Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 3 metre springboard explained

Event:	Women's 3 metre springboard
Games:	1996 Summer
Venue:	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date:	July 30-31, 1996
Gold:	Fu Mingxia
Goldnoc:	CHN
Silver:	Irina Lashko
Silvernoc:	RUS
Bronze:	Annie Pelletier
Bronzenoc:	CAN
Prev:	1992
Next:	2000

The women's 3 metre springboard was one of four diving events included in the Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics programme.^[1]

The competition was split into three phases:

Preliminary round: 30 July — Each diver performed a set number of dives without any limitation on the difficulty degree. The 18 divers with the highest total score advanced to the semi-final.

Semi-final: 30 July — Each diver performed a set number of dives without any limitation on the difficulty degree. The 12 divers with the highest combined score from the semi-final and preliminary dives advanced to the final.

Final: 31 July — Each diver performed a set number of dives, without limitation on the difficulty degree. The final ranking was determined by the combined score from the final and semifinal dives.

Results

Rank	Diver	Nation	Preliminary		Semifinal				Final
			Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank	Points	Rank	Total
			284.28	4	221.49	3	505.77	4	326.19	1	547.68
			271.92	8	234.51	1	506.43	3	277.68	6	512.19
			236.58	17	218.76	5	455.34	12	290.88	5	509.64
4			279.75	6	211.95	6	491.70	6	296.04	3	507.99
5			286.47	3	209.55	10	496.02	5	297.72	2	507.27
6			262.71	11	210.00	9	472.71	11	296.04	3	506.04
7			308.88	1	230.19	2	539.07	1	263.37	10	493.56
8			292.02	2	220.29	4	512.31	2	269.52	9	489.81
9			270.48	9	211.17	8	481.65	7	275.46	7	486.63
10			276.45	7	202.86	13	479.31	10	273.06	8	475.92
11			281.31	5	200.19	15	481.50	8	255.51	11	455.70
12			269.43	10	211.23	7	480.66	9	236.79	12	448.02
13			257.01	12	193.62	16	450.63	13	did not advance
14			246.27	14	200.37	14	446.64	14	did not advance
15			242.19	15	204.18	12	446.37	15	did not advance
16			239.91	16	204.99	11	444.90	16	did not advance
17			252.84	13	187.35	17	440.19	17	did not advance
18			235.50	18	187.20	18	422.70	18	did not advance
19			229.11	19	did not advance
20			228.72	20	did not advance
21			226.74	21	did not advance
22			219.63	22	did not advance
23			212.49	23	did not advance
24			208.77	24	did not advance
25			206.52	25	did not advance
26			205.32	26	did not advance
27			195.18	27	did not advance
28			191.49	28	did not advance
29			180.54	29	did not advance
30			151.11	30	did not advance

Sources

• Book: The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games - Volume III: The Competition Results . The Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG) . 13 January 2007 . 1997 . pdf . Peachtree Publishers . Atlanta, GA . english, french . 1-56145-169-X . 36994823 . 31.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics: Springboard, Women . Olympedia . 24 May 2020.