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

Women's 3 metre springboard at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Women's 3 metre springboard victory ceremony
Venue	Aquatics Centre
Date	3–5 August
Competitors	30 from 17 nations
Medalists
Wu Minxia   China   He Zi   China   Laura Sánchez   Mexico

Diving at the 2012 Summer Olympics
3 m springboard		men		women
10 m platform		men		women
Synchronized 3 m springboard		men		women
Synchronized 10 m platform		men		women

The women's 3 metre springboard diving competition at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place from 3 to 5 August at the Aquatics Centre within the Olympic Park.

China's Wu Minxia won the gold medal and He Zi, also from China, took silver. Laura Sánchez of Mexico won the bronze.

Format

The competition was held in three rounds:

• Preliminary round: All 30 divers perform five dives; the top 18 divers advance to the semi-final.
• Semi-final: The 18 divers perform five dives; the scores of the qualifications are erased and the top 12 divers advance to the final.
• Final: The 12 divers perform five dives; the semi-final scores are erased and the top three divers win the gold, silver and bronze medals accordingly.

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Results

Green denotes finalists.

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