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Diving at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 3 metre springboard

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Venue
  
Aquatics Centre

Competitors
  
30 from 17 nations

Date
  
3–5 August

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 took place from 3 to 5 August at the Aquatics Centre within the Olympic Park.

Contents

China's Wu Minxia won the gold medal and He Zi, also from China, took silver. Laura Sánchez of Mexico won the bronze.

Format

The competition was held in three rounds:

  • Preliminary round: All 30 divers perform five dives; the top 18 divers advance to the semi-final.
  • Semi-final: The 18 divers perform five dives; the scores of the qualifications are erased and the top 12 divers advance to the final.
  • Final: The 12 divers perform five dives; the semi-final scores are erased and the top three divers win the gold, silver and bronze medals accordingly.

    • Schedule

    All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

    Results

    Green denotes finalists.

    References

    Diving at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 3 metre springboard Wikipedia
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