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
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
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
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
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

Notes and References

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