Diving_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics_–_Men's_3_metre_springboard
The men's 3 metre springboard, also reported as springboard diving, was one of four diving events on the Diving at the 1980 Summer Olympics programme.[1]
The competition was split into two phases:
- Preliminary round (22 July)
- Divers performed eleven dives. The eight divers with the highest scores advanced to the final.
- Final (23 July)
- Divers performed another set of eleven dives and the score here obtained was combined with half of the preliminary score to determine the final ranking.