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

Women's 3 metre springboard at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Medalists
Helen Meany  United States Dorothy Poynton  United States Georgia Coleman  United States

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 August 9, 1928.

Ten divers from four nations competed.

Results

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

Final

Place	Diver	Points	Score
	Helen Meany (USA)	6	78.62
	Dorothy Poynton (USA)	13	75.62
	Georgia Coleman (USA)	14	73.38
4	Ilse Meudtner (GER)	22	67.42
5	Margret Borgs (GER)	26	65.16
6	Lini Söhnchen (GER)	34	63.28
7	Truus Klapwijk (NED)	35	60.98
8	Alida van Leeuwen (NED)	35	59.82
9	Klara Bornett (AUT)	40	56.90
10	Catharina Hesterman (NED)	50	48.20

References

• Netherlands Olympic Committee (1928). "The Ninth Olympiad Amsterdam 1928 - Official Report" (pdf). Amsterdam J. H. de Bussy, Ltd. pp. p. 792. Retrieved 2006-12-29.
• Herman de Wael (2002-10-09). "Diving - women's springboard (Amsterdam 1928)". Retrieved 2006-12-30.