Diving at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Women's 3 metre springboard

Women's 3 metre springboard at the Games of the XI Olympiad
Medalists
Marjorie Gestring  United States Katherine Rawls  United States Dorothy Poynton-Hill  United States

Diving at the 1936 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 1936 Summer Olympics programme.

The competition, held on Wednesday August 12, was split into two sets of dives held on the same day:

1. Compulsory dives

   Divers performed three pre-chosen dives – a running straight somersault forward, standing header backward with pike, and running straight isander-half gainer.

2. Facultative dives

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

Sixteen divers from nine nations competed.

Results

Place	Diver	Score
1	Marjorie Gestring (USA)	89.27
2	Katherine Rawls (USA)	88.35
3	Dorothy Poynton-Hill (USA)	82.36
4	Gerda Daumerlang (GER)	78.27
5	Olga Jensch-Jordan (GER)	77.98
6	Masayo Osawa (JPN)	73.94
7	Suse Heinz (GER)	71.49
8	Fusako Kono (JPN)	70.27
9	Betty Slade (GBR)	69.95
10	Lynda Adams (CAN)	67.44
11	Inger Nordbø (NOR)	65.94
12	Alma Staudinger (AUT)	65.76
13	Katinka Larsen (GBR)	64.00
14	Annie Villiger (SUI)	62.38
15	Thelma Boughner (CAN)	60.04
16	Cécile Lesprit-Poirier (FRA)	58.86