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Springboard, Men

Date	18 – 19 August 2008
Status	Olympic
Location	Beijing Guojia Youyong Zhongxin, Beijing Aolinpike Gongyuan, Beijing
Participants	29 from 20 countries
Format	3 metre springboard.

The hometown Chinese were favored, as they sent out the 2007 World Champion, Qin Kai, and the 2008 World Cup champion, He Chong. He, and we do mean He, dominated the event, leading the qualifying, the semi-finals, and the final round, winning the gold medal by over 36 points. Second went to Canada’s Alexandre Despatie, who had also won silver in Athens, and had been the 2005 World Champion in the event. Qin won bronze, edging out the perpetual contender Dmitry Sautin of Russia. While the United States had once had the world’s best divers, this was the third consecutive Olympics at which no American made the podium. China was now the top diving nation, winning this event for the fourth straight Games.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points
1	He Chong	CHN	572.90	Gold
2	Alexandre Despatie	CAN	536.65	Silver
3	Qin Kai	CHN	530.10	Bronze
4	Dmitry Sautin	RUS	512.65
5	Pavlo Rozenberg	GER	485.60
6	Troy Dumais	USA	472.50
7	Yahel Castillo	MEX	462.10
8	Patrick Hausding	GER	462.05
9	Robert Newbery	AUS	461.05
10	Juan Guillermo Urán	COL	454.50
11	Ken Terauchi	JPN	442.50
12	Chris Colwill	USA	425.90
13	Joona Puhakka	FIN	451.95
14	Nicola Marconi	ITA	444.55
15	Illia Kvasha	UKR	439.55
16	Matt Mitcham	AUS	427.45
17	Aleksandr Dobroskok	RUS	412.00
18	Reuben Ross	CAN	395.85
19	Jorge Betancourt	CUB	428.25
20	Javi Illana	ESP	423.90
21	Ramón Fumadó	VEN	419.05
22	Constantin Blaha	AUT	407.55
23	Yuriy Shliakhov	UKR	405.05
24	César Castro	BRA	400.60
25	Siarhei Kuchmasou	BLR	399.40
26	Ben Swain	GBR	390.30
27	Jorge Pupo	CUB	388.70
28	Tommaso Marconi	ITA	360.15
29	Son Seong-Cheol	KOR	353.35

Qualifying (18 August 2008 — 19:00)

Six dives. Top 18 advanced to the semi-finals.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points
1	He Chong	CHN	515.50	Q
2	Qin Kai	CHN	502.95	Q
3	Yahel Castillo	MEX	480.65	Q
4	Dmitry Sautin	RUS	474.85	Q
5	Joona Puhakka	FIN	469.45	Q
6	Robert Newbery	AUS	465.15	Q
7	Chris Colwill	USA	464.75	Q
8	Illia Kvasha	UKR	461.65	Q
9	Alexandre Despatie	CAN	453.60	Q
10	Ken Terauchi	JPN	452.80	Q
11	Patrick Hausding	GER	451.65	Q
12	Troy Dumais	USA	448.40	Q
13	Reuben Ross	CAN	446.15	Q
14	Juan Guillermo Urán	COL	443.05	Q
15	Matt Mitcham	AUS	439.85	Q
16	Pavlo Rozenberg	GER	431.65	Q
17	Aleksandr Dobroskok	RUS	431.15	Q
18	Nicola Marconi	ITA	430.90	Q
19	Jorge Betancourt	CUB	428.25
20	Javi Illana	ESP	423.90
21	Ramón Fumadó	VEN	419.05
22	Constantin Blaha	AUT	407.55
23	Yuriy Shliakhov	UKR	405.05
24	César Castro	BRA	400.60
25	Siarhei Kuchmasou	BLR	399.40
26	Ben Swain	GBR	390.30
27	Jorge Pupo	CUB	388.70
28	Tommaso Marconi	ITA	360.15
29	Son Seong-Cheol	KOR	353.35

Semi-Finals (19 August 2008 — 10:00)

Six dives. Top 12 advanced to the final.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points
1	He Chong	CHN	547.25	Q
2	Alexandre Despatie	CAN	518.75	Q
3	Qin Kai	CHN	508.50	Q
4	Yahel Castillo	MEX	504.55	Q
5	Patrick Hausding	GER	481.90	Q
6	Chris Colwill	USA	480.95	Q
7	Ken Terauchi	JPN	478.25	Q
8	Dmitry Sautin	RUS	476.35	Q
9	Juan Guillermo Urán	COL	468.90	Q
10	Troy Dumais	USA	463.15	Q
11	Robert Newbery	AUS	460.35	Q
12	Pavlo Rozenberg	GER	454.30	Q
13	Joona Puhakka	FIN	451.95
14	Nicola Marconi	ITA	444.55
15	Illia Kvasha	UKR	439.55
16	Matt Mitcham	AUS	427.45
17	Aleksandr Dobroskok	RUS	412.00
18	Reuben Ross	CAN	395.85

Final (19 August 2008 — 20:30)

Six dives.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points
1	He Chong	CHN	572.90
2	Alexandre Despatie	CAN	536.65
3	Qin Kai	CHN	530.10
4	Dmitry Sautin	RUS	512.65
5	Pavlo Rozenberg	GER	485.60
6	Troy Dumais	USA	472.50
7	Yahel Castillo	MEX	462.10
8	Patrick Hausding	GER	462.05
9	Robert Newbery	AUS	461.05
10	Juan Guillermo Urán	COL	454.50
11	Ken Terauchi	JPN	442.50
12	Chris Colwill	USA	425.90