Diving at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's 3 metre springboard

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{{Infobox Olympic event

|event = Women's 3 metre springboard

|games = 1976 Summer

|image =Christa Köhler, Jennifer Chandler, Cynthia Potter 1976.jpg

|image_size =280px

|caption =Left-right: Köhler, Chandler, Potter

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|date =

|competitors =

|nations =

|gold = Jennifer Chandler

|goldNOC = USA

|silver = Christa Köhler

|silverNOC = GDR

|bronze = Cynthia Potter

|bronzeNOC = USA

|prev = 1972

|next = 1980

}}

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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 1976 Summer Olympics programme.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/results/54210 |title=Diving at the 1976 Summer Olympics: Springboard, Women |work=Olympedia |accessdate=19 May 2020}}

The competition was split into two phases:

1. Preliminary round (19 July)
2. :Divers performed ten dives. The eight divers with the highest scores advanced to the final.
3. Final (20 July)
4. :Divers performed another set of ten dives and the score here obtained determined the final ranking.