Diving at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 3 metre springboard

The women's 3 metre springboard, also reported as springboard diving, was one of four diving events on the Diving at the 1988 Summer Olympics programme.

The competition was split into two phases:

1. Preliminary round (24 September) Divers performed ten dives. The twelve divers with the highest scores advanced to the final.
2. Final (25 September) Divers performed another set of ten dives and the score here obtained determined the final ranking.