Diving at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre platform explained
Event: | Men's 10 metre platform |
Games: | 1924 Summer |
Venue: | Swimming Stadium Tourelles |
Dates: | 19 July (semifinals) 20 July (final) |
Competitors: | 20 |
Nations: | 10 |
Gold: | Albert White |
Goldnoc: | USA |
Silver: | David Fall |
Silvernoc: | USA |
Bronze: | Clarence Pinkston |
Bronzenoc: | USA |
Prev: | 1920 |
Next: | 1928 |
The men's 10 metre platform, also reported as plongeons de haut vol variés (English: varied high diving), was one of five diving events on the diving at the 1924 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was actually held from both 10 metre and 5 metre platforms. Divers performed four compulsory dives - standing inward plain dive, standing backward dive with twist, running forward somersault dive and running reverse somersault dive (5 metre platform) - and four dives of the competitor's choice for a total of eight dives. The competition was held on Saturday, 19 July 1924, and Sunday, 20 July 1924. Twenty divers from ten nations competed.[1]
Results
First round
The three divers who scored the smallest number of points in each group of the first round advanced to the final.
Group 1
Rank | Diver | Nation | Points | Score | Notes |
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1 | | | 6 | 507.5 | |
2 | | | 11 | 475.2 | |
3 | | | 13 | 435.6 | |
4 | | | 20 | 398.8 | |
5 | | | 25 | 345.5 | |
6 | | | 30 | 303.0 | |
7 | | | 35 | 204.8 | | |
Group 2
Rank | Diver | Nation | Points | Score | Notes |
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1 | | | 5 | 491.8 | |
2 | | | 10 | 435.4 | |
3 | | | 16 | 408.2 | |
4 | | | 19 | 394.5 | |
5 | | | 27 | 354.3 | |
6 | | | 28 | 354.0 | | |
Group 3
Rank | Diver | Nation | Points | Score | Notes |
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1 | | | 6 | 472.9 | |
2 | | | 9 | 442.8 | |
3 | | | 16 | 400.0 | |
4 | | | 21 | 374.2 | |
5 | | | 23 | 363.4 | |
6 | | | 30 | 306.0 | |
7 | | | 35 | 229.4 | | |
Final
Rank | Diver | Nation | Points | Score |
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| | | 9 | 487.3 |
| | | 11.5 | 486.5 |
| | | 16.5 | 473.0 |
4 | | | 19 | 468.9 |
5 | | | 24 | 437.7 |
6 | | | 31 | 429.0 |
7 | | | 36 | 404.6 |
8 | | | 37.5 | 403.2 |
9 | | | 40.5 | 380.9 | |
Sources
- Web site: Les Jeux de la VIIIe Olympiade - Rapport Officiel . https://web.archive.org/web/20080410085129/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1924/1924.pdf . dead . 10 April 2008 . 29 December 2006 . Comité Olympique Français . 1924 . pdf . p. 462 .
- Web site: Diving 1924 . 29 December 2006 . Herman de Wael . 3 August 2003 . 11 June 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070611065516/http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/div1924.html . dead .
Notes and References
- Diving at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Men's Platform . 12 May 2020.