Diving at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 3 metre springboard

Olympic diving event

The women's 3 metre springboard diving competition at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held on the 3rd, 4th and 5th of August, 2012. They were held at the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park.

Wu Minxia from China won the gold medal. He Zi, also from China, won the silver medal. Laura Sánchez from Mexico won the bronze medal.

Format

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The diving competition was held in three rounds:

  • Preliminary round: All 30 divers do six dives. The top 18 divers go to the semi-final round.
  • Semi-final round: The 18 divers do six dives. The scores from the preliminary round do not count. The top 12 divers go to the final round.
  • Final round: The 12 divers do six dives. The scores from the semi-final round do not count. The top three divers win gold, silver, and bronze medals accordingly.

Results

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Rank Diver Nation Preliminary Semi-final Final
Points Rank Points Rank Dive 1 Dive 2 Dive 3 Dive 4 Dive 5 Total points
  Wu Minxia   China 387.75 1 394.40 1 79.50 79.75 85.25 84.00 85.50 414.00
  He Zi   China 363.85 2 354.50 3 76.50 83.70 78.00 76.50 64.50 379.20
  Laura Sánchez   Mexico 320.15 9 336.50 7 70.50 67.50 75.00 74.40 75.00 362.40
4 Tania Cagnotto   Italy 349.80 3 362.10 2 76.50 69.00 68.20 72.00 76.50 362.20
5 Sharleen Stratton   Australia 342.70 5 327.60 9 70.5 67.50 66.65 69.00 72.00 345.65
6 Jennifer Abel   Canada 344.15 4 353.25 4 66.00 77.50 55.50 72.00 72.00 343.00
7 Cassidy Krug   United States 320.10 10 345.60 5 72.00 72.85 70.50 72.00 55.50 342.85
8 Christina Loukas   United States 330.45 7 339.75 6 69.00 64.50 66.00 65.10 67.50 332.10
9 Olena Fedorova   Ukraine 308.70 14 314.70 12 65.80 63.00 63.00 61.50 64.50 317.80
10 Anna Lindberg   Sweden 318.60 11 319.80 10 63.00 55.80 67.50 67.50 63.00 316.80
11 Jaele Patrick   Australia 289.65 18 315.60 11 67.50 63.00 60.00 58.90 60.00 309.40
12 Emilie Heymans   Canada 337.20 6 331.35 8 67.50 46.20 72.00 58.50 51.00 295.20
13 Hannah Starling   Great Britain 298.95 17 313.95 13 Did not advance
14 Nora Subschinski   Germany 311.70 12 313.20 14 Did not advance
15 Francesca Dallapé   Italy 311.25 13 312.60 15 Did not advance
16 Katja Dieckow   Germany 303.90 15 312.50 16 Did not advance
17 Nadezhda Bazhina   Russia 325.00 8 310.70 17 Did not advance
18 Rebecca Gallantree   Great Britain 299.25 16 267.10 18 Did not advance
19 Anastasia Pozdniakova   Russia 286.50 19 Did not advance
20 Cheong Jun Hoong   Malaysia 272.45 20 Did not advance
21 Hanna Pysmenska   Ukraine 271.50 21 Did not advance
22 Flóra Gondos   Hungary 266.45 22 Did not advance
23 Jocelyn Castillo   Venezuela 266.00 23 Did not advance
24 Ng Yan Yee   Malaysia 257.85 24 Did not advance
25 Nóra Barta   Hungary 257.70 25 Did not advance
26 Fanny Bouvet   France 257.10 26 Did not advance
27 Marion Farissier   France 248.70 27 Did not advance
28 Juliana Veloso   Brazil 241.15 28 Did not advance
29 Arantxa Chávez   Mexico 225.45 29 Did not advance
30 Jenifer Benítez   Spain 224.60 30 Did not advance