# 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. It was the 11th appearance of the event, which has been held at every Olympic Games since the 1920 Summer Olympics.

## Competition format

The competition was split into two phases:
* 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.
* 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

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

| Rank | Diver | Nation | Preliminary | Preliminary | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Rank | Diver | Nation | 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 | did not advance | did not advance |
| 14 | Tarja Liljeström | Finland | 81.80 | 14 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 15 | Robyn Bradshaw | Australia | 81.66 | 15 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 16 | Elselina Kuiler | Netherlands | 80.93 | 16 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 17 | Bertha Baraldi | Mexico | 80.47 | 17 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 18 | Mariette Dommers | Netherlands | 79.32 | 18 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 19 | Ingeborg Pertmayr | Austria | 79.08 | 19 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 20 | Bogusława Pietkiewicz | Poland | 76.45 | 20 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 21 | Park Jeong-ja | South Korea | 73.53 | 21 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 22 | Martha Manzano | Colombia | 63.12 | 22 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| - | Keiko Osaki | Japan | DNS | - | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |