The men's 3 metre springboard diving competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held on 15 and 16 August at the Maria Lenk Aquatic Center in Barra da Tijuca.

Format The competition was held in three rounds: Preliminary round: All 29 divers perform six dives; the top 18 divers advance to the semi-final. Semi-final: The 18 divers perform six dives; the scores of the qualifications are erased and the top 12 divers advance to the final. Final: The 12 divers perform six dives; the semi-final scores are erased and the top three divers win the gold, silver and bronze medals accordingly.

Schedule All times are Brasília time (UTC−3) DateTimeRoundMonday, 15 August 201615:15PreliminaryTuesday, 16 August 201610:0018:00SemifinalFinal

Results

Rank DiverNationPreliminarySemifinalFinalPointsRankPointsRankDive 1Dive 2Dive 3Dive 4Dive 5Dive 6Points Cao Yuan 498.701489.10185.0094.5094.5090.0086.7096.90547.60 439.957389.401281.6091.0090.1076.0596.9088.20523.85 440.006413.501063.0089.2579.5583.3098.8085.00498.904 449.904468.35381.6076.5068.2590.0070.0095.00481.355 461.353437.70772.0075.0072.8589.2577.0089.70475.806 398.2015430.05871.4079.0582.2593.1066.0083.30475.107 488.252469.70245.9058.5086.7079.2084.0096.90451.208 399.8013414.25974.4081.6076.5069.0061.5079.90442.909 398.8514442.45672.0077.5076.5070.5063.0076.50436.0010 421.6010467.25460.0081.6085.7577.0062.7064.60431.6511 400.7512445.40572.0063.5573.1071.4064.7580.50425.3012 447.055406.551165.1076.5042.0034.2070.2076.50364.5013 390.8517387.3013 Did not advance14 416.5511381.4014 Did not advance15 395.0516368.3515Did not advance16 430.708356.0516Did not advance17 423.509354.2017Did not advance18 389.9018345.6018Did not advance19 388.1519Did not advance20 380.8520Did not advance21 He Chao 380.3521Did not advance22 373.7022Did not advance23 373.4023Did not advance24 Woo Ha-ram 364.1024Did not advance25 360.9525Did not advance26 356.5526Did not advance27 351.9527Did not advance28 350.4028Did not advance29 341.7029Did not advance

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