Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 3 metre springboard
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Men's 3 metre springboard competition at the Beijing
2008 Summer Olympics
was held from August 18 to August 19, at the Beijing National Aquatics Center. It was an individual diving
competition, with dives performed from a flexible springboard three metres above the surface of the water.
The individual diving competitions all consist of three rounds. In the first, the 29 divers each perform six dives. The top 18 divers advance to the semifinals. Each diver again performs six dives, and the top 12 divers from among those dives advance to the finals. Preliminary scores are ignored at this point, as only the semifinal scores are considered in advancement. In the final round, the divers perform a final set of six dives, with the scores from those dives (and only those dives) used to determine final ranking.
Seven judges evaluate each dive, giving the diver a score between 0 and 10 with increments of .5; scores below 6.0 or above 9.5 are rare. The highest and lowest score from each judge are dropped. The remaining five scores are summed, multiplied by .6, and multiplied by the degree of difficulty of the dive to give the total score for the dive. Scores from each dive in the round are summed to give the round score.
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
was held from August 18 to August 19, at the Beijing National Aquatics Center. It was an individual 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...
competition, with dives performed from a flexible springboard three metres above the surface of the water.
The individual diving competitions all consist of three rounds. In the first, the 29 divers each perform six dives. The top 18 divers advance to the semifinals. Each diver again performs six dives, and the top 12 divers from among those dives advance to the finals. Preliminary scores are ignored at this point, as only the semifinal scores are considered in advancement. In the final round, the divers perform a final set of six dives, with the scores from those dives (and only those dives) used to determine final ranking.
Seven judges evaluate each dive, giving the diver a score between 0 and 10 with increments of .5; scores below 6.0 or above 9.5 are rare. The highest and lowest score from each judge are dropped. The remaining five scores are summed, multiplied by .6, and multiplied by the degree of difficulty of the dive to give the total score for the dive. Scores from each dive in the round are summed to give the round score.
Results
Green denotes finalists| Rank | Diver | Preliminary | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
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515.50 | 1 | 547.25 | 1 | 572.90 | 1 | |
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453.60 | 9 | 518.75 | 2 | 536.65 | 2 | |
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502.95 | 2 | 508.50 | 3 | 530.10 | 3 | |
| 4 | 474.85 | 4 | 476.35 | 8 | 512.65 | 4 | |
| 5 | 431.65 | 16 | 454.40 | 12 | 485.60 | 5 | |
| 6 | 448.40 | 12 | 463.15 | 10 | 472.50 | 6 | |
| 7 | 480.65 | 3 | 504.55 | 4 | 462.10 | 7 | |
| 8 | 451.65 | 11 | 481.5 | 5 | 462.05 | 8 | |
| 9 | 465.15 | 6 | 460.35 | 11 | 461.05 | 9 | |
| 10 | 443.05 | 14 | 468.90 | 9 | 454.60 | 10 | |
| 11 | 452.80 | 10 | 478.25 | 7 | 442.50 | 11 | |
| 12 | 464.75 | 7 | 480.95 | 6 | 425.90 | 12 | |
| 13 | 469.45 | 5 | 451.95 | 13 | |||
| 14 | 430.90 | 18 | 444.55 | 14 | |||
| 15 | 461.65 | 8 | 439.55 | 15 | |||
| 16 | 439.85 | 15 | 427.45 | 16 | |||
| 17 | 431.15 | 17 | 412.00 | 17 | |||
| 18 | 446.15 | 13 | 395.85 | 18 | |||
| 19 | 428.25 | 19 | - | - | |||
| 20 | 423.90 | 20 | - | - | |||
| 21 | 419.05 | 21 | - | - | |||
| 22 | 407.55 | 22 | - | - | |||
| 23 | 405.05 | 23 | - | - | |||
| 24 | 400.60 | 24 | - | - | |||
| 25 | 399.40 | 25 | - | - | |||
| 26 | 390.30 | 26 | - | - | |||
| 27 | 388.70 | 27 | - | - | |||
| 28 | 360.15 | 28 | - | - | |||
| 29 | 353.35 | 29 | - | - | |||