Diving at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 3 metre springboard

Men's 3 metre springboard at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Medalists
Pete Desjardins  United States Michael Galitzen  United States Farid Simaika 23x15px Egypt

Diving at the 1928 Summer Olympics
3 m springboard		men		women
10 m platform		men		women

The men's 3 metre springboard, also reported as fancy diving, was one of four diving events on the diving at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was actually held from both 3 metre and 1 metre boards. Divers performed five compulsory dives from the 3 metre board – running plain header forward, standing backward header, running isander (half gainer), backward spring and forward dive, running header forward with half screw – and six dives of the competitor's choice (different from the compulsory), from either board, for a total of eleven dives. The competition was held from Monday August 6, 1928 to Wednesday August 8, 1928.

Twenty-three divers from fifteen nations competed.

Results

First round

The three divers who scored the smallest number of points in each group of the first round advanced to the final.

Group 1

Place	Diver	Points	Score
1	Pete Desjardins (USA)	5	182.10
2	Heinz Plumanns (GER)	12	148
3	22x20px Alfred Phillips (CAN)	17	134.10
4	Luciano Cozzi (ITA)	20	129.14
5	Edmund Lindmark (SWE)	22	123.70
6	Henk Lotgering (NED)	29	112.98
7	Armand Billard (FRA)	37	101.44
8	Josef Nasvadba (TCH)	38	102.48

Group 2

Place	Diver	Points	Score
1	Michael Galitzen (USA)	5	178.94
2	22x20px Farid Simaika (EGY)	10	164.96
3	Ewald Riebschläger (GER)	15	151.20
4	Julius Balasz (TCH)	20	139.24
5	Curt Sjöberg (SWE)	27	129.26
6	Josef Staudinger (AUT)	28	128.54
7	Arthur Bischoff (SUI)	35	100.14
8	Harry Morris (AUS)	40	94.96

Group 3

Place	Diver	Points	Score
1	Harold Smith (USA)	5	169.70
2	Arthur Mund (GER)	11	148.48
3	Fumo Takashina (JPN)	14	139.82
4	Maurice Lepage (FRA)	21	132.52
5	Louis Gompers (NED)	24	123.24
6	22x20px Federico Mariscal (MEX)	31	88.84
7	S. C. Mercer (GBR)	34	81.84

Final

The points and scores are given as in the official report showing Galitzen second with 14 and Simaika third with 13.

Place	Diver	Points	Score
1	Pete Desjardins (USA)	5	185.04
2	Michael Galitzen (USA)	14	174.06
3	22x20px Farid Simaika (EGY)	13	172.46
4	Harold Smith (USA)	18	168.96
5	Arthur Mund (GER)	29.5	154.72
6	Ewald Riebschläger (GER)	31	153.86
7	22x20px Alfred Phillips (CAN)	32.5	149.48
8	Heinz Plumanns (GER)	37	150.18
9	Fumo Takashina (JPN)	45	139.78