Diving at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 3 metre springboard

Men's 3 metre springboard at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Medalists
Gary Tobian  United States Samuel Hall  United States Juan Botella  Mexico

Diving at the 1960 Summer Olympics
3 m springboard	men	women
10 m platform	men	women

The men's 3 metre springboard, also reported as 3-metre springboard diving, was one of four diving events on the Diving at the 1960 Summer Olympics programme.

The competition was split into three phases:

1. Preliminary round (27 August)

   Divers performed four voluntary dives without limit of degrees of difficulty. The sixteen divers with the highest scores advanced to the semi-finals.

2. Semi-final (27 August)

   Divers performed three voluntary dives without limit of degrees of difficulty. The eight divers with the highest combined scores from the preliminary round and semi-final advanced to the final.

3. Final (29 August)

   Divers performed three voluntary dives without limit of degrees of difficulty. The final ranking was determined by the combined score from all three rounds.

Results

Rank	Diver	Preliminary		Semi-final				Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank	Points	Rank	Total
	Gary Tobian (USA)	62.03	2	45.30	3	107.33	2	62.64	1	170.00
	Samuel Hall (USA)	62.16	1	45.33	2	107.49	1	59.59	2	167.08
	Juan Botella (MEX)	60.66	3	46.30	1	106.96	3	55.34	3	162.30
4	Alvaro Gaxiola (MEX)	54.89	6	39.78	8	94.67	6	55.75	4	150.42
5	Ernest Meissner (CAN)	53.62	8	40.61	6	94.23	7	49.84	5	144.07
6	Lamberto Mari (ITA)	55.04	5	41.45	4	96.49	4	47.48	6	143.97
7	Toshio Yamano (JPN)	52.84	12	41.24	5	94.08	8	46.38	7	140.46
8	Hans-Dieter Pophal (EUA)	55.10	4	38.81	11	94.91	5	39.04	8	133.95
9	Georges Senecot (FRA)	53.93	7	38.54	14	92.47	9	Did not advance
10	Walter Messa (ITA)	53.47	9	38.81	11	92.28	10	Did not advance
11	Rudolf Oertel (EUA)	51.80	15	40.10	7	91.90	11	Did not advance
12	Yury Melnikov (URS)	53.30	10	38.56	13	91.86	12	Did not advance
13	Johnny Hellström (SWE)	51.91	14	39.40	9	91.31	13	Did not advance
14	Göran Lundqvist (SWE)	52.36	13	38.87	10	91.23	14	Did not advance
15	Kurt Mrkwicka (AUT)	53.12	11	37.61	16	90.73	15	Did not advance
16	Graham Deuble (AUS)	51.48	16	37.78	15	89.26	16	Did not advance
17	Vyacheslav Chernyshev (URS)	50.87	17	Did not advance
18	Christian Pire (FRA)	50.49	18	Did not advance
19	Peter Huber (AUT)	50.49	19	Did not advance
20	Peter Squires (GBR)	50.23	20	Did not advance
21	Tomáš Bauer (TCH)	49.92	21	Did not advance
22	Fernando Ribeiro (BRA)	49.27	22	Did not advance
23	Shunsuke Kaneto (JPN)	47.51	23	Did not advance
24	Konkoly János (HUN)	46.94	24	Did not advance
25	Jerzy Kowalewski (POL)	46.54	25	Did not advance
26	Keith Collin (GBR)	46.10	26	Did not advance
27	Kenneth Crotty (AUS)	43.40	27	Did not advance
28	Ahmed Moharran (EGY)	42.98	28	Did not advance
29	Federico Andrade (COL)	41.43	29	Did not advance
30	Dóra József (HUN)	41.21	30	Did not advance
31	Hans Klug (SUI)	38.65	31	Did not advance
32	Ali Mohamed Muheeb (EGY)	35.79	32	Did not advance

References

• The Organizing Committee of the Games of the XVII Olympiad (1960). "The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVII Olympiad, Rome 1960, Volume II" (PDF). The Organizing Committee of the Games of the XVII Olympiad. pp. pp. 586–8. Archived from the original (pdf) on August 13, 2011. Retrieved 2007-01-02.
• Herman de Wael (2001-05-24). "Diving - men's springboard (Rome 1960)". Retrieved 2007-01-03.