The women's 3 metre springboard, also reported as springboard diving, was one of four diving events on the Diving at the 1976 Summer Olympics programme.
Cesar Augusto Aquino de Castro is a Brazilian competitive diver from Brasília, Distrito Federal. Castro has represented Brazil in four consecutive Olympics Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Games, 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, 2012 Summer Olympics in London, and 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Guo Jingjing is a female diver from the People's Republic of China. Guo is tied with her partner Wu Minxia for winning the most Olympic medals (6) of any female diver and she won the 3m springboard event at five consecutive World Championships. She announced her retirement in 2011.
Shi Tingmao is a Chinese diver representing Chongqing diving team. She has been dominant in the 3 metre springboard events in the 2010s. She has won two gold medals in the 2016 Olympics and eight golds in the World Championships.
Jennifer Abel is a Canadian diver. She is currently partnered with Mélissa Citrini-Beaulieu for synchronized diving. She won an Olympic bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics in the 3 m synchro diving event with Émilie Heymans. Abel is a four-time Commonwealth Games champion in the 1 m and 3 m synchronized springboard; and is also a three-time Pan American Games champion in the 3 m springboard and 3 m synchronized springboard. Her ten medals at the FINA World Championships are a record for most medals by a Canadian in diving at the world championships.
The diving portion of the 2013 World Aquatics Championships was held from 20–28 July 2013 at the Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc in Barcelona, Spain.
The diving competitions at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland took place between 30 July and 2 August at the Royal Commonwealth Pool in Edinburgh. It was one of two aquatic sports at the Games, along with swimming.
Diving was contested at the 1986 Asian Games in Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool, Seoul, South Korea from September 22nd to September 26th, 1986.
Diving at the 2014 South American Games was held in Santiago, Chile from March 15 to 16, 2014. Three competitions were held, two for men and one for women. All competition took place at the Aquatic Center National Stadium.
The men's 3 metre springboard diving competition at the 2014 South American Games in Santiago was held on 15 March at the Aquatic Center National Stadium.
The Diving competition at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games was held in Veracruz, Mexico.
Diving competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto were held from July 10 to 13 at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre. Due to naming rights the arena were known as the latter for the duration of the games. Due to Pan American Games being scheduled to be held roughly around the same time as the 2015 World Aquatics Championships scheduled for Kazan, Russia, the diving begin on the day of the opening ceremony. A total of eight diving events were held: four each for men and women.
The women's 3 metre springboard competition of the diving events at the 2015 Pan American Games will be held on July 12 at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House in Toronto, Canada. The winner of the competition will qualify his country a quota place for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. If the host nation of the Olympics wins the event, the runner up will qualify instead.
Esther Qin is a Chinese-born Australian diver.
Minami Itahashi is a Japanese diver. She has represented Japan at various international events since the age of 14, including the 2015 World Aquatics Championships and the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Grace Reid is a Scottish diver. She has won two gold medals in European Championships and a gold at the Commonwealth Games.
Diving at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships was held between 14 and 22 July 2017 in Budapest, Hungary.
The diving competition at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games was held in Barranquilla, Colombia from 19 to 25 July at the Complejo Acuático.
The women's 3 metre springboard diving competition at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games in Barranquilla was held on 25 July at the Complejo Acuático.
The women's 3 metre springboard competition of the diving events at the 2019 Pan American Games was held on 4–5 August at the Aquatics Centre in Lima, Peru.
