The women's 3 metre springboard, also reported as ''springboard diving'', was one of four

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Diving at the 1956 Summer Olympics At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, four diving events were contested. Medal summary The events are labelled as 3 metre springboard and 10 metre platform by the International Olympic Committee, and appeared on the 1956 Official Report a ...

programme. The competition was split into two phases held on different days: *''Preliminary round'' (3 December) – Divers performed five voluntary dives of limited degrees of difficulty and one voluntary dive without limits. The twelve divers with the highest scores advanced to the final. *''Final'' (4 December) – Divers performed four voluntary dives without any limits of difficulty. The final score was the aggregate of the preliminary and final rounds' points.

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