Diving at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Men's 3 metre springboard
# Diving at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Men's 3 metre springboard

The men's 3 metre springboard was part of the Diving at the 2006 Commonwealth Games program. The competition was held on 23 March 2006 at Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre in Melbourne, Australia.

## Format

The competition was held in two rounds:

* Preliminary round: All 12 divers perform six dives, and as there are only 12 competitors, they all advance to the final.
* Final: The 12 divers perform six dives; these are added onto the preliminary round scores and the top three divers win the gold, silver and bronze medals accordingly.

## Schedule

All times are Australian Eastern Daylight Time (UTC+11).

| Date | Start | Round |
| - | - | - |
| 23 March | 10:00 | Preliminary |
| 23 March | 19:00 | Finals |

## Results

Results:

| Rank | Diver | Preliminary | Preliminary | Final | Final | Total Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rank | Diver | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Total Points |
| | Alexandre Despatie (CAN) | 442.00 | 3 | 499.60 | 1 | 941.60 |
| | Robert Newbery (AUS) | 446.00 | 2 | 460.30 | 2 | 906.30 |
| | Steven Barnett (AUS) | 428.25 | 4 | 441.15 | 3 | 869.40 |
| 4 | Matthew Mitcham (AUS) | 412.65 | 6 | 413.50 | 4 | 826.15 |
| 5 | Arturo Miranda (AUS) | 414.45 | 5 | 392.55 | 5 | 807.00 |
| 6 | Antonio Ally (ENG) | 379.85 | 7 | 355.15 | 6 | 735.00 |
| 7 | Ben Swain (ENG) | 335.50 | 8 | 370.30 | 7 | 705.80 |
| 8 | Safwan Khairul (MAS) | 291.30 | 10 | 365.40 | 8 | 656.70 |
| 9 | Kevin Geyson (CAN) | 310.85 | 9 | 342.00 | 9 | 652.85 |
| 10 | Gary Hunt (ENG) | 280.05 | 11 | 334.15 | 10 | 614.20 |
| 11 | Yeoh Ken Nee (MAS) | 455.65 | 1 | 115.50 | 11 | 571.15 |
| 12 | Esiri Kankanige (SRI) | 168.80 | 12 | DNS | DNS | |
