Diving at the 1936 Summer Olympics - Women's 3 metre springboard

The women's 3 metre springboard, also reported as springboard diving, was one of four diving

Diving

Diving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, sometimes while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime.Diving is one...

events on the diving at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Diving at the 1936 Summer Olympics

At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, four diving events were contested, two for men, and two for women. The competitions were held from Monday August 10, 1936 to Saturday August 15, 1936.-Medal summary:...

programme.

The competition, held on Wednesday August 12, was split into two sets of dives held on the same day:

Compulsory dives

Divers performed three pre-chosen dives – a running straight somersault
Somersault
A somersault is an acrobatic exercise in which a person does a full 360° flip, moving the feet over the head. A somersault can be performed either forwards, backwards, or sideways and can be executed in the air or on the ground...

forward, standing header backward with pike, and running straight isander-half gainer.
Facultative dives

Divers performed three dives of their choice (from different categories and different from the compulsory).

Sixteen divers from nine nations competed.

Results

Place	Diver	Score
1		89.27
2		88.35
3		82.36
4		78.27
5		77.98
6		73.94
7		71.49
8		70.27
9		69.95
10		67.44
11		65.94
12		65.76
13		64.00
14		62.38
15		60.04
16		58.86

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