Diving at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 3 metre springboard

The men's 3 metre springboard, also reported as springboard diving, was one of four diving events on the Diving at the 1972 Summer Olympics programme.[1]

Men's 3 metre springboard
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Vladimir Vasin  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Franco Cagnotto  Italy
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Craig Lincoln  United States
← 1968
1976 →

The competition was split into two phases:

  1. Preliminary round (29 August)
    Divers performed eight dives. The twelve divers with the highest scores advanced to the final.
  2. Final (30 August)
    Divers performed three voluntary dives without limit of degrees of difficulty. The final ranking was determined by the combined score with the preliminary round.

Results

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Rank Diver Nation Preliminary Final
Points Rank Points Rank Total
  Vladimir Vasin   Soviet Union 387.72 3 206.37 1 594.09
  Franco Cagnotto   Italy 400.95 1 190.68 2 591.63
  Craig Lincoln   United States 386.79 4 190.50 3 577.29
4 Klaus Dibiasi   Italy 380.16 6 178.89 4 559.05
5 Michael Finneran   United States 378.84 7 178.50 5 557.34
6 Vyacheslav Strakhov   Soviet Union 392.10 2 164.10 10 556.20
7 Falk Hoffmann   East Germany 384.45 5 160.50 11 544.95
8 Norbert Huda   West Germany 355.29 9 168.87 8 524.16
9 Carlos Girón   Mexico 345.21 11 176.67 6 521.88
10 Roar Løken   Norway 344.55 12 170.37 7 514.92
11 José Robinson   Mexico 348.48 10 165.54 9 514.02
12 Helge Ziethen   East Germany 364.02 8 147.00 12 511.02
13 Donald Wagstaff   Australia 344.13 13 did not advance
14 Scott Cranham   Canada 339.21 14 did not advance
15 Pentti Koskinen   Finland 336.99 15 did not advance
16 Kenneth Sully   Canada 336.12 16 did not advance
17 Christopher Walls   Great Britain 332.07 17 did not advance
18 Vladimir Kapirulin   Soviet Union 329.46 18 did not advance
19 Gerhard Hölzl   West Germany 327.42 19 did not advance
20 David Bush   United States 327.06 20 did not advance
21 Ion Ganea   Romania 325.17 21 did not advance
22 Alain Goosen   France 322.41 22 did not advance
23 John Baker   Great Britain 321.15 23 did not advance
24 Junji Yuasa   Japan 316.95 24 did not advance
25 Ron Friesen   Canada 313.11 25 did not advance
26 Salim Barjum   Colombia 310.86 26 did not advance
27 Porfirio Becerril   Mexico 310.65 27 did not advance
28 Brian Wetheridge   Great Britain 310.53 28 did not advance
29 Kenneth Grove   Australia 302.91 29 did not advance
30 Reinhard von Bauer   West Germany 299.79 30 did not advance
31 Rudolf Kruspel   Austria 293.58 31 did not advance
32 Josef Kien   Austria 285.30 32 did not advance

References

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  1. ^ "Diving at the 1972 Summer Olympics: Springboard, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 May 2020.

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