Diving at the 1972 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 1972 Summer Olympics programme.[1]

Women's 3 metre springboard at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Left-right: Knape, King, Janicke
Medalists
Micki King  United States Ulrika Knape  Sweden Marina Janicke  East Germany

Diving at the 1972 Summer Olympics
3 m springboard	men	women
10 m platform	men	women

The competition was split into two phases:

1. Preliminary round (27 August)

   Divers performed seven dives. The twelve divers with the highest scores advanced to the final.

2. Final (28 August)

   Divers performed three voluntary dives without limit of degrees of difficulty. The final ranking was determined by the combined score with the preliminary round.