The men's 3 metre springboard, also known as the fancy diving competition, was one of two diving

Diving

Diving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, sometimes while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime.Diving is one...

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Diving at the 1908 Summer Olympics

At the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, two diving events were contested, both for men only. The competition was held on Tuesday July 14, 1908 and Friday July 24, 1908.-Medal summary:...

 programme, along with the men's 10 metre platform

Diving at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's 10 metre platform

The men's 10 metre platform, also known as the high diving competition, was one of two diving events on the diving at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme, along with the men's 3 metre springboard....

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The competition was actually held from both 3 metre and 1 metre boards. Divers performed a running plain dive and a running forward somersault

Somersault

A somersault is an acrobatic exercise in which a person does a full 360° flip, moving the feet over the head. A somersault can be performed either forwards, backwards, or sideways and can be executed in the air or on the ground...

 from the 1 metre board, a one-and-a-half somersault and a backward spring and forward dive from the 3 metre board, and three dives of the competitor's choice from the 3 metre board. The competition was held on Tuesday July 14, 1908 and Saturday July 18, 1908.

Twenty-three divers from eight nations competed.

First round

The two divers who scored the greatest number of points in each group of the first round advanced to the semifinals. A tie in the third group for second place resulted in both divers joining the group winner in advancing, for a total of 11 divers in the semifinals.

Group 1

Place	Diver	Score
1		82.8
2		78.1
3		74.0
4		70.3
5		67.5

Group 2

Place	Diver	Score
1		83.6
2		78.6
3		58.8

Group 3

Place	Diver	Score
1		83.6
2		70.83
		70.83
4		70.3
5		67.8

Group 4

Place	Diver	Score
1		82.5
2		67.1
3		66.0
4		65.8
5		64.5
6		61.3

Group 5

Place	Diver	Score
1		81.3
2		79.5
3		78.3
4		64.5

Semifinals

The two divers from each semifinal with the highest scores advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

Place	Diver	Score
1		83.0
2		80.3
3		79.6
4		79.3
5		72.6
6		70.1

Semifinal 2

Place	Diver	Score
1		85.6
2		82.8
3		81.8
4		81.1
5		74.5

Final

A tie for third place resulted in both divers receiving bronze medal

Bronze medal

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Place	Diver	Score
1		85.5
2		85.3
3		80.8
		80.8