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 was held on the 3rd, 4th and 5th of August, 2012. They were held at the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park.

Wu Minxia from China won the gold medal. He Zi, also from China, won the silver medal. Laura Sánchez from Mexico won the bronze medal.

 Format 
The diving competition was held in three rounds:

 Preliminary round: All 30 divers do six dives. The top 18 divers go to the semi-final round.
 Semi-final round: The 18 divers do six dives. The scores from the preliminary round do not count. The top 12 divers go to the final round.
 Final round: The 12 divers do six dives. The scores from the semi-final round do not count. The top three divers win gold, silver, and bronze medals accordingly.

 Results 
RankDiverNationPreliminarySemi-finalFinalPointsRankPointsRankDive 1Dive 2Dive 3Dive 4Dive 5Total pointsWu Minxia387.751394.40179.5079.7585.2584.0085.50414.00He Zi363.852354.50376.5083.7078.0076.5064.50379.20320.159336.50770.5067.5075.0074.4075.00362.404349.803362.10276.5069.0068.2072.0076.50362.205342.705327.60970.567.5066.6569.0072.00345.656344.154353.25466.0077.5055.5072.0072.00343.007320.1010345.60572.0072.8570.5072.0055.50342.858330.457339.75669.0064.5066.0065.1067.50332.109308.7014314.701265.8063.0063.0061.5064.50317.8010318.6011319.801063.0055.8067.5067.5063.00316.8011289.6518315.601167.5063.0060.0058.9060.00309.4012337.206331.35867.5046.2072.0058.5051.00295.2013298.9517313.9513Did not advance14311.7012313.2014Did not advance15311.2513312.6015Did not advance16303.9015312.5016Did not advance17325.008310.7017Did not advance18299.2516267.1018Did not advance19286.5019Did not advance20Cheong Jun Hoong272.4520Did not advance21271.5021Did not advance22266.4522Did not advance23266.0023Did not advance24Ng Yan Yee257.8524Did not advance25257.7025Did not advance26257.1026Did not advance27248.7027Did not advance28241.1528Did not advance29225.4529Did not advance30224.6030Did not advance

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