Diving at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's 3 metre springboard

Women's 3 metre springboard
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
VenueAlberca Olímpica Francisco Marquéz
Date17 October 1968
(Preliminary)
18 October 1968
(Final)
Competitors22 from 15 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Susanne Gossick  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tamara Pogosheva  Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Keala O'Sullivan  United States

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.[1] 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:

  1. 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.
  2. 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

RankDiverNationPreliminaryFinal
PointsRankDive 1Dive 2Dive 3PointsRankTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)Susanne Gossick United States 97.32316.7917.6818.9853.451150.77
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Tamara Fyedosova Soviet Union 97.50210.8016.7220.2847.803145.30
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Keala O'Sullivan United States 95.58414.8517.4217.3849.652145.23
4Micki King United States 98.17116.3315.087.8039.218137.38
5Ingrid Gulbin East Germany 90.56614.7417.5213.0045.264135.82
6Vera Baklanova Soviet Union 88.89814.9614.3014.1643.426132.31
7Beverly Boys Canada 86.861014.0715.0814.3043.455130.31
8Yelena Anokhina Soviet Union 90.35712.9812.2413.6038.8210129.17
9Angelika Hilbert West Germany 86.831114.7214.5212.7642.007128.83
10Milena Duchková Czechoslovakia 91.57516.507.6812.1036.2811127.85
11Elżbieta Wierniuk Poland 87.62913.209.1212.4834.8012122.42
12Kathleen Rowlatt Great Britain 83.121214.749.9014.4039.049122.16
13Nancy Robertson Canada 82.2113did not advance
14Tarja Liljeström Finland 81.8014did not advance
15Robyn Bradshaw Australia 81.6615did not advance
16Elselina Kuiler Netherlands 80.9316did not advance
17Bertha Baraldi Mexico 80.4717did not advance
18Mariette Dommers Netherlands 79.3218did not advance
19Ingeborg Pertmayr Austria 79.0819did not advance
20Bogusława Pietkiewicz Poland 76.4520did not advance
21Park Jeong-ja South Korea 73.5321did not advance
22Martha Manzano Colombia 63.1222did not advance
-Keiko Osaki Japan DNS-did not advance

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