| Event: | Women's 3 metre springboard |
| Games: | 1928 Summer |
| Gold: | Helen Meany |
| Goldnoc: | USA |
| Silver: | Dorothy Poynton |
| Silvernoc: | USA |
| Bronze: | Georgia Coleman |
| Bronzenoc: | USA |
| Prev: | 1924 |
| Next: | 1932 |
The women's 3 metre springboard, also reported as fancy diving, was one of four diving events on the diving at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was actually held from both 3 metre and 1 metre boards. Divers performed three compulsory dives from the 3 metre board – running plain header forward, standing backward header, backward spring and forward dive – and three dives of the competitor's choice (different from the compulsory), from either board, for a total of six dives. The competition was held on Thursday 9 August 1928. Ten divers from four nations competed.[1]
Since there were only ten entries for this event, instead of groups, a direct final was contested.
| Place | Diver | Nation | Points | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 78.62 | ||||
| 13 | 75.62 | ||||
| 14 | 73.38 | ||||
| 4 | 22 | 67.42 | |||
| 5 | 26 | 65.16 | |||
| 6 | 34 | 63.28 | |||
| 7 | 35 | 60.98 | |||
| 8 | 35 | 59.82 | |||
| 9 | 40 | 56.90 | |||
| 10 | 50 | 48.20 |