The men's 3 metre springboard, also reported as ''3-metre springboard diving'', was one of four

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Diving at the 1960 Summer Olympics At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, four diving (sport), diving events were contested. Medal summary The events are labelled as 3 metre springboard and 10 metre platform by the International Olympic Committee,

programme. The competition was split into three phases: #''Preliminary round'' (27 August) #:Divers performed four voluntary dives without limit of degrees of difficulty. The sixteen divers with the highest scores advanced to the semi-finals. #''Semi-final'' (27 August) #:Divers performed three voluntary dives without limit of degrees of difficulty. The eight divers with the highest combined scores from the preliminary round and semi-final advanced to the final. #''Final'' (29 August) #:Divers performed three voluntary dives without limit of degrees of difficulty. The final ranking was determined by the combined score from all three rounds.

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Men's events at the 1960 Summer Olympics