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

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events on the

Diving at the 1988 Summer Olympics At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, four diving events were contested during a competition that took place at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool, from 17 to 20 September and from 26 to 29 September, comprising 89 divers from 30 nations. Medal ...

programme. Memorably, defending champion

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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. 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.

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Men's events at the 1988 Summer Olympics