Diving at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 3 metre springboard

Men's 3 metre springboard at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Medalists
Vladimir Vasin   Soviet Union   Franco Cagnotto   Italy   Craig Lincoln   United States

Diving at the 1972 Summer Olympics
3 m springboard		men		women
10 m platform		men		women

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:

1. Preliminary round (29 August)

   Divers performed eight dives. The twelve divers with the highest scores advanced to the final.

2. 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	Preliminary		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total
	Vladimir Vasin (URS)	387.72	3	206.37	1	594.09
	Franco Cagnotto (ITA)	400.95	1	190.68	2	591.63
	Craig Lincoln (USA)	386.79	4	190.50	3	577.29
4	Klaus Dibiasi (ITA)	380.16	6	178.89	4	559.05
5	Michael Finneran (USA)	378.84	7	178.50	5	557.34
6	Vyacheslav Strakhov (URS)	392.10	2	164.10	10	556.20
7	Falk Hoffmann (GDR)	384.45	5	160.50	11	544.95
8	Norbert Huda (FRG)	355.29	9	168.87	8	524.16
9	Carlos Girón (MEX)	345.21	11	176.67	6	521.88
10	Roar Løken (NOR)	344.55	12	170.37	7	514.92
11	José Robinson (MEX)	348.48	10	165.54	9	514.02
12	Helge Ziethen (GDR)	364.02	8	147.00	12	511.02
13	Donald Wagstaff (AUS)	344.13	13
14	Scott Cranham (CAN)	339.21	14
15	Pentti Koskinen (FIN)	336.99	15
16	Kenneth Sully (CAN)	336.12	16
17	Christopher Walls (GBR)	332.07	17
18	Vladimir Kapyrulin (URS)	329.46	18
19	Gerhard Hölzl (FRG)	327.42	19
20	David Bush (USA)	327.06	20
21	Ion Ganea (ROU)	325.17	21
22	Alain Goosen (FRA)	322.41	22
23	John Baker (GBR)	321.15	23
24	Junji Yuasa (JPN)	316.95	24
25	Ron Friesen (CAN)	313.11	25
26	Salim Barjum (COL)	310.86	26
27	Porfirio Becerril (MEX)	310.65	27
28	Brian Wetheridge (GBR)	310.53	28
29	Kenneth Grove (AUS)	302.91	29
30	Reinhard von Bauer (FRG)	299.79	30
31	Rudolf Kruspel (AUT)	293.58	31
32	Josef Kien (AUT)	285.30	32

References

• Organising Committee for the Games of the XX Olympiad, Munich 1972 (1974). Organising Committee for the Games of the XX Olympiad, Munich 1972, e.V., ed. The Official Report for the Games of the XX Olympiad Munich 1972 - Volume 3: The competitions (pdf). proSport GmbH & Co, KG, München. pp. p. 349. Retrieved 2007-01-07.