Diving at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 3 metre springboard

Men's 3 metre springboard
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Greg Louganis  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tan Liangde  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Li Deliang  China

The men's 3 metre springboard, also reported as springboard diving, was one of four diving events on the Diving at the 1988 Summer Olympics programme. Memorably, defending champion Greg Louganis managed to complete the preliminary qualifying after hitting his head on the springboard while performing a reverse 2½ pike in the third round and suffering a concussion, and continued to the finals to win the gold medal.[1][2]

The competition was split into two phases:

  1. Preliminary round (19 September)
    Divers performed eleven dives. The twelve divers with the highest scores advanced to the final.
  2. Final (20 September)
    Divers performed another set of eleven dives and the score here obtained determined the final ranking.

Results

Rank Diver Nation Preliminary Final
Points Rank Points
1st place, gold medalist(s) Greg Louganis  United States 629.67 3 730.80
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tan Liangde  China 682.65 1 704.88
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Li Deliang  China 607.77 4 665.28
4 Albin Killat  West Germany 642.60 2 661.47
5 Mark Bradshaw  United States 588.15 7 642.99
6 Jorge Mondragón  Mexico 594.36 5 616.02
7 Jesús Mena  Mexico 581.01 8 598.77
8 Edwin Jongejans  Netherlands 591.45 6 588.33
9 Niki Stajković  Austria 579.63 9 570.60
10 Aleksandr Portnov  Soviet Union 561.81 12 563.37
11 Keita Kaneto  Japan 577.50 10 562.05
12 Valery Goncharov  Soviet Union 570.63 11 554.16
13 Massimo Castellani  Italy 553.74 13 Did not advance
14 Joakim Andersson  Sweden 549.99 14 Did not advance
15 Tom Lemaire  Belgium 549.09 15 Did not advance
16 Piero Italiani  Italy 542.67 16 Did not advance
17 Larry Flewwelling  Canada 541.14 17 Did not advance
18 Isao Yamagishi  Japan 540.72 18 Did not advance
19 Erich Pils  Austria 532.92 19 Did not advance
20 David Bédard  Canada 532.62 20 Did not advance
21 Willi Meyer  West Germany 511.98 21 Did not advance
22 Juha Ovaskainen  Finland 500.76 22 Did not advance
23 Graeme Banks  Australia 499.41 23 Did not advance
24 Jérôme Nalliod  France 496.17 24 Did not advance
25 José Miguel Gil  Spain 483.12 25 Did not advance
26 Graham Morris  Great Britain 478.74 26 Did not advance
27 Tomasz Rossa  Poland 475.44 27 Did not advance
28 Russell Butler  Australia 470.19 28 Did not advance
29 Robert Morgan  Great Britain 457.65 29 Did not advance
30 Abraham Suárez  Ecuador 446.92 30 Did not advance
31 Majed Altaqi  Kuwait 387.60 31 Did not advance
32 Lee Seon-gi  South Korea 362.58 32 Did not advance
33 Christopher Honey  Barbados 347.22 33 Did not advance
34 Tang Kei Shan  Hong Kong 298.08 34 Did not advance
35 Wong Kin Chung  Hong Kong 263.16 35 Did not advance

References

  1. ^ Simon Burnton (28 March 2012). "50 stunning Olympic moments No20: Greg Louganis's perfect dive 1988". The Guardian.
  2. ^ "Diving at the 1988 Summer Olympics: Springboard, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 May 2020.

Sources

  • Official Report of the Games of the XXIVth Olympiad Seoul, 1988 - Volume 2: Competition Summary and Results (pdf) (in English and French). Seoul: Seoul Olympic Organizing Committee. 1989. pp. pp. 573–8. OCLC 23924033. Retrieved 11 January 2007.
  • Crean, John (13 June 1996). "Hong Kong's Last Chance To Win an Olympic Medal". The New York Times.
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