Diving at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Women's 3 metre springboard

Women's 3 metre springboard
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Medalists
    United States
    United States
    Canada
«1952 1960»
Diving at the
1956 Summer Olympics
3 m springboard   men   women
10 m platform   men   women

The women's 3 metre springboard, also reported as springboard diving, was one of four diving events on the Diving at the 1956 Summer Olympics programme.

The competition was split into two phases held on different days:

Results

Rank Diver Preliminary Final
Points Rank Points Rank Total
 Pat McCormick (USA) 76.80 1 65.56 1 142.36
 Jeanne Stunyo (USA) 71.04 4 54.85 2 125.89
 Irene MacDonald (CAN) 73.25 2 48.15 5 121.40
4  Barbara Gilders-Dudeck (USA) 71.47 3 49.29 4 120.76
5  Valentina Chumicheva (URS) 65.42 5 53.08 3 118.50
6  Phyllis Long (GBR) 63.23 7 44.38 7 107.61
7  Nicolle Pellissard (FRA) 60.48 11 45.84 6 106.32
8  Kanoko Tsutani (JPN) 63.99 6 39.13 9 103.12
9  Birte Christoffersen-Hanson (DEN) 62.81 8 39.38 8 102.19
10  Ninel Krutova (URS) 61.54 10 38.80 10 100.34
11  Zoya Bluvass (URS) 62.12 9 36.03 12 98.15
12  Anna-Stina Wahlberg (SWE) 60.30 12 36.99 11 97.29
13  Barbara McAulay (AUS) 60.19 13
14  Charmain Welsh (GBR) 59.45 14
15  Roslyn Barton (AUS) 58.50 15
16  Hatsuko Hirose (JPN) 56.02 16
17  Pat Howard (AUS) 53.89 17

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