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Springboard, Men

Date	27 – 29 August 1960
Status	Olympic
Location	Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto, Roma
Participants	32 from 19 countries
Format	3 metre springboard.

The favorite in the event was Gary Tobian, who had won the 1959 Pan American Games gold medal, was a six-time US champion on springboard, and had won silver on platform at the 1956 Olympics. Tobian repeated his platform silver in Roma, but pulled through to win gold in this event. He actually trailed his teammate Sam Hall in the first round and semi-finals, but Hall faltered on the first dive of the final, and Tobian posted the best score on the second final dive to take the lead, which he held to the end. Hall would later achieve some infamy in 1986 when he was arrested as a mercenary during the Nicaragua Contra operations. He had previously been a politician and served in the Ohio House of Representatives.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points
1	Gary Tobian	USA	170.00	Gold
2	Sam Hall	USA	167.08	Silver
3	Juan Botella	MEX	162.30	Bronze
4	Álvaro Gaxiola	MEX	150.42
5	Ernie Meissner	CAN	144.07
6	Lamberto Mari	ITA	143.97
7	Toshio Yamano	JPN	140.46
8	Hans-Dieter Pophal	GER	133.95
9	Georges Senecot	FRA	92.47
10	Walter Messa	ITA	92.28
11	Rudi Oertel	GER	91.90
12	Yury Melnikov	URS	91.86
13	Johnny Hellström	SWE	91.31
14	Göran Lundqvist	SWE	91.23
15	Kurt Mrkwicka	AUT	90.73
16	Graham Deuble	AUS	89.26
17	Vyacheslav Chernyshov	URS	50.87
18	Christian Pire	FRA	50.49
19	Peter Huber	AUT	50.46
20	Peter Squires	GBR	50.23
21	Tomáš Bauer	TCH	49.92
22	Fernando Ribeiro	BRA	49.27
23	Shunsuke Kaneto	JPN	47.51
24	János Konkoly	HUN	46.94
25	Jerzy Kowalewski	POL	46.54
26	Keith Collin	GBR	46.10
27	Ken Crotty	AUS	43.40
28	Ahmed Moharran	UAR	42.98
29	Federico Andrade	COL	41.43
30	József Dóra	HUN	41.21
31	Hans Klug	SUI	38.65
32	Ali Muheeb	UAR	35.79

Qualifying (27 August 1960 — 09:45)

Four dives. Top 16 advanced to the final round.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points
1	Sam Hall	USA	62.16	Q
2	Gary Tobian	USA	62.03	Q
3	Juan Botella	MEX	60.66	Q
4	Hans-Dieter Pophal	GER	55.10	Q
5	Lamberto Mari	ITA	55.04	Q
6	Álvaro Gaxiola	MEX	54.89	Q
7	Georges Senecot	FRA	53.93	Q
8	Ernie Meissner	CAN	53.62	Q
9	Walter Messa	ITA	53.47	Q
10	Yury Melnikov	URS	53.30	Q
11	Kurt Mrkwicka	AUT	53.12	Q
12	Toshio Yamano	JPN	52.84	Q
13	Göran Lundqvist	SWE	52.36	Q
14	Johnny Hellström	SWE	51.91	Q
15	Rudi Oertel	GER	51.80	Q
16	Graham Deuble	AUS	51.48	Q
17	Vyacheslav Chernyshov	URS	50.87
18	Christian Pire	FRA	50.49
19	Peter Huber	AUT	50.46
20	Peter Squires	GBR	50.23
21	Tomáš Bauer	TCH	49.92
22	Fernando Ribeiro	BRA	49.27
23	Shunsuke Kaneto	JPN	47.51
24	János Konkoly	HUN	46.94
25	Jerzy Kowalewski	POL	46.54
26	Keith Collin	GBR	46.10
27	Ken Crotty	AUS	43.40
28	Ahmed Moharran	UAR	42.98
29	Federico Andrade	COL	41.43
30	József Dóra	HUN	41.21
31	Hans Klug	SUI	38.65
32	Ali Muheeb	UAR	35.79

Semi-Finals (27 August 1960 — 16:30)

Three dives. Score added to qualifying round score. Top 8 advanced to the final round.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points	S-FP
1	Sam Hall	USA	107.49	45.33	Q
2	Gary Tobian	USA	107.33	45.30	Q
3	Juan Botella	MEX	106.96	46.30	Q
4	Lamberto Mari	ITA	96.49	41.45	Q
5	Hans-Dieter Pophal	GER	94.91	39.81	Q
6	Álvaro Gaxiola	MEX	94.67	39.78	Q
7	Ernie Meissner	CAN	94.23	40.61	Q
8	Toshio Yamano	JPN	94.08	41.24	Q
9	Georges Senecot	FRA	92.47	38.54
10	Walter Messa	ITA	92.28	38.81
11	Rudi Oertel	GER	91.90	40.10
12	Yury Melnikov	URS	91.86	38.56
13	Johnny Hellström	SWE	91.31	39.40
14	Göran Lundqvist	SWE	91.23	38.87
15	Kurt Mrkwicka	AUT	90.73	37.61
16	Graham Deuble	AUS	89.26	37.78

Final (29 August 1960 — 15:50)

Three dives. Score added to semi-final round score.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points	FP
1	Gary Tobian	USA	170.00	62.67
2	Sam Hall	USA	167.08	59.59
3	Juan Botella	MEX	162.30	55.34
4	Álvaro Gaxiola	MEX	150.42	55.75
5	Ernie Meissner	CAN	144.07	49.84
6	Lamberto Mari	ITA	143.97	47.48
7	Toshio Yamano	JPN	140.46	46.38
8	Hans-Dieter Pophal	GER	133.95	39.04