The men's 3 metre springboard, also reported as springboard diving, was one of four diving events on the Diving at the 1952 Summer Olympics programme.
The competition was split into two phases on different days:
Preliminary round (27 July) – Divers performed six voluntary dives of limited degrees of difficulty. The eight divers with the highest scores advanced to the final. Final (28 July) – Divers performed six voluntary dives without any limits of difficulty. The final score was the aggregate of the preliminary and final rounds' points.
Results Rank Diver Nation Preliminary Final Points Rank Points Rank Total 89.59 1 115.70 1 205.29 88.00 2 111.84 2 199.84 80.64 3 104.28 3 184.92 4 79.42 4 98.91 4 178.33 5 69.37 7 96.26 5 165.63 6 67.97 8 87.94 6 155.91 7 71.36 5 80.54 7 151.90 8 71.25 6 80.06 8 151.31 9 67.70 9 did not advance 10 67.18 10 did not advance 11 67.09 11 did not advance 12 66.75 12 did not advance 13 65.99 13 did not advance 14 65.41 14 did not advance 15 65.23 15 did not advance 16 63.37 16 did not advance 17 62.95 17 did not advance 18 62.68 18 did not advance 19 62.36 19 did not advance 20 61.85 20 did not advance 20 61.85 20 did not advance 22 61.64 22 did not advance 23 60.11 23 did not advance 24 59.90 24 did not advance 25 59.57 25 did not advance 26 59.52 26 did not advance 27 59.11 27 did not advance 28 58.70 28 did not advance 29 58.06 29 did not advance 30 57.79 30 did not advance 31 55.00 31 did not advance 32 54.42 32 did not advance 33 50.04 33 did not advance 34 48.42 34 did not advance 35 47.15 35 did not advance 36 41.98 36 did not advance
The divers were distracted by a photographer in a frogman suit who stationed himself in the pool to take pictures.
References
Sources Diving at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's Springboard. sports-reference.com