The men's 3 metre springboard was one of eight

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Diving at the 2000 Summer Olympics At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, eight diving events were contested for the first time due to the inclusion of synchronized variants for each of the traditional events. The competition took place at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre ...

programme. 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

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. 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.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Diving at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's 3 metre springboard

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Men's events at the 2000 Summer Olympics