Diving at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 3 metre springboard

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Women's 3m Springboard
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Venue McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium
Date5–6 August 1984
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Sylvie Bernier Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Silver medal icon.svg Kelly McCormick Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Christina Seufert Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  1980
1988  

The women's 3m springboard event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held 5–6 August 1984, at Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, United States. It was one of four diving events at the Games. [1] [2]

The competition was split into two phases:

  1. Preliminary round (5 August)
    Divers performed ten dives. The twelve divers with the highest scores advanced to the final.
  2. Final (6 August)
    Divers performed another set of ten dives and the score here obtained determined the final ranking.

Results

RankDiverNationPreliminaryFinal
PointsRankPoints
Gold medal icon.svg Sylvie Bernier Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 489.513530.70
Silver medal icon.svg Kelly McCormick Flag of the United States.svg  United States 516.752527.46
Bronze medal icon.svg Christina Seufert Flag of the United States.svg  United States [3] 481.415517.62
4 Li Yihua Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 517.921506.52
5 Li Qiaoxian Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 466.836487.68
6 Elsa Tenorio Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 460.568463.56
7 Lesley Smith Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 438.7210451.89
8 Debbie Fuller Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 437.0411450.99
9 Jennifer Donnet Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 432.7812443.13
10 Daphne Jongejans Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 487.954437.40
11 Anita Rossing-Brown Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 464.587424.98
12 Verónica Ribot Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 443.259422.52
13 Ann Fargher Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 421.6513Did not advance
14 Tine Tollan Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 419.5514Did not advance
15 Antonette Wilken Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 414.6615Did not advance
16 Guadalupe Canseco Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 411.9616Did not advance
17 Claire Izacard Flag of France.svg  France 403.1717Did not advance
18 Valerie McFarlane-Beddoe Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 401.1318Did not advance
19 Alison Childs Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 400.6819Did not advance
20 Kerstin Finke Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 393.9320Did not advance
21 Nicole Kreil Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 382.6821Did not advance
22 Joana Figueiredo Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 374.0722Did not advance
23 Ângela Mendonça Ribeiro Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 370.6823Did not advance
24 Rim Hassan Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg  Egypt 258.6324Did not advance

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References

  1. Official Report of the Games of the XXIIIrd Olympiad Los Angeles, 1984 - Volume 2: Competition Summary and Results (pdf). Los Angeles: Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee. 1985. pp.  pp. 518–20. ISBN   0-9614512-0-3. OCLC   12601151 . Retrieved 10 January 2007.
  2. "Diving at the 1984 Summer Olympics: Springboard, Women". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  3. Olympian Chris Seufert Sholtis to help judge XXX Games Archived 25 January 2013 at archive.today , by Lori Maranville, Saline Reported. Published 2012-03-21, retrieved 21 March 2012.