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Springboard, Women

Date27 – 28 September 2000
StatusOlympic
LocationSydney International Aquatic Centre, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants43 from 28 countries
Format3 metre springboard.

Fu Mingxia was the defending gold medalist, but she had briefly retired after the 1996 Olympics, only to return in 1998. She had been beaten all year by her teammate Guo Jingjing, but Guo was still fearful of Fu, who had also won Olympic platform gold in 1992 and 1996. A few days before the start of this event the two competed together and won silver in the synchro springboard. Guo led the early going in the final, but Fu came on strongly with the best dive in each of the final three rounds to win her fourth Olympic gold medal. Guo would come back and win this springboard and synchro springboard in both 2004 and 2008, and retire after the Beijing Olympics with six Olympic medals, four of them gold, the most ever by any female in Olympic diving.

The bronze medal went to little-known German Dörte Lindner, who had attended college in the US at Southern Cal, and whose major international podium appearance prior to Sydney was winning a silver on 1-metre springboard at the 1995 European Championships. She edged out Yuliya Pakhalina (RUS), who had been the 1998 World Champion on springboard.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCPoints
1Fu MingxiaCHN609.42Gold
2Guo JingjingCHN597.81Silver
3Dörte LindnerGER574.35Bronze
4Yuliya PakhalinaRUS570.42
5Anna LindbergSWE559.17
6Vera IlyinaRUS555.15
7Chantelle MichellAUS550.68
8Jenny KeimUSA534.18
9Irina VyguzovaKAZ528.33
10Blythe HartleyCAN523.05
11Hanna SorokinaUKR512.97
12Michelle DavisonUSA510.48
13Azul AlmazánMEX488.88
14Olha YefimenkoUKR480.99
15Sviatlana AliakseyeunaBLR477.39
16Jane SmithGBR477.12
17Rebecca GilmoreAUS475.29
18Tania CagnottoITA466.29
19Jashia LunaMEX464.97
20Eryn BulmerCAN258.93
21Sotiria KoutsopetrouGRE258.81
22Nóra BartaHUN258.33
23Sandra PonthusFRA242.79
24Iohana CruzCUB239.97
25Orsolya PintérHUN239.64
26Ri Ok-RimPRK238.77
27Angelique RodríguezPUR235.47
28Nataliya PopovaKAZ234.90
29Chen TingTPE229.77
30Maria MarconiITA229.11
31Karen SmithGBR224.58
32Sheila Mae PérezPHI223.65
33Choe Song-HuiPRK222.84
34Diana PinedaCOL220.68
35Juliana VelosoBRA220.62
36Julie DanauxFRA219.87
37Alejandra FuentesVEN219.81
38Catherine Maliev-AviolatSUI204.06
39Leong Mun YeeMAS186.51
40Svetlana IshkovaARG185.61
41Tsai Yi-SanTPE181.92
42Eka Purnama IndahINA178.83
43Conny SchmalfußGER89.46

Qualifying (27 September 2000 — 10:10)

Five dives. Top 18 advanced to the semi-finals.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCPoints
1Fu MingxiaCHN342.75Q
2Guo JingjingCHN332.67Q
3Yuliya PakhalinaRUS316.08Q
4Dörte LindnerGER309.21Q
5Vera IlyinaRUS305.25Q
6Irina VyguzovaKAZ303.30Q
7Blythe HartleyCAN295.98Q
8Hanna SorokinaUKR291.39Q
9Jenny KeimUSA285.12Q
10Michelle DavisonUSA280.26Q
11Anna LindbergSWE275.34Q
12Azul AlmazánMEX272.85Q
13Chantelle MichellAUS270.75Q
14Jane SmithGBR269.22Q
15Jashia LunaMEX268.44Q
16Olha YefimenkoUKR265.74Q
17Sviatlana AliakseyeunaBLR260.91Q
=18Rebecca GilmoreAUS259.74Q
=18Tania CagnottoITA259.74Q
20Eryn BulmerCAN258.93
21Sotiria KoutsopetrouGRE258.81
22Nóra BartaHUN258.33
23Sandra PonthusFRA242.79
24Iohana CruzCUB239.97
25Orsolya PintérHUN239.64
26Ri Ok-RimPRK238.77
27Angelique RodríguezPUR235.47
28Nataliya PopovaKAZ234.90
29Chen TingTPE229.77
30Maria MarconiITA229.11
31Karen SmithGBR224.58
32Sheila Mae PérezPHI223.65
33Choe Song-HuiPRK222.84
34Diana PinedaCOL220.68
35Juliana VelosoBRA220.62
36Julie DanauxFRA219.87
37Alejandra FuentesVEN219.81
38Catherine Maliev-AviolatSUI204.06
39Leong Mun YeeMAS186.51
40Svetlana IshkovaARG185.61
41Tsai Yi-SanTPE181.92
42Eka Purnama IndahINA178.83
43Conny SchmalfußGER89.46

Semi-Finals (27 September 2000 — 20:10)

Five dives. Top 12 advanced to the final. Score added to qualifying round score.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCPointsS-FRPS-FRPQRP
1Fu MingxiaCHN585.57242.822342.75Q
2Guo JingjingCHN583.89251.221332.67Q
3Yuliya PakhalinaRUS552.51236.434316.08Q
4Vera IlyinaRUS543.06237.813305.25Q
5Dörte LindnerGER543.03233.825309.21Q
6Irina VyguzovaKAZ520.77217.4711303.30Q
7Blythe HartleyCAN514.98219.0010295.98Q
8Jenny KeimUSA511.02225.908285.12Q
9Anna LindbergSWE508.68233.346275.34Q
10Hanna SorokinaUKR502.02210.6316291.39Q
11Michelle DavisonUSA499.74219.489280.26Q
12Chantelle MichellAUS499.59228.847270.75Q
13Azul AlmazánMEX488.88216.0313272.85
14Olha YefimenkoUKR480.99215.2515265.74
15Sviatlana AliakseyeunaBLR477.39216.4812260.91
16Jane SmithGBR477.12207.9017269.22
17Rebecca GilmoreAUS475.29215.5514259.74
18Tania CagnottoITA466.29206.5518259.74
19Jashia LunaMEX464.97196.5319268.44

Final Round (28 September 2000 — 20:10)

Five dives. Score added to semi-final round score.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCPointsFRPFRPS-FRP
1Fu MingxiaCHN609.42366.601242.82
2Guo JingjingCHN597.81346.592251.22
3Dörte LindnerGER574.35340.533233.82
4Yuliya PakhalinaRUS570.42333.994236.43
5Anna LindbergSWE559.17325.835233.34
6Vera IlyinaRUS555.15317.347237.81
7Chantelle MichellAUS550.68321.846228.84
8Jenny KeimUSA534.18308.289225.90
9Irina VyguzovaKAZ528.33310.868217.47
10Blythe HartleyCAN523.05304.0510219.00
11Hanna SorokinaUKR512.97302.3411210.63
12Michelle DavisonUSA510.48291.0012219.48