The men's 3 metre springboard was one of five diving events on the diving at the 1920 Summer Olympics programme.

Fourteen divers from nine nations competed.

Louis Kuehn from the United States won the gold medal.

Clarence Pinkston took silver and Louis Balbach won bronze, making a full American podium.

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