Diving at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 3 metre springboard

Men's 3 metre springboard
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
VenueAlberca Olímpica Francisco Marquéz
Date19–20 October 1968
(Preliminary)
20 October 1968
(Final)
Competitors28 from 16 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Bernard Wrightson  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Klaus Dibiasi  Italy
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jim Henry  United States
← 1964
1972 →

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.

Competition format

The competition was split into two phases:

  1. 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.
  2. 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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Bernard Wrightson  United States 102.95 3 22.96 21.28 22.96 67.20 1 170.15
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Klaus Dibiasi  Italy 104.68 2 17.82 17.36 19.88 55.06 4 159.74
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

References

  1. ^ "Diving at the 1968 Summer Olympics: Springboard, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 May 2020.

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