80
8		291.30	10	365.40	8	656.70
9		310.85	9	342.00	9	652.85
10		280.05	11	334.15	10	614.20
11		455.65	1	115.50	11	571.15
12		168.80	12

Notes and References

1. Web site: Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre. m2006.thecgf.com/. Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games. 20 November 2019.
2. Web site: Schedule. m2006.thecgf.com/. Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games. 20 November 2019.
3. Web site: Diving - Preliminary results - Men's 3 metre springboard - Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games. m2006.thecgf.com/.
4. Web site: Diving - Final results - Men's 3 metre springboard - Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games. m2006.thecgf.com/.
5. Web site: Diving - Results summary - Men's 3 metre springboard - Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games. m2006.thecgf.com/.