Diving at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 3 metre springboard
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The men's 3 metre springboard, also reported as springboard diving, was one of four diving events on the Diving at the 1968 Summer Olympics programme.[1] It was the 13th appearance of the event, which has been held at every Olympic Games since the 1908 Summer Olympics.
VenueAlberca Olímpica Francisco Marquéz
Date19–20 October 1968
(Preliminary)
20 October 1968
(Final)
(Preliminary)
20 October 1968
(Final)
Competitors28 from 16 nations
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| Venue | Alberca Olímpica Francisco Marquéz | ||||||||||||
| Date | 19–20 October 1968 (Preliminary) 20 October 1968 (Final) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 28 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||
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Competition format
The competition was split into two phases:
- Preliminary round (19–20 October)
- Divers performed five compulsory dives with limited degrees of difficulty and two voluntary dives without limits. The twelve divers with the highest scores advanced to the final.
- Final (20 October)
- Divers performed three voluntary dives without limit of degrees of difficulty. The final ranking was determined by the combined score with the preliminary round.
Schedule
All times are Central Time Zone (UTC-6)
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday-Sunday, 19–20 October 1968 | 10:00-17:00 | Preliminary |
| Sunday, 20 October 1968 | 17:00 | Final |
Results
| Rank | Diver | Nation | Preliminary | Final | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Dive 1 | Dive 2 | Dive 3 | Points | Rank | Total | |||
 | Bernard Wrightson |  United States |
102.95 | 3 | 22.96 | 21.28 | 22.96 | 67.20 | 1 | 170.15 |
 | Klaus Dibiasi |  Italy |
104.68 | 2 | 17.82 | 17.36 | 19.88 | 55.06 | 4 | 159.74 |
 | Jim Henry | United States |
105.47 | 1 | 15.12 | 21.84 | 15.66 | 52.62 | 5 | 158.09 |
| 4 | Luis Nino De Rivera |  Mexico |
99.13 | 6 | 18.48 | 17.94 | 20.16 | 56.58 | 3 | 155.71 |
| 5 | Franco Cagnotto | Italy |
95.92 | 9 | 18.90 | 18.76 | 22.12 | 59.78 | 2 | 155.70 |
| 6 | Keith Russell | United States |
100.61 | 4 | 15.68 | 14.00 | 21.46 | 51.14 | 8 | 151.75 |
| 7 | Tord Andersson |  Sweden |
99.58 | 5 | 19.04 | 16.24 | 16.64 | 51.92 | 7 | 151.50 |
| 8 | Donald Wagstaff |  Australia |
97.84 | 7 | 19.24 | 17.42 | 15.68 | 52.34 | 6 | 150.18 |
| 9 | Mikhail Safonov |  Soviet Union |
92.77 | 12 | 12.04 | 17.36 | 18.85 | 48.25 | 9 | 141.02 |
| 10 | Ulrich Reff |  West Germany |
95.42 | 11 | 12.04 | 16.52 | 16.10 | 44.66 | 10 | 140.08 |
| 11 | Vladimir Vasin | Soviet Union |
95.73 | 10 | 14.56 | 11.48 | 17.82 | 43.86 | 11 | 139.59 |
| 12 | Pentti Koskinen |  Finland |
95.99 | 8 | 16.33 | 16.52 | 8.96 | 41.81 | 12 | 137.80 |
| 13 | José Robinson | Mexico |
91.45 | 13 | did not advance | |||||
| 14 | Jorge Telch | Mexico |
90.68 | 14 | did not advance | |||||
| 15 | Jakub Puchow |  Poland |
88.65 | 15 | did not advance | |||||
| 16 | Norbert Huda | West Germany |
88.43 | 16 | did not advance | |||||
| 17 | Italo Salice | Italy |
87.86 | 17 | did not advance | |||||
| 18 | Junji Yuasa |  Japan |
86.80 | 18 | did not advance | |||||
| 19 | Frank Carter |  Great Britain |
85.90 | 19 | did not advance | |||||
| 20 | Boris Polulyakh | Soviet Union |
84.32 | 20 | did not advance | |||||
| 21 | Jerzy Kowalewski | Poland |
79.97 | 21 | did not advance | |||||
| 22 | Song Jae-Ung |  South Korea |
79.66 | 22 | did not advance | |||||
| 23 | Alberto Moreno |  Cuba |
76.80 | 23 | did not advance | |||||
| 24 | Salim Barjum |  Colombia |
76.19 | 24 | did not advance | |||||
| 25 | Kenneth Sully |  Canada |
74.62 | 25 | did not advance | |||||
| 26 | José Luis Ponce | Cuba |
72.72 | 26 | did not advance | |||||
| 27 | Jerry Anderson |  Puerto Rico |
68.83 | 27 | did not advance | |||||
| 28 | Héctor Bas | Puerto Rico |
62.43 | 28 | did not advance | |||||
| - | Salvador Pérez |  Dominican Republic |
DNS | - | did not advance | |||||
| - | Hakon Loken |  Norway |
DNS | - | did not advance | |||||