Final | Score | 1. Albert Zürner | GeR | 85.5 | 2. Kurt Behrens | GeR | 85.3 | 3. George Gaidzik | USA | 80.8 | 3. Gottlob Walz | GeR | 80.8 |
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Venue: White City Stadium. | 23 divers from 8 nations. |
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The competition was actually held from both 3 metre and 1 metre boards. Divers performed a running plain dive and a running forward somersault from the 1 metre board, a one-and-a-half somersault and a backward spring and forward dive from the 3 metre board, and three dives of the competitor's choice from the 3 metre board. | |
Semi-Finals - Thursday, 26th July. | First 2 from each Semi advanced to Final. |
Ranking | Score | 1. Kurt Behrens | GeR | 83.0 | 2. Gottlob Walz | GeR | 80.3 | 3. Herbert Pott | GBR | 79.6 | 4. Heinz Freyschmidt | GeR | 79.3 | 5. Frank Errington | GBR | 72.6 | 6. Oskar Wetzell | FIN | 70.1 |
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Ranking | Score | 1. George Gaidzik | USA | 85.6 | 2. Albert Zürner | GeR | 82.8 | 3. Fritz Nicolai | GeR | 81.8 | 4. Harold Clarke | GBR | 81.1 | 5. Harold Grote | USA | 74.5 |
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| First 2 from each Group advanced to Semi-Finals. A tie in the third group for second place resulted in both divers joining the group winner in advancing. |
Ranking | Score | 1. George Gaidzik | USA | 82.8 | 2. Heinz Freyschmidt | GeR | 78.1 | 3. Robert Zimmerman | CAN | 74.0 | 4. Harry Crank | GBR | 70.3 | 5. Anthony Beckett | GBR | 67.5 |
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Ranking | Score | 1. Albert Zürner | GeR | 83.6 | 2. Harold Clarke | GBR | 78.6 | 3. Anthony Taylor | GBR | 58.8 |
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Ranking | Score | 1. Kurt Behrens | GeR | 83.6 | 2. Frank Errington | GBR | 70.83 | 2. Oskar Wetzell | FIN | 70.83 | 4. Karl Malmström | SWE | 70.3 | 5. William Hoare | GBR | 67.8 |
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Ranking | Score | 1. Herbert Ernest Potts | GBR | 82.5 | 2. Fritz Nicolai | GeR | 67.1 | 3. William J. Bull | GBR | 66.0 | 4. Carlo Bonfanti | ITA | 65.8 | 5. Sigfrid T. Larsson | SWE | 64.5 | 6. Reginald L. Baker | ANZ | 61.3 |
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Ranking | Score | 1. Gottlob Walz | GeR | 81.3 | 2. Harold Grote | USA | 79.5 | 3. Harold Smyrk | GBR | 78.3 | 4. Thomas Cross | GBR | 64.5 |
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Olympic Champions Men 3m Springboard | 2016: | Cao Yuan | CHN | 2012: | Ilya Zakharov | RUS | 2008: | He Chong | CHN | 2004: | Peng Bo | CHN | 2000: | Xiong Ni | CHN | 1996: | Xiong Ni | CHN | 1992: | Mark Lenzi | USA | 1988: | Greg Louganis | USA | 1984: | Greg Louganis | USA | 1980: | Aleksandr Portnov | URS | 1976: | Phil Boggs | USA | 1972: | Vladimir Vasin | URS | 1968: | Bernard Wrightson | USA | 1964: | Kenneth Sitzberger | USA | 1960: | Gary Tobian | USA | 1956: | Bob Clotworthy | USA | 1952: | David Browning | USA | 1948: | Bruce Harlan | USA | 1936: | Richard Degener | USA | 1932: | Michael Galitzen | USA | 1928: | Pete Desjardins | USA | 1924: | Albert White | USA | 1920: | Louis Kuehn | USA | 1912: | Paul Günther | GER | 1908: | Albert Zürner | GER |
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