Diving at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Women's 3 metre springboard

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.

Women's 3 metre springboard at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Medalists
Helen Meany  United States Dorothy Poynton  United States Georgia Coleman  United States

Results

Since there were only ten entries for this event, instead of groups, a direct final was contested.

Place	Diver	Nation	Points	Score
	Helen Meany	United States	6	78.62
	Dorothy Poynton-Hill	United States	13	75.62
	Georgia Coleman	United States	14	73.38
4	Ilse Meudtner	Germany	22	67.42
5	Margret Borgs	Germany	26	65.16
6	Lini Söhnchen	Germany	34	63.28
7	Truus Klapwijk	Netherlands	35	60.98
8	Alida van Leeuwen	Netherlands	35	59.82
9	Klara Bornett	Austria	40	56.90
10	Catharina Hesterman	Netherlands	50	48.20

Sources

• Netherlands Olympic Committee (1928). "The Ninth Olympiad Amsterdam 1928 - Official Report" (PDF). Amsterdam J. H. de Bussy, Ltd. pp. p. 792. Archived from the original (pdf) on 8 April 2008. Retrieved 29 December 2006.
• Herman de Wael (9 October 2002). "Diving - women's springboard (Amsterdam 1928)". Retrieved 30 December 2006.