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]
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The competition was split into two phases:
- Preliminary round (19 September)
- Divers performed eleven dives. The twelve divers with the highest scores advanced to the final.
- Final (20 September)
- Divers performed another set of eleven dives and the score here obtained determined the final ranking.
Results edit
| Rank | Diver | Nation | Preliminary | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | |||
 |
Greg Louganis |  United States
|
629.67 | 3 | 730.80 |
 |
Tan Liangde |  China
|
682.65 | 1 | 704.88 |
 |
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 edit
- ^ Simon Burnton (28 March 2012). "50 stunning Olympic moments No20: Greg Louganis's perfect dive 1988". The Guardian.
- ^ "Diving at the 1988 Summer Olympics: Springboard, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
Sources edit
- 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.