# 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.
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 | Preliminary | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| Rank | Diver | Nation | 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 | did not advance | did not advance |
| 14 | Svetlana Alekseyeva | Belarus | 246.27 | 14 | 200.37 | 14 | 446.64 | 14 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 15 | Jodie Rogers | Australia | 242.19 | 15 | 204.18 | 12 | 446.37 | 15 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 16 | Simona Koch | Germany | 239.91 | 16 | 204.99 | 11 | 444.90 | 16 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 17 | Maria Elena Romero | Mexico | 252.84 | 13 | 187.35 | 17 | 440.19 | 17 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 18 | Yelena Ivanova | Kazakhstan | 235.50 | 18 | 187.20 | 18 | 422.70 | 18 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 19 | Loudy Tourky | Australia | 229.11 | 19 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 20 | Arus Gyulbudaghyan | Armenia | 228.72 | 20 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 21 | Eryn Bulmer | Canada | 226.74 | 21 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 22 | Ri Ok-rim | North Korea | 219.63 | 22 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 23 | Tan Shuping | China | 212.49 | 23 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 24 | Francesca D'Oriano | Italy | 208.77 | 24 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 25 | Orsolya Pintér | Hungary | 206.52 | 25 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 26 | Julia Cruz | Spain | 205.32 | 26 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 27 | Vivián Alberty | Puerto Rico | 195.18 | 27 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 28 | Nino Qazarashvili | Georgia | 191.49 | 28 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 29 | Nataliya Shlemova | Tajikistan | 180.54 | 29 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 30 | Daphne Hernández | Costa Rica | 151.11 | 30 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |