Diving at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Women's 3 metre springboard

Women's 3 metre springboard at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Medalists
Vicki Draves  United States Zoe Ann Olsen  United States Patsy Elsener  United States

Diving at the 1948 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 1948 Summer Olympics programme.

The competition was held on Saturday July 31, on Monday August 2, and on Tuesday August 3. It was split into two sets of dives:

1. Compulsory dives

   Divers performed four pre-chosen dives (from different categories) – a running straight header forward, backward header with pike, running straight isander-half gainer reverse dive, and backward spring and forward dive with pike.

2. Facultative dives

   Divers performed four dives of their choice (from different categories and different from the compulsory).

Sixteen divers from eight nations competed.

Results

Rank	Diver	Points
	Vicki Draves (USA)	108.74
	Zoe Ann Olsen (USA)	108.23
	Patsy Elsener (USA)	101.30
4	Nicolle Péllissard (FRA)	100.38
5	Gudrun Grömer (AUT)	93.30
6	Edna Child (GBR)	91.63
7	Mady Moreau (FRA)	89.43
8	Jacoba Heck (NED)	87.61
9	Birte Christoffersen (DEN)	87.12
10	Jeannette Aubert (FRA)	86.96
11	Alma Staudinger (AUT)	86.93
12	Cobie Floor (NED)	83.14
13	Esme Harris (GBR)	74.10
14	Kay Cuthbert (GBR)	72.40
15	Inger Nordbø (NOR)	70.86
16	Ivonne Belaustegigoitia (MEX)	58.18

References

• sports-reference.com
• Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad London 1948 (1951). "The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad London 1948" (pdf). Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad London 1948. pp. pp.637–9. Retrieved 2006-12-31.
• Herman de Wael (2002-10-09). "Diving - women's springboard (London 1948)". Retrieved 2006-12-31.