The men's 3 metre springboard, also reported as springboard diving, was one of four diving events on the Diving at the 1972 Summer Olympics programme.
The competition was split into two phases:
Preliminary round (29 August) Divers performed eight dives. The twelve divers with the highest scores advanced to the final. Final (30 August) Divers performed three voluntary dives without limit of degrees of difficulty. The final ranking was determined by the combined score with the preliminary round.
Results Rank Diver Nation Preliminary Final Points Rank Points Rank Total 387.72 3 206.37 1 594.09 400.95 1 190.68 2 591.63 386.79 4 190.50 3 577.29 4 380.16 6 178.89 4 559.05 5 378.84 7 178.50 5 557.34 6 392.10 2 164.10 10 556.20 7 384.45 5 160.50 11 544.95 8 355.29 9 168.87 8 524.16 9 345.21 11 176.67 6 521.88 10 344.55 12 170.37 7 514.92 11 348.48 10 165.54 9 514.02 12 364.02 8 147.00 12 511.02 13 344.13 13 did not advance 14 339.21 14 did not advance 15 336.99 15 did not advance 16 336.12 16 did not advance 17 332.07 17 did not advance 18 329.46 18 did not advance 19 327.42 19 did not advance 20 327.06 20 did not advance 21 325.17 21 did not advance 22 322.41 22 did not advance 23 321.15 23 did not advance 24 316.95 24 did not advance 25 313.11 25 did not advance 26 310.86 26 did not advance 27 310.65 27 did not advance 28 310.53 28 did not advance 29 302.91 29 did not advance 30 299.79 30 did not advance 31 293.58 31 did not advance 32 285.30 32 did not advance
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