| Venue: Stade Nautique d'Anvers. 14 competitors from 9 nations. |
| Final Friday, 27th, August | Pts | Score | | 1. Louis Kuehn |  USA | 10 | 675.40 | | 2. Clarence Pinkston | USA | 11 | 655.30 | | 3. Louis Balbach | USA | 15 | 649.50 | | 4. Gustaf Blomgren |  SWE | 19 | 587.05 | | 5. Gunnar Ekstrand | SWE | 27 | 559.25 | | 6. John Jansson | SWE | 34 | 544.75 |
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| Sprigboards 1 metre and 3 metres. | | A point-for-place system was used. For each dive, the divers were ranked according to their dive score and awarded points based on their rank for that dive. |
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Semi-Finals - Thursday, 26th August. | | First 3 divers who scored the smallest number of points from each Group advanced to Final. |
| Ranking | Pts | Score | | 1. Gustaf Blomgren | SWE | 7 | 614.00 | | 2. Clarence Pinkston | USA | 8 | 622.70 | | 3. John Jansson | SWE | 16 | 549.70 | | 4. Adolfo Wellisch |  BRA | 19 | 522.85 | | 5. Ernest Walmsley |  GBR | 28 | 453.05 | | 6. Guglielmo De Sanctis |  ITA | 29 | 451.35 | | 7. Paul Knuchel |  SUI | 33 | 431.35 |
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| Ranking | Pts | Score | | 1. Gustaf Blomgren | SWE | 7 | 614.00 | | 2. Clarence Pinkston | USA | 8 | 622.70 | | 3. John Jansson | SWE | 16 | 549.70 | | 4. Adolfo Wellisch | BRA | 19 | 522.85 | | 5. Ernest Walmsley | GBR | 28 | 453.05 | | 6. Guglielmo De Sanctis | ITA | 29 | 451.35 | | 7. Paul Knuchel | SUI | 33 | 431.35 |
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| Olympic Champions Men 3m Springboard | | 2016: | Cao Yuan |  CHN | | 2012: | Ilya Zakharov |  RUS | | 2008: | He Chong | CHN | | 2004: | Peng Bo | CHN | | 2000: | Xiong Ni | CHN | | 1996: | Xiong Ni | CHN | | 1992: | Mark Lenzi | USA | | 1988: | Greg Louganis | USA | | 1984: | Greg Louganis | USA | | 1980: | Aleksandr Portnov |  URS | | 1976: | Phil Boggs | USA | | 1972: | Vladimir Vasin | URS | | 1968: | Bernard Wrightson | USA | | 1964: | Kenneth Sitzberger | USA | | 1960: | Gary Tobian | USA | | 1956: | Bob Clotworthy | USA | | 1952: | David Browning | USA | | 1948: | Bruce Harlan | USA | | 1936: | Richard Degener | USA | | 1932: | Michael Galitzen | USA | | 1928: | Pete Desjardins | USA | | 1924: | Albert White | USA | | 1920: | Louis Kuehn | USA | | 1912: | Paul Günther |  GER | | 1908: | Albert Zürner | GER |
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