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

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.

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

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)

Date	Time	Round
Friday 3 August 2012	14:30	Preliminary
Saturday 4 August 2012	14:30	Semi-final
Sunday 5 August 2012	19:00	Final

Results

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