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.[1]

Women's 3 metre springboard at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Medalists
Fu Mingxia  China Irina Lashko  Russia Annie Pelletier  Canada

Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics
3 m springboard	men	women
10 m platform	men	women

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.