Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 3 metre springboard

Men's 3 metre springboard
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Men's 3 metre springboard; at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Medalists
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The men's 3 metre springboard was one of four diving events included in the Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics programme.

The competition was split into three phases:

Preliminary round: 29 July — Each diver performed a set number of dives without any limitation on the difficulty degree. The 18 divers with the highest total score advanced to the semi-final.
Semi-final: 28 July — Each diver performed a set number of dives without any limitation on the difficulty degree. The 12 divers with the highest combined score from the semi-final and preliminary dives advanced to the final.
Final: 29 July — Each diver performed a set number of dives, without limitation on the difficulty degree. The final ranking was determined by the combined score from the final and semi-final dives.

Results

Rank	Diver	Preliminary		Semi-final				Final
Rank	Diver	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank	Points	Rank	Total
	Xiong Ni (CHN)	463.02	1	231.45	1	694.47	1	470.01	1	701.46
	Yu Zhuocheng (CHN)	438.93	2	223.41	5	662.34	2	467.52	2	690.93
	Mark Lenzi (USA)	372.03	9	229.74	2	601.77	7	456.76	3	686.49
4	Scott Donie (USA)	414.03	4	223.86	4	637.89	4	443.07	4	666.93
5	Dmitri Sautin (RUS)	391.74	6	229.74	2	621.48	5	414.93	6	644.67
6	Michael Murphy (AUS)	419.13	3	220.08	6	639.21	3	420.87	5	640.95
7	Jan Hempel (GER)	358.26	13	219.99	7	578.25	10	402.33	8	622.32
8	Fernando Platas (MEX)	382.83	8	217.62	8	600.45	8	402.36	7	619.98
9	Valery Statsenko (RUS)	357.18	15	217.53	9	574.71	11	380.16	11	597.69
10	Andrey Semenyuk (BLR)	385.32	7	202.23	16	587.55	9	393.33	9	595.56
11	Roman Volod'kov (UKR)	359.85	12	210.30	10	570.15	12	382.83	10	593.13
12	Andreas Wels (GER)	405.33	5	207.21	11	612.54	6	376.35	12	583.56
13	Evan Stewart (ZIM)	361.53	11	206.43	12	567.96	13	Did not advance
14	Richard Frece (AUT)	365.73	10	197.91	17	563.64	14	Did not advance
15	Davide Lorenzini (ITA)	356.55	16	202.80	15	559.35	15	Did not advance
16	Philippe Comtois (CAN)	357.75	14	193.53	18	551.28	16	Did not advance
17	Imre Lengyel (HUN)	346.74	17	204.51	13	551.25	17	Did not advance
18	Tony Ally (GBR)	345.33	18	203.46	14	548.79	18	Did not advance
19	David Bédard (CAN)	342.33	19	Did not advance
20	Jimmy Sjödin (SWE)	339.93	20	Did not advance
21	Vyacheslav Khamulkin (BLR)	331.86	21	Did not advance
22	Joakim Andersson (SWE)	331.83	22	Did not advance
23	Maksym Lapyn (UKR)	328.23	23	Did not advance
24	Bobby Morgan (GBR)	318.69	24	Did not advance
25	Dario di Fazio (VEN)	317.04	25	Did not advance
26	Nikolaos Siranidis (GRE)	316.50	26	Did not advance
27	Tony Iglesias (BOL)	307.83	27	Did not advance
28	Russell Butler (AUS)	305.79	28	Did not advance
29	Ramon Sandin (PUR)	302.55	29	Did not advance
30	Joel Rodríguez (MEX)	296.91	30	Did not advance
31	José Miguel Gil (ESP)	295.47	31	Did not advance
32	Jong-Hee Lee (KOR)	293.52	32	Did not advance
33	Ali Al-Hasan (KUW)	272.40	33	Did not advance
34	Suchat Pichi (THA)	257.13	34	Did not advance
35	Janaka Biyanwila (SRI)	247.44	35	Did not advance
36	Rafael Álvarez (ESP)	208.83	36	Did not advance
37	Han-Hung Chen (TPE)	194.13	37	Did not advance
38	Siniša Žugic (YUG)	181.17	38	Did not advance
39	Sergey Orin (TJK)	162.66	39	Did not advance