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.

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 RoundFriday 3 August 201214:30PreliminarySaturday 4 August 201214:30Semi-finalSunday 5 August 201219:00Final

Results

RankDiverNationPreliminarySemi-finalFinalPointsRankPointsRankDive 1Dive 2Dive 3Dive 4Dive 5Total points Wu Minxia 387.75 1 394.40 1 79.50 79.75 85.25 84.00 85.50 414.00 He Zi 363.85 2 354.50 3 76.50 83.70 78.00 76.50 64.50 379.20 320.15 9 336.50 7 70.50 67.50 75.00 74.40 75.00 362.40 4 349.80 3 362.10 2 76.50 69.00 68.20 72.00 76.50 362.20 5 342.70 5 327.60 9 70.5 67.50 66.65 69.00 72.00 345.65 6 344.15 4 353.25 4 66.00 77.50 55.50 72.00 72.00 343.00 7 320.10 10 345.60 5 72.00 72.85 70.50 72.00 55.50 342.85 8 330.45 7 339.75 6 69.00 64.50 66.00 65.10 67.50 332.10 9 308.70 14 314.70 12 65.80 63.00 63.00 61.50 64.50 317.80 10 318.60 11 319.80 10 63.00 55.80 67.50 67.50 63.00 316.80 11 289.65 18 315.60 11 67.50 63.00 60.00 58.90 60.00 309.40 12 337.20 6 331.358 67.50 46.20 72.00 58.50 51.00 295.20 13 298.95 17 313.95 13 Did not advance 14 311.70 12 313.20 14 Did not advance 15 311.25 13 312.60 15 Did not advance 16 303.90 15 312.50 16 Did not advance 17 325.00 8 310.70 17 Did not advance 18 299.25 16 267.10 18 Did not advance 19 286.50 19 Did not advance 20 Cheong Jun Hoong 272.45 20 Did not advance 21 271.50 21 Did not advance 22 266.45 22 Did not advance 23 266.00 23 Did not advance 24 Ng Yan Yee 257.85 24 Did not advance 25 257.70 25 Did not advance 26 257.10 26 Did not advance 27 248.70 27 Did not advance 28 241.15 28 Did not advance 29 225.45 29 Did not advance 30 224.60 30 Did not advance

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