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 Nation Preliminary Final Points Rank Points Rank Total 90.07 2 69.49 2 159.56 83.42 5 72.81 1 156.23 90.24 1 60.45 3 150.69 4 89.20 3 59.35 4 148.55 5 83.06 6 57.58 5 140.64 6 83.82 4 55.32 8 139.14 7 80.54 7 56.99 6 137.53 8 80.45 8 55.63 7 136.08 9 74.68 12 54.66 9 129.34 10 75.64 11 51.68 10 127.32 10 78.27 9 49.05 12 127.32 12 77.77 10 49.10 11 126.87 13 74.60 13 did not advance 14 74.33 14 did not advance 15 73.82 15 did not advance 16 72.65 16 did not advance 17 71.04 17 did not advance 18 70.82 18 did not advance 19 69.18 19 did not advance 20 68.84 20 did not advance 21 67.96 21 did not advance 22 65.14 22 did not advance 23 62.07 23 did not advance 24 58.21 24 did not advance
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