Diving at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Women's 3 metre springboard

Women's 3 metre springboard
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Helen Meany  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Dorothy Poynton  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Georgia Coleman  United States
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The women's 3 metre springboard, also reported as fancy diving, was one of four diving events on the diving at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was actually held from both 3 metre and 1 metre boards. Divers performed three compulsory dives from the 3 metre board – running plain header forward, standing backward header, backward spring and forward dive – and three dives of the competitor's choice (different from the compulsory), from either board, for a total of six dives. The competition was held on Thursday 9 August 1928. Ten divers from four nations competed.[1]

Results

Since there were only ten entries for this event, instead of groups, a direct final was contested.

Place Diver Nation Points Score
1st place, gold medalist(s) Helen Meany  United States 6 78.62
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Dorothy Poynton-Hill  United States 13 75.62
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Georgia Coleman  United States 14 73.38
4 Ilse Meudtner  Germany 22 67.42
5 Margret Borgs  Germany 26 65.16
6 Lini Söhnchen  Germany 34 63.28
7 Truus Klapwijk  Netherlands 35 60.98
8 Alida van Leeuwen  Netherlands 35 59.82
9 Klara Bornett  Austria 40 56.90
10 Catharina Hesterman  Netherlands 50 48.20

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Diving at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Women's Springboard". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2020.

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