The men's 3 metre springboard, also reported as springboard diving, was one of four 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...

 events on the Diving at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Diving at the 1988 Summer Olympics

At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, four diving events were contested during a competition that took place at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool, from 17 to 20 September and from 26 to 29 September, comprising 81 divers from 30 nations.-Medal summary:...

 programme. Memorably, Greg Louganis

Greg Louganis

Gregory "Greg" Efthimios Louganis is an American Olympic diver and author.He received the James E. Sullivan Award from the Amateur Athletic Union in 1984 as the most outstanding amateur athlete in the United States....

managed to complete the preliminary round third, after hitting his head on the springboard while performing a reverse 2½ pike, sufferring a concussion, and continued to the finals to win the gold medal.

A historic score was also estabilished by Hong Kong athlete Wong Kin-chung, who jumped right after Louganis' injury, and unnerved by the event did a wrong dive that earned him the first zero score ever in the Olympics.

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.

2. Final (20 September)

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

Results

Rank	Diver	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
14		549.99	14
15		549.09	15
16		542.67	16
17		541.14	17
18		540.72	18
19		532.92	19
20		532.62	20
21		511.98	21
22		500.76	22
23		499.41	23
24		496.17	24
25		483.12	25
26		478.74	26
27		475.44	27
28		470.19	28
29		457.65	29
30		446.92	30
31		387.60	31
32		362.58	32
33		347.22	33
34		298.08	34
35		263.16	35