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

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

Women's 3 metre springboard at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date	July 30-31, 1996
Medalists
Fu Mingxia  China Irina Lashko  Russia Annie Pelletier  Canada

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
	Fu Mingxia	China	284.28	4	221.49	3	505.77	4	326.19	1	547.68
	Irina Lashko	Russia	271.92	8	234.51	1	506.43	3	277.68	6	512.19
	Annie Pelletier	Canada	236.58	17	218.76	5	455.34	12	290.88	5	509.64
4	Melisa Moses	United States	279.75	6	211.95	6	491.70	6	296.04	3	507.99
5	Olena Zhupina	Ukraine	286.47	3	209.55	10	496.02	5	297.72	2	507.27
6	Yuki Motobuchi	Japan	262.71	11	210.00	9	472.71	11	296.04	3	506.04
7	Vera Ilina	Russia	308.88	1	230.19	2	539.07	1	263.37	10	493.56
8	Anna Lindberg	Sweden	292.02	2	220.29	4	512.31	2	269.52	9	489.81
9	Jenny Keim	United States	270.48	9	211.17	8	481.65	7	275.46	7	486.63
10	Irina Vyguzova	Kazakhstan	276.45	7	202.86	13	479.31	10	273.06	8	475.92
11	Claudia Bockner	Germany	281.31	5	200.19	15	481.50	8	255.51	11	455.70
12	Iryna Pissareva	Ukraine	269.43	10	211.23	7	480.66	9	236.79	12	448.02
13	María Alcalá	Mexico	257.01	12	193.62	16	450.63	13	did not advance
14	Svetlana Alekseyeva	Belarus	246.27	14	200.37	14	446.64	14	did not advance
15	Jodie Rogers	Australia	242.19	15	204.18	12	446.37	15	did not advance
16	Simona Koch	Germany	239.91	16	204.99	11	444.90	16	did not advance
17	Maria Elena Romero	Mexico	252.84	13	187.35	17	440.19	17	did not advance
18	Yelena Ivanova	Kazakhstan	235.50	18	187.20	18	422.70	18	did not advance
19	Loudy Tourky	Australia	229.11	19	did not advance
20	Arus Gyulbudaghyan	Armenia	228.72	20	did not advance
21	Eryn Bulmer	Canada	226.74	21	did not advance
22	Ri Ok-rim	North Korea	219.63	22	did not advance
23	Tan Shuping	China	212.49	23	did not advance
24	Francesca D'Oriano	Italy	208.77	24	did not advance
25	Orsolya Pintér	Hungary	206.52	25	did not advance
26	Julia Cruz	Spain	205.32	26	did not advance
27	Vivián Alberty	Puerto Rico	195.18	27	did not advance
28	Nino Qazarashvili	Georgia	191.49	28	did not advance
29	Nataliya Shlemova	Tajikistan	180.54	29	did not advance
30	Daphne Hernández	Costa Rica	151.11	30	did not advance

Sources

• The Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG) (1997). The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games - Volume III: The Competition Results (pdf) (in English and French). Atlanta, GA: Peachtree Publishers. p. 31. ISBN 1-56145-169-X. OCLC 36994823. Retrieved 13 January 2007.