Diving at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Women's 3 metre springboard explained

Event:Women's 3 metre springboard
Games:1924 Summer
Venue:Swimming Stadium Tourelles
Dates:17 July (semifinals)
18 July (final)
Competitors:17
Nations:7
Gold:Elizabeth Becker
Goldnoc:USA
Silver:Aileen Riggin
Silvernoc:USA
Bronze:Caroline Fletcher
Bronzenoc:USA
Prev:1920
Next:1928

The women's 3 metre springboard, also reported as plongeons du tremplin (English: trampoline diving), was one of five diving events on the diving at the 1924 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was actually held from both 3 metre and 1 metre boards. The competitors performed six dives of their choice. The competition was held on Thursday 17 July 1924, and Friday 18 July 1924. Seventeen divers from seven 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

Place Diver Nation Points Score Notes
1 6 482.4
2 13 439.3
3 13 417.4
4 19 377.8
5 26 313.0
6 28 287.3
7 35 258.8
8 40 235.2

Group 2

Place Diver Nation Points Score Notes
1 7 446.6
2 10 421.7
3 14 408.8
4 21 362.9
5 23 345.2
6 32.5 274.0
7 35 270.6
8 40.5 244.0
9 42 233.2

Final

Place Diver Nation Points Score
8 474.5
12 460.4
16 436.4
4 20 425.8
5 21 412.6
6 28 370.2

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Diving at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Women's Springboard . 12 May 2020.