Diving at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 3 metre springboard

Men's 3 metre springboard at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Medalists
Bob Clotworthy  United States Donald Harper  United States Joaquín Capilla  Mexico

Diving at the 1956 Summer Olympics
3 m springboard	men	women
10 m platform	men	women

The men's 3 metre springboard, also reported as springboard diving, was one of four diving events on the Diving at the 1956 Summer Olympics programme.

The competition was split into two phases held on different days:

• Preliminary round (30 November) – Divers performed five voluntary dives of limited degrees of difficulty and one voluntary dive without limits. The twelve divers with the highest scores advanced to the final.
• Final (1 December) – Divers performed four voluntary dives without any limits of difficulty. The final score was the aggregate of the preliminary and final rounds' points.

Results

Rank	Diver	Preliminary		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total
	Bob Clotworthy (USA)	90.07	2	69.49	2	159.56
	Donald Harper (USA)	83.42	5	72.81	1	156.23
	Joaquín Capilla (MEX)	90.24	1	60.45	3	150.69
4	Glen Whitten (USA)	89.20	3	59.35	4	148.55
5	Gennady Udalov (URS)	83.06	6	57.58	5	140.64
6	Roman Brener (URS)	83.82	4	55.32	8	139.14
7	Günther Mund Borgs (CHI)	80.54	7	56.99	6	137.53
8	Gerlach József (HUN)	80.45	8	55.63	7	136.08
9	Yury Kasakov (URS)	74.68	12	54.66	9	129.34
10	William Patrick (CAN)	75.64	11	51.68	10	127.32
10	Juan Botella (MEX)	78.27	9	49.05	12	127.32
12	Yutaka Baba (JPN)	77.77	10	49.10	11	126.87
13	Siák Ferenc (HUN)	74.60	13	Did not advance
14	Christian Pire (FRA)	74.33	14	Did not advance
15	Helge Vasenius (FIN)	73.82	15	Did not advance
16	Peter Tarsey (GBR)	72.65	16	Did not advance
17	Arthur Winther (AUS)	71.04	17	Did not advance
18	Ryo Mabuchi (JPN)	70.82	18	Did not advance
19	Joseph McCann (AUS)	69.18	19	Did not advance
20	Ronald Faulds (AUS)	68.84	20	Did not advance
21	Raymond Cann (GBR)	67.96	21	Did not advance
22	Yoav Raanan (ISR)	65.14	22	Did not advance
23	Fernando Ribeiro (BRA)	62.07	23	Did not advance
24	Roy Walsh (GBR)	58.21	24	Did not advance

References

• The Organizing Committee of the XV Olympiad, Melbourne, 1956 (1958). "The Official Report of the Organizing Committee of the XVI Olympiad Melbourne 1956" (PDF). The Organizing Committee of the XV Olympiad, Melbourne, 1956. pp. p. 607. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2008-09-12. Retrieved 2007-01-02.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Herman de Wael (2001-05-24). "Diving - men's springboard (Melbourne 1956)". Retrieved 2007-01-02.