Diving at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's plain high diving explained
Event: | Men's plain high diving |
Games: | 1924 Summer |
Venue: | Swimming Stadium Tourelles |
Dates: | 14 July (semifinals) 15 July (final) |
Competitors: | 25 |
Nations: | 10 |
Gold: | Dick Eve |
Goldnoc: | AUS |
Silver: | John Jansson |
Silvernoc: | SWE |
Bronze: | Harold Clarke |
Bronzenoc: | GBR |
Prev: | 1920 |
The men's plain high diving, also reported as plongeons de haut vol ordinaires (English: regular 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. The competitors performed four times a forward plain dive: two from the 10 metre and two from the 5 metre platforms. The competition was held on Monday 14 July 1924, and Tuesday 15 July 1924. Twenty-five 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 | | | 13.5 | 157 | |
2 | | | 13.5 | 155 | |
3 | | | 17 | 155 | |
4 | | | 17.5 | 151 | |
5 | | | 19.5 | 150 | |
6 | | | 25.5 | 141 | |
7 | | | 38 | 125 | |
8 | | | 41 | 118 | |
9 | | | 41.5 | 117 | | |
Group 2
Rank | Diver | Nation | Points | Score | Notes |
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1 | | | 8.5 | 165 | |
2 | | | 10 | 157 | |
3 | | | 12 | 156 | |
4 | | | 22 | 137 | |
5 | | | 27 | 127 | |
6 | | | 28 | 123 | |
7 | | | 32.5 | 116 | |
8 | | | 40 | 90 | | |
Group 3
Rank | Diver | Nation | Points | Score | Notes |
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1 | | | 9 | 162 | |
2 | | | 17 | 146 | |
3 | | | 17 | 144 | |
4 | | | 19.5 | 147 | |
5 | | | 21 | 141 | |
6 | | | 21.5 | 141 | |
7 | | | 36 | 102 | |
8 | | | 39 | 94 | | |
Final
Rank | Diver | Nation | Points | Score |
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| | | 13.5 | 160 |
| | | 14.5 | 157 |
| | | 15.5 | 158 |
4 | | | 23.5 | 145 |
5 | | | 26.5 | 144 |
6 | | | 28 | 141 |
7 | | | 31 | 137 |
8 | | | 31.5 | 136 |
9 | | | 41 | 125 | |
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. 456 .
- 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 Plain High . 12 May 2020.