Olympedia – Springboard, Men

Springboard, Men

Date	30 November – 1 December 1956
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympic Park Swimming and Diving Stadium, Melbourne, Victoria
Participants	24 from 13 countries
Format	3 metre springboard.

Date

30 November – 1 December 1956

Status

Olympic

Location

Olympic Park Swimming and Diving Stadium, Melbourne, Victoria

Participants

24 from 13 countries

Format

3 metre springboard.

Bob Clotworthy had been the bronze medalist on springboard in 1952, and returned in 1956 to win the gold medal. He actually placed second in the qualifying round to Mexican Joaquín Capilla, who won gold on the platform in 1956, but Clotworthy improved in the final round, easily outperforming Capilla who dropped down to a bronze medal. The best score in the final round was posted by American Don Harper, who had been only fifth in qualifying, but moved up to the silver medal. Harper had been a gold medalist in the 1955 Pan American Games, but in another sport, earning his gold in gymnastics on the trampoline.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points
1	Bob Clotworthy	USA	159.56	Gold
2	Don Harper	USA	156.23	Silver
3	Joaquín Capilla	MEX	150.69	Bronze
4	Glen Whitten	USA	148.55
5	Gennady Udalov	URS	140.64
6	Roman Brener	URS	139.14
7	Günther Mund	CHI	137.53
8	József Gerlach	HUN	136.08
9	Yury Kasakov	URS	129.34
10	Bill Patrick	CAN	127.32
11	Juan Botella	MEX	127.32
12	Yutaka Baba	JPN	126.87
13	Ferenc Siák	HUN	74.60
14	Christian Pire	FRA	74.33
15	Helge Vasenius	FIN	73.82
16	David Tarsey	GBR	72.65
17	Arthur Winther	AUS	71.04
18	Ryo Mabuchi	JPN	70.82
19	Joseph McCann	AUS	69.18
20	Ron Faulds	AUS	68.84
21	Ray Cann	GBR	67.96
22	Yoav Ra'anan	ISR	65.14
23	Fernando Ribeiro	BRA	62.07
24	Roy Walsh	GBR	58.21

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points
1	Joaquín Capilla	MEX	90.24	Q
2	Bob Clotworthy	USA	90.07	Q
3	Glen Whitten	USA	89.20	Q
4	Roman Brener	URS	83.82	Q
5	Don Harper	USA	83.42	Q
6	Gennady Udalov	URS	83.06	Q
7	Günther Mund	CHI	80.54	Q
8	József Gerlach	HUN	80.45	Q
9	Juan Botella	MEX	78.27	Q
10	Yutaka Baba	JPN	77.77	Q
11	Bill Patrick	CAN	75.64	Q
12	Yury Kasakov	URS	74.68	Q
13	Ferenc Siák	HUN	74.60
14	Christian Pire	FRA	74.33
15	Helge Vasenius	FIN	73.82
16	David Tarsey	GBR	72.65
17	Arthur Winther	AUS	71.04
18	Ryo Mabuchi	JPN	70.82
19	Joseph McCann	AUS	69.18
20	Ron Faulds	AUS	68.84
21	Ray Cann	GBR	67.96
22	Yoav Ra'anan	ISR	65.14
23	Fernando Ribeiro	BRA	62.07
24	Roy Walsh	GBR	58.21

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points	FP
1	Bob Clotworthy	USA	159.56	69.49
2	Don Harper	USA	156.23	72.81
3	Joaquín Capilla	MEX	150.69	60.45
4	Glen Whitten	USA	148.55	59.35
5	Gennady Udalov	URS	140.64	57.58
6	Roman Brener	URS	139.14	55.32
7	Günther Mund	CHI	137.53	56.99
8	József Gerlach	HUN	136.08	55.63
9	Yury Kasakov	URS	129.34	54.66
10	Bill Patrick	CAN	127.32	51.68
11	Juan Botella	MEX	127.32	49.05
12	Yutaka Baba	JPN	126.87	49.10

Springboard, Men

Qualifying (30 November 1956 — 14:45-20:45)

Final (1 December 1956 — 19:30)