The women's 3 metre springboard was one of eight 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 included in the Diving at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Diving at the 2000 Summer Olympics

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, eight diving events were contested for the first time due to the inclusion of synchronized variants for each of the traditional events...

programme.

The competition was split into three phases:

Preliminary round: 27 September — Each diver performed a front dive, a back dive, a reverse dive, an inward dive and a twisting dive. There were no limitations in degree of difficulty. The 18 divers with the highest total score advanced to the semi-final.
Semi-final: 27 September — Each diver performed a front dive, a back dive, a reverse dive, an inward dive and a twisting dive. The overall difficulty degree was limited to 9.5. The 12 divers with the highest combined score from the semi-final and preliminary dives advanced to the final.
Final: 28 September — Each diver performed a front dive, a back dive, a reverse dive, an inward dive and a twisting dive. There were no limitations in difficulty degree. The final ranking was determined by the combined score from the final and semi-final dives.

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Fu Mingxia Fu Mingxia Fu Mingxia . She is a top female diver, multiple Olympic gold medalist and world champion. She is about 1.58m tall .-Early life and career:... ,	Guo Jingjing Guo Jingjing Guo Jingjing is a Chinese female diver from the People's Republic of China. She has won more Olympic medals than any other female diver and has won the 3m springboard event at five consecutive World Championships. She announced her retirement in 2011.... ,	Dörte Lindner Dörte Lindner Dörte Lindner is a German diver who won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Lindner also competed for USC and won the Pac-10 conference championships in the Women's 1m and 3m Springboard in 1998.... ,

Preliminary round

Rank	Diver	NOC	Points	Qual
1	Fu Mingxia Fu Mingxia Fu Mingxia . She is a top female diver, multiple Olympic gold medalist and world champion. She is about 1.58m tall .-Early life and career:...		342.75	Q
2	Guo Jingjing Guo Jingjing Guo Jingjing is a Chinese female diver from the People's Republic of China. She has won more Olympic medals than any other female diver and has won the 3m springboard event at five consecutive World Championships. She announced her retirement in 2011....		332.67	Q
3	Ioulia Pakhalina Ioulia Pakhalina Yuliya Vladimirovna Pakhalina is a Russian diver. She won the gold medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics in the 3m Synchronized Springboard with partner Vera Ilyina.Pakhalina was born in Penza...		316.08	Q
4	Dörte Lindner Dörte Lindner Dörte Lindner is a German diver who won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Lindner also competed for USC and won the Pac-10 conference championships in the Women's 1m and 3m Springboard in 1998....		309.21	Q
5	Vera Ilina Vera Ilina Vera Sergeyevna Ilyina is a Russian diver who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics, 1996 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics....		305.25	Q
6	Irina Vyguzova		303.30	Q
7	Blythe Hartley Blythe Hartley Blythe Hartley is a Canadian Olympic diver. She was born in Edmonton, Alberta and began diving at age 12. She went to the National Sport School in Calgary, Alberta with many other top Canadian athletes...		295.98	Q
8	Ganna Sorokina Ganna Sorokina Ganna Sorokina is a female diver from Ukraine who won the bronze medal with Olena Zhupina in the Women's 3m Synchronized Springboard competition. Sorokina also competed in the individual 3m Springboard competitions at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics...		291.39	Q
9	Jenny Keim		285.12	Q
10	Michelle Davison		280.26	Q
11	Anna Lindberg Anna Lindberg Anna Lindberg Anna Lindberg Anna Lindberg (born November 16, 1981 in Karlskoga, Sweden, is a Swedish diver. She won the 1m and 3m Springboard events at the 2006 European Aquatics Championships. She is daughter to former Swedish divers Ulrika Knape and Mathz Lindberg....		275.34	Q
12	Azul Almazán		272.85	Q
13	Chantelle Michell		270.75	Q
14	Jane Smith		269.22	Q
15	Jashia Luna Jashia Luna Jashia Judith Luña Alfaro is a female diver from Mexico. She represented her native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics starting in 2000.-References:*...		268.44	Q
16	Olga Yefimenko		265.74	Q
17	Svetlana Alekseyeva		260.91	Q
T18	Rebecca Gilmore Rebecca Gilmore Rebecca Ellen Gilmore is an Australian diver who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics with Loudy Tourky. She also placed 18th in the 3 m springboard competition, and 11th in the 10 m platform....		259.74	Q
T18	Tania Cagnotto Tania Cagnotto Tania Cagnotto is an Italian diver. She is the first Italian female diver to win a medal in a World Championship. A member of the sporting federation Sport Federation Federazione Italiana Nuoto, she is sponsored by the GN Fiamme Gialle – Bolzano Nuoto.She was born in Bolzano, the daughter of...		259.74	Q
20	Eryn Bulmer Eryn Bulmer Eryn Bulmer Barrett is a female diver from Canada, who won the gold medal in the Women's 3m Springboard at the 1999 Pan American Games. She represented her native country at two Summer Olympics: 1996 and 2000....		258.93
21	Sotiria Koutsopetrou		258.81
22	Nóra Barta Nóra Barta Nóra Barta is a Hungarian diver. She won the bronze medal in 3m Springboard event at the 2006 European Aquatics Championships and the silver in 1 m springboard event at the 2008 European Championships in Aquatics.Barta has competed in three Olympic Summer Games, 2000, 2004 and 2008...		258.33
23	Sandra Ponthus		242.79
24	Iohana Cruz Iohana Cruz Iohana Cruz Talabera is a female diver from Cuba. She represented her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000 . Cruz won a bronze medal at the 2003 Pan American Games alongside Yolanda Ortiz in the Women's 10m Platform Synchro event.-References:*...		239.97
25	Orsolya Pintér		239.64
26	Ri Ok-Rim		238.77
27	Angelique Rodriguez		235.47
28	Natalya Popova		234.90
29	Chen Ting		229.77
30	Maria Marconi Maria Marconi Maria Marconi is a diver from Italy, who represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She won the qualification tournament for the 2008 Summer Olympics, also twice won a bronze medal at the European Championships and once a silver medal...		229.11
31	Karen Smith		224.58
32	Sheila Mae Pérez Sheila Mae Perez Sheila Mae Perez, born in 1986, is a Filipina Olympic diver. Reuters describes her as "one of the best divers in Southeast Asia".Perez was brought up in a poor family in Davao City...		223.65
33	Choe Song-Hui		222.84
34	Diana Pineda Diana Pineda Diana Isabel Pineda Zuletra is a female diver from Colombia, who competed in two Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 2000. She claimed three medals at the 2008 South American Swimming Championships in São Paulo....		220.68
35	Juliana Veloso Juliana Veloso Juliana Rodrigues Veloso is a female diver from Brazil, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 2000. She claimed two gold medals at the 2008 South American Swimming Championships in São Paulo.-References:*...		220.62
36	Julie Danaux		219.87
37	Alejandra Fuentes Alejandra Fuentes Alejandra Fuentes Persson is a female diver from Venezuela, who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics for her native country. She claimed two gold medals at the 2008 South American Swimming Championships in São Paulo.-References:*...		219.81
38	Catherine Maliev-Aviolat		204.06
39	Leong Mun Yee		186.51
40	Svetlana Ishkova		185.61
41	Tsai Yi-San		181.92
42	Eka Purnama Indah		178.83
43	Conny Schmalfuss Conny Schmalfuss Conny Schmalfuss is a female diver from Germany, who won her first international medal at the 1991 European Championships in Athens, Greece in the women's 1 m springboard....		89.46

Semi-Final Round

Rank	Diver	NOC	Points
1	Guo Jingjing Guo Jingjing Guo Jingjing is a Chinese female diver from the People's Republic of China. She has won more Olympic medals than any other female diver and has won the 3m springboard event at five consecutive World Championships. She announced her retirement in 2011....		251.22
2	Fu Mingxia Fu Mingxia Fu Mingxia . She is a top female diver, multiple Olympic gold medalist and world champion. She is about 1.58m tall .-Early life and career:...		242.82
3	Vera Ilina Vera Ilina Vera Sergeyevna Ilyina is a Russian diver who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics, 1996 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics....		237.81
4	Ioulia Pakhalina Ioulia Pakhalina Yuliya Vladimirovna Pakhalina is a Russian diver. She won the gold medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics in the 3m Synchronized Springboard with partner Vera Ilyina.Pakhalina was born in Penza...		236.43
5	Dörte Lindner Dörte Lindner Dörte Lindner is a German diver who won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Lindner also competed for USC and won the Pac-10 conference championships in the Women's 1m and 3m Springboard in 1998....		233.82
6	Anna Lindberg Anna Lindberg Anna Lindberg Anna Lindberg Anna Lindberg (born November 16, 1981 in Karlskoga, Sweden, is a Swedish diver. She won the 1m and 3m Springboard events at the 2006 European Aquatics Championships. She is daughter to former Swedish divers Ulrika Knape and Mathz Lindberg....		233.34
7	Chantelle Michell		228.84
8	Jenny Keim		225.90
9	Michelle Davison		219.48
10	Blythe Hartley Blythe Hartley Blythe Hartley is a Canadian Olympic diver. She was born in Edmonton, Alberta and began diving at age 12. She went to the National Sport School in Calgary, Alberta with many other top Canadian athletes...		219.00
11	Irina Vyguzova		217.47
12	Svetlana Alekseyeva		216.48
13	Azul Almazán		216.03
14	Rebecca Gilmore Rebecca Gilmore Rebecca Ellen Gilmore is an Australian diver who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics with Loudy Tourky. She also placed 18th in the 3 m springboard competition, and 11th in the 10 m platform....		215.55
15	Olga Yefimenko		215.25
16	Ganna Sorokina Ganna Sorokina Ganna Sorokina is a female diver from Ukraine who won the bronze medal with Olena Zhupina in the Women's 3m Synchronized Springboard competition. Sorokina also competed in the individual 3m Springboard competitions at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics...		210.63
17	Jane Smith		207.90
18	Tania Cagnotto Tania Cagnotto Tania Cagnotto is an Italian diver. She is the first Italian female diver to win a medal in a World Championship. A member of the sporting federation Sport Federation Federazione Italiana Nuoto, she is sponsored by the GN Fiamme Gialle – Bolzano Nuoto.She was born in Bolzano, the daughter of...		206.55
19	Jashia Luna Jashia Luna Jashia Judith Luña Alfaro is a female diver from Mexico. She represented her native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics starting in 2000.-References:*...		196.53

Semi-Final Total

Rank	Diver	NOC	Points	Qual
1	Fu Mingxia Fu Mingxia Fu Mingxia . She is a top female diver, multiple Olympic gold medalist and world champion. She is about 1.58m tall .-Early life and career:...		585.57	Q
2	Guo Jingjing Guo Jingjing Guo Jingjing is a Chinese female diver from the People's Republic of China. She has won more Olympic medals than any other female diver and has won the 3m springboard event at five consecutive World Championships. She announced her retirement in 2011....		583.89	Q
3	Ioulia Pakhalina Ioulia Pakhalina Yuliya Vladimirovna Pakhalina is a Russian diver. She won the gold medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics in the 3m Synchronized Springboard with partner Vera Ilyina.Pakhalina was born in Penza...		552.51	Q
4	Vera Ilina Vera Ilina Vera Sergeyevna Ilyina is a Russian diver who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics, 1996 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics....		543.06	Q
5	Dörte Lindner Dörte Lindner Dörte Lindner is a German diver who won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Lindner also competed for USC and won the Pac-10 conference championships in the Women's 1m and 3m Springboard in 1998....		543.03	Q
6	Irina Vyguzova		520.77	Q
7	Blythe Hartley Blythe Hartley Blythe Hartley is a Canadian Olympic diver. She was born in Edmonton, Alberta and began diving at age 12. She went to the National Sport School in Calgary, Alberta with many other top Canadian athletes...		514.98	Q
8	Jenny Keim		511.02	Q
9	Anna Lindberg Anna Lindberg Anna Lindberg Anna Lindberg Anna Lindberg (born November 16, 1981 in Karlskoga, Sweden, is a Swedish diver. She won the 1m and 3m Springboard events at the 2006 European Aquatics Championships. She is daughter to former Swedish divers Ulrika Knape and Mathz Lindberg....		508.68	Q
10	Ganna Sorokina Ganna Sorokina Ganna Sorokina is a female diver from Ukraine who won the bronze medal with Olena Zhupina in the Women's 3m Synchronized Springboard competition. Sorokina also competed in the individual 3m Springboard competitions at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics...		502.02	Q
11	Michelle Davison		499.74	Q
12	Chantelle Michell		499.59	Q
13	Azul Almazán		488.88
14	Olga Yefimenko		480.99
15	Svetlana Alekseyeva		477.39
16	Jane Smith		477.12
17	Rebecca Gilmore Rebecca Gilmore Rebecca Ellen Gilmore is an Australian diver who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics with Loudy Tourky. She also placed 18th in the 3 m springboard competition, and 11th in the 10 m platform....		475.29
18	Tania Cagnotto Tania Cagnotto Tania Cagnotto is an Italian diver. She is the first Italian female diver to win a medal in a World Championship. A member of the sporting federation Sport Federation Federazione Italiana Nuoto, she is sponsored by the GN Fiamme Gialle – Bolzano Nuoto.She was born in Bolzano, the daughter of...		466.29
19	Jashia Luna Jashia Luna Jashia Judith Luña Alfaro is a female diver from Mexico. She represented her native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics starting in 2000.-References:*...		464.97

Final Round

Rank	Diver	NOC	Points
1	Fu Mingxia Fu Mingxia Fu Mingxia . She is a top female diver, multiple Olympic gold medalist and world champion. She is about 1.58m tall .-Early life and career:...		366.60
2	Guo Jingjing Guo Jingjing Guo Jingjing is a Chinese female diver from the People's Republic of China. She has won more Olympic medals than any other female diver and has won the 3m springboard event at five consecutive World Championships. She announced her retirement in 2011....		346.59
3	Dörte Lindner Dörte Lindner Dörte Lindner is a German diver who won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Lindner also competed for USC and won the Pac-10 conference championships in the Women's 1m and 3m Springboard in 1998....		340.53
4	Ioulia Pakhalina Ioulia Pakhalina Yuliya Vladimirovna Pakhalina is a Russian diver. She won the gold medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics in the 3m Synchronized Springboard with partner Vera Ilyina.Pakhalina was born in Penza...		333.99
5	Anna Lindberg Anna Lindberg Anna Lindberg Anna Lindberg Anna Lindberg (born November 16, 1981 in Karlskoga, Sweden, is a Swedish diver. She won the 1m and 3m Springboard events at the 2006 European Aquatics Championships. She is daughter to former Swedish divers Ulrika Knape and Mathz Lindberg....		325.83
6	Chantelle Michell		321.84
7	Vera Ilina Vera Ilina Vera Sergeyevna Ilyina is a Russian diver who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics, 1996 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics....		317.34
8	Irina Vyguzova		310.86
9	Jenny Keim		308.28
10	Blythe Hartley Blythe Hartley Blythe Hartley is a Canadian Olympic diver. She was born in Edmonton, Alberta and began diving at age 12. She went to the National Sport School in Calgary, Alberta with many other top Canadian athletes...		304.05
11	Ganna Sorokina Ganna Sorokina Ganna Sorokina is a female diver from Ukraine who won the bronze medal with Olena Zhupina in the Women's 3m Synchronized Springboard competition. Sorokina also competed in the individual 3m Springboard competitions at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics...		302.34
12	Michelle Davison		291.00

Final Total

Rank	Diver	NOC	Points
1	Fu Mingxia Fu Mingxia Fu Mingxia . She is a top female diver, multiple Olympic gold medalist and world champion. She is about 1.58m tall .-Early life and career:...		609.42
2	Guo Jingjing Guo Jingjing Guo Jingjing is a Chinese female diver from the People's Republic of China. She has won more Olympic medals than any other female diver and has won the 3m springboard event at five consecutive World Championships. She announced her retirement in 2011....		597.81
3	Dörte Lindner Dörte Lindner Dörte Lindner is a German diver who won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Lindner also competed for USC and won the Pac-10 conference championships in the Women's 1m and 3m Springboard in 1998....		574.35
4	Ioulia Pakhalina Ioulia Pakhalina Yuliya Vladimirovna Pakhalina is a Russian diver. She won the gold medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics in the 3m Synchronized Springboard with partner Vera Ilyina.Pakhalina was born in Penza...		570.42
5	Anna Lindberg Anna Lindberg Anna Lindberg Anna Lindberg Anna Lindberg (born November 16, 1981 in Karlskoga, Sweden, is a Swedish diver. She won the 1m and 3m Springboard events at the 2006 European Aquatics Championships. She is daughter to former Swedish divers Ulrika Knape and Mathz Lindberg....		559.17
6	Vera Ilina Vera Ilina Vera Sergeyevna Ilyina is a Russian diver who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics, 1996 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics....		555.15
7	Chantelle Michell		550.68
8	Jenny Keim		534.18
9	Irina Vyguzova		528.33
10	Blythe Hartley Blythe Hartley Blythe Hartley is a Canadian Olympic diver. She was born in Edmonton, Alberta and began diving at age 12. She went to the National Sport School in Calgary, Alberta with many other top Canadian athletes...		523.05
11	Ganna Sorokina Ganna Sorokina Ganna Sorokina is a female diver from Ukraine who won the bronze medal with Olena Zhupina in the Women's 3m Synchronized Springboard competition. Sorokina also competed in the individual 3m Springboard competitions at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics...		512.97
12	Michelle Davison		510.48