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
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
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
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
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

Notes and References

  1. Diving at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Men's Platform . 12 May 2020.