Diving at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's 3 metre springboard

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{{Infobox Olympic event

|event = Women's 3 metre springboard

|games = 1952 Summer

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|gold = Pat McCormick

|goldNOC = USA

|silver = Madeleine Moreau

|silverNOC = FRA

|bronze = Zoe Ann Olsen-Jensen

|bronzeNOC = USA

|prev = 1948

|next = 1956

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The women's 3 metre springboard, also reported as springboard diving, was one of four diving events on the Diving at the 1952 Summer Olympics programme.{{cite web|url=http://www.olympedia.org/results/54135 |title=Diving at the 1952 Summer Olympics: Springboard, Women |work=OlyMADMen |accessdate=15 May 2020}}

The competition was split into two phases held on different days:

• Preliminary round (29 July) – Divers performed five voluntary dives of limited degrees of difficulty. The eight divers with the highest scores advanced to the final.
• Final (30 July) – Divers performed five voluntary dives without any limits of difficulty. The final score was the aggregate of the preliminary and final rounds' points.