Diving at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's 3 metre springboard

The women's 3 metre springboard, also reported as springboard diving, was one of four diving events on the Diving at the 1968 Summer Olympics programme.[1] It was the 11th appearance of the event, which has been held at every Olympic Games since the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Women's 3 metre springboard
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
VenueAlberca Olímpica Francisco Marquéz
Date17 October 1968
(Preliminary)
18 October 1968
(Final)
Competitors22 from 15 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Susanne Gossick  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tamara Pogosheva  Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Keala O'Sullivan  United States
← 1964
1972 →

Competition format

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The competition was split into two phases:

  1. Preliminary round (17 October)
    Divers performed five compulsory dives with limited degrees of difficulty and two voluntary dives without limits. The twelve divers with the highest scores advanced to the final.
  2. Final (18 October)
    Divers performed three voluntary dives without limit of degrees of difficulty. The final ranking was determined by the combined score with the preliminary round.

Schedule

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All times are Central Time Zone (UTC-6)

Date Time Round
Thursday, 17 October 1968 10:00-17:00 Preliminary
Fridau, 18 October 1968 17:00 Final

Results

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Rank Diver Nation Preliminary Final
Points Rank Dive 1 Dive 2 Dive 3 Points Rank Total
  Susanne Gossick   United States 97.32 3 16.79 17.68 18.98 53.45 1 150.77
  Tamara Fyedosova   Soviet Union 97.50 2 10.80 16.72 20.28 47.80 3 145.30
  Keala O'Sullivan   United States 95.58 4 14.85 17.42 17.38 49.65 2 145.23
4 Micki King   United States 98.17 1 16.33 15.08 7.80 39.21 8 137.38
5 Ingrid Gulbin   East Germany 90.56 6 14.74 17.52 13.00 45.26 4 135.82
6 Vera Baklanova   Soviet Union 88.89 8 14.96 14.30 14.16 43.42 6 132.31
7 Beverly Boys   Canada 86.86 10 14.07 15.08 14.30 43.45 5 130.31
8 Yelena Anokhina   Soviet Union 90.35 7 12.98 12.24 13.60 38.82 10 129.17
9 Angelika Hilbert   West Germany 86.83 11 14.72 14.52 12.76 42.00 7 128.83
10 Milena Duchková   Czechoslovakia 91.57 5 16.50 7.68 12.10 36.28 11 127.85
11 Elżbieta Wierniuk   Poland 87.62 9 13.20 9.12 12.48 34.80 12 122.42
12 Kathleen Rowlatt   Great Britain 83.12 12 14.74 9.90 14.40 39.04 9 122.16
13 Nancy Robertson   Canada 82.21 13 did not advance
14 Tarja Liljeström   Finland 81.80 14 did not advance
15 Robyn Bradshaw   Australia 81.66 15 did not advance
16 Elselina Kuiler   Netherlands 80.93 16 did not advance
17 Bertha Baraldi   Mexico 80.47 17 did not advance
18 Mariette Dommers   Netherlands 79.32 18 did not advance
19 Ingeborg Pertmayr   Austria 79.08 19 did not advance
20 Bogusława Pietkiewicz   Poland 76.45 20 did not advance
21 Park Jeong-ja   South Korea 73.53 21 did not advance
22 Martha Manzano   Colombia 63.12 22 did not advance
- Keiko Osaki   Japan DNS - did not advance

References

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  1. ^ "Diving at the 1968 Summer Olympics: Springboard, Women". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 May 2020.

Sources

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