Diving at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 3 metre springboard

The men's 3 metre springboard was one of eight diving events included in the Diving at the 2000 Summer Olympics programme.

Men's 3 metre springboard at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Medalists
Xiong Ni  China Fernando Platas  Mexico Dmitri Sautin  Russia

The competition was split into three phases:

Preliminary round

25 September — Each diver performed a front dive, a back dive, a reverse dive, an inward dive, a twisting dive and a sixth free-choice dive from one of these groups. There were no limitations in degree of difficulty. The 18 divers with the highest total score advanced to the semi-final.

Semi-final

26 September — Each diver performed a front dive, a back dive, a reverse dive, an inward dive and a twisting dive. The overall difficulty degree was limited to 9.5. The 12 divers with the highest combined score from the semi-final and preliminary dives advanced to the final.

Final

26 September — Each diver performed a front dive, a back dive, a reverse dive, an inward dive, a twisting dive and a sixth free-choice dive from one of these groups. There were no limitations in difficulty degree. The final ranking was determined by the combined score from the final and semi-final dives.

Results

Rank	Diver	Country	Preliminary		Semifinal				Final
			Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank	Points	Rank	Total
	Xiong Ni	China	457.38	1	230.40	4	687.78	1	478.32	1	708.72
	Fernando Platas	Mexico	444.60	2	234.36	3	678.96	3	474.06	2	708.42
	Dmitri Sautin	Russia	444.51	3	240.24	1	684.75	2	462.96	3	703.20
4	Xiao Hailiang	China	419.91	5	235.92	2	655.83	5	435.12	4	671.04
5	Dean Pullar	Australia	406.65	8	222.78	9	629.43	8	424.62	5	647.40
6	Troy Dumais	United States	407.64	7	224.16	8	631.80	7	418.56	6	642.72
7	Mark Ruiz	United States	429.30	4	227.97	5	657.27	4	410.25	7	638.22
8	Ken Terauchi	Japan	389.88	11	226.89	6	616.77	9	407.58	8	634.47
9	Stefan Ahrens	Germany	385.50	12	218.67	12	604.17	11	400.50	9	619.17
10	Andreas Wels	Germany	414.84	6	224.97	7	639.81	6	391.56	10	616.53
11	Imre Lengyel	Hungary	382.98	13	222.60	10	605.58	10	390.87	11	613.47
12	Tony Ally	Great Britain	393.36	10	206.25	15	599.61	12	377.55	12	583.80
13	Alexandre Dobroskok	Russia	377.34	17	221.28	11	598.62	13	did not advance
14	Cassius Duran	Brazil	382.08	14	216.06	13	598.14	14	did not advance
15	Robert Newbery	Australia	402.03	9	192.87	18	594.90	15	did not advance
16	Donald Miranda	Italy	377.01	18	207.03	14	584.04	16	did not advance
17	Rafael Álvarez	Spain	377.55	16	201.06	16	578.61	17	did not advance
18	Yoendris Salazar	Cuba	377.58	15	197.52	17	575.10	18	did not advance
19	Jeff Liberty	Canada	375.06	19	did not advance
20	Jukka Piekkanen	Finland	373.41	20	did not advance
21	Luis Villarroel	Venezuela	365.97	21	did not advance
22	Yeoh Ken Nee	Malaysia	364.38	22	did not advance
23	Vyacheslav Khamulkin	Belarus	357.03	23	did not advance
24	Abel Sánchez	Peru	356.40	24	did not advance
25	Eduard Safonov	Ukraine	355.05	25	did not advance
26	Nicola Marconi	Italy	351.12	26	did not advance
27	Dmytro Lysenko	Ukraine	345.54	27	did not advance
28	Ramón Fumadó	Venezuela	343.89	28	did not advance
29	Joel Rodríguez	Mexico	336.51	29	did not advance
30	Joona Puhakka	Finland	332.58	30	did not advance
31	Richard Frece	Austria	328.68	31	did not advance
32	Thomas Bimis	Greece	324.72	32	did not advance
33	José Miguel Gil	Spain	318.72	33	did not advance
34	Kwon Kyung-min	South Korea	318.45	34	did not advance
35	Gabriel Chereches	Romania	318.27	35	did not advance
36	Nikolaos Siranidis	Greece	317.88	36	did not advance
37	Erick Fornaris	Cuba	313.86	37	did not advance
38	Evan Stewart	Zimbabwe	313.53	38	did not advance
39	Jaroslav Makohin	Czech Republic	311.67	39	did not advance
40	Frédéric Pierre	France	310.74	40	did not advance
41	Juan Urán	Colombia	308.10	41	did not advance
42	Alisher Seitov	Kazakhstan	307.62	42	did not advance
43	Meerit Insawang	Thailand	306.24	43	did not advance
44	Zardo Domenios	Philippines	300.42	44	did not advance
45	Jean-Romain Delaloye	Switzerland	292.68	45	did not advance
46	Mark Shipman	Great Britain	285.90	46	did not advance
47	Pak Yong-ryong	North Korea	271.47	47	did not advance
48	Yu Yuet	Hong Kong	227.64	48	did not advance
49	Chen Han-hung	Chinese Taipei	188.46	49	did not advance

Sources

• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (SOCOG) (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad - Volume Three: Results (Diving) (pdf) (in English and French). Sydney, New South Wales: Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (SOCOG). pp. 27–40. ISBN 0-9579616-1-8. OCLC 49687523. Retrieved 18 January 2007.