The men's 3 metre

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competition at the

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was held on 6 and 7 August at the Aquatics Centre within the Olympic Park.

Ilya Zakharov Ilya Leonidovich Zakharov (russian: Илья Леонидович Захаров; born 2 May 1991) is a Russian diver and politician. He is the 2012 Olympics gold medalist in 3 metre Springboard. Career Junior In 2007, Zakharov debuted in int ...

from

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won the gold medal.

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's Qin Kai took silver and

He Chong He Chong (; born June 10, 1987 in Zhanjiang, Guangdong) is a Chinese diving (sport), diver. He is the Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008 Olympic Champion in the 3m springboard. He split with partner Wang Feng (diver), Wang Feng after they ...

won bronze.

Format

The competition was held in three rounds: *Preliminary round: All 29 divers perform six dives; the top 18 divers advance to the semi-final. *Semi-final: The 18 divers perform six dives; the scores of the qualifications are erased and the top 12 divers advance to the final. *Final: The 12 divers perform six dives; the semi-final scores are erased and the top three divers win the gold, silver and bronze medals accordingly.

Schedule

All times are

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(UTC+1)

Results

Source: *

Stephan Feck Stephan Feck (born 17 February 1990 in Leipzig, East Germany) is a German diver who competes in the Men's 1 and 3 metre springboard. He won the silver medal at the 2010 European Aquatics Championships in Budapest and at the 2011 European D ...

, competing in his first Olympics, received a 0.0 on his second dive after he slipped on the board and landed on his back in the water. He returned for his third dive but did not perform his fourth, fifth or sixth, thereby removing himself from the competition.

References

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Men's events at the 2012 Summer Olympics