Diving at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Women's 3 metre springboard explained

Event:Women's 3 metre springboard
Games:1956 Summer
Gold:Pat McCormick
Goldnoc:USA
Silver:Jeanne Stunyo
Silvernoc:USA
Bronze:Irene MacDonald
Bronzenoc:CAN
Prev:1952
Next:1960

The women's 3 metre springboard, also reported as springboard diving, was one of four diving events on the Diving at the 1956 Summer Olympics programme.[1]

The competition was split into two phases held on different days:

Results

Rank Diver Nation Preliminary Final
Points Rank Points Rank Total
76.80 1 65.56 1 142.36
71.04 4 54.85 2 125.89
73.25 2 48.15 5 121.40
4 71.47 3 49.29 4 120.76
5 65.42 5 53.08 3 118.50
6 63.23 7 44.38 7 107.61
7 60.48 11 45.84 6 106.32
8 63.99 6 39.13 9 103.12
9 62.81 8 39.38 8 102.19
10 61.54 10 38.80 10 100.34
11 62.12 9 36.03 12 98.15
12 60.30 12 36.99 11 97.29
13 60.19 13 did not advance
14 59.45 14 did not advance
15 58.50 15 did not advance
16 56.02 16 did not advance
17 53.89 17 did not advance
DNF did not advance

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Diving at the 1956 Summer Olympics: Springboard, Women . OlyMADMen . 16 May 2020.