| | Event type
Springboard, Women
| Date | 29 – 30 July 1952 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Helsingin Uimastadion, Helsinki | |
| Participants | 15 from 7 countries | |
| Format | 3 metres springboard. | |
Pat McCormick won gold on the springboard in Helsinki, the first of her four Olympic diving gold medals, as she would win the double/double in both Helsinki and Melbourne. Second-place went to Frenchwoman Mady Moreau, who was born in Vietnam, and had been seventh on the springboard in 1948. Her silver medal broke a run of American medal sweeps in women’s springboard that went back to 1920. The bronze was won by Zoe Ann Olsen-Jensen, who had been the silver medalist in 1948, as Zoe Ann Olsen, before her marriage to major league baseball star Jackie Jensen.
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Points | Qualifying | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pat McCormick |  USA | 147.30 | 71.85 (1) | 147.30 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | Mady Moreau |  FRA | 139.34 | 67.65 (2) | 139.34 (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | Zoe Ann Olsen-Jensen | USA | 127.57 | 54.09 (8) | 127.57 (3) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | Ninel Krutova |  URS | 116.86 | 56.18 (3) | 116.86 (4) | |||
| 5 | Charmian Welsh |  GBR | 116.38 | 59.14 (4) | 116.38 (5) | |||
| 6 | Lyubov Zhigalova | URS | 113.83 | 54.18 (7) | 113.83 (6) | |||
| 7 | Nicole Péllissard | FRA | 111.98 | 55.69 (5) | 111.98 (7) | |||
| 8 | Ann Long | GBR | 108.82 | 54.82 (6) | 108.82 (8) | |||
| 9 r1/2 | Carol Frick | USA | 52.97 | 52.97 (9) | – | |||
| 10 r1/2 | Valentina Chumicheva | URS | 52.15 | 52.15 (10) | – | |||
| 11 r1/2 | Dorothy Drew | GBR | 51.28 | 51.28 (11) | – | |||
| 12 r1/2 | Els van den Horn |  NED | 49.44 | 49.44 (12) | – | |||
| 13 r1/2 | Anna-Stina Wahlberg |  SWE | 48.47 | 48.47 (13) | – | |||
| 14 r1/2 | Lenie Lanting-Keller | NED | 47.33 | 47.33 (14) | – | |||
| 15 r1/2 | Masami Miyamoto |  JPN | 46.88 | 46.88 (15) | – |
Qualifying Round
| Date | 29 July 1952 |
|---|---|
| Format | Five optional dives. Top 8 advanced to the final. |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pat McCormick | USA | 71.85 | ||
| 2 | Mady Moreau | FRA | 67.65 | ||
| 3 | Ninel Krutova | URS | 56.18 | ||
| 4 | Charmian Welsh | GBR | 59.14 | ||
| 5 | Nicole Péllissard | FRA | 55.69 | ||
| 6 | Ann Long | GBR | 54.82 | ||
| 7 | Lyubov Zhigalova | URS | 54.18 | ||
| 8 | Zoe Ann Olsen-Jensen | USA | 54.09 | 1 | |
| 9 | Carol Frick | USA | 52.97 | ||
| 10 | Valentina Chumicheva | URS | 52.15 | ||
| 11 | Dorothy Drew | GBR | 51.28 | ||
| 12 | Els van den Horn | NED | 49.44 | ||
| 13 | Anna-Stina Wahlberg | SWE | 48.47 | ||
| 14 | Lenie Lanting-Keller | NED | 47.33 | ||
| 15 | Masami Miyamoto | JPN | 46.88 |
Final
| Date | 30 July 1952 |
|---|---|
| Format | Five optional dives. Score added to qualifying round score. |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Points | Final Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pat McCormick | USA | 147.30 | 75.45 | ||
| 2 | Mady Moreau | FRA | 139.34 | 71.69 | ||
| 3 | Zoe Ann Olsen-Jensen | USA | 127.57 | 73.48 | ||
| 4 | Ninel Krutova | URS | 116.86 | 60.68 | ||
| 5 | Charmian Welsh | GBR | 116.38 | 57.24 | ||
| 6 | Lyubov Zhigalova | URS | 113.83 | 59.65 | ||
| 7 | Nicole Péllissard | FRA | 111.98 | 56.29 | ||
| 8 | Ann Long | GBR | 108.82 | 54.00 |