Diving at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 metre platform explained

Event:Women's 10 metre platform
Games:1964 Summer
Gold:Lesley Bush
Goldnoc:USA
Silver:Ingrid Engel-Krämer
Silvernoc:EUA
Bronze:Galina Alekseyeva
Bronzenoc:URS
Prev:1960
Next:1968

The women's 10 metre platform, also reported as high diving, was one of four diving events on the Diving at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme.[1]

The competition was split into two phases:[2]

  1. Preliminary round (15 October)

Divers performed three compulsory dives with limited degrees of difficulty and one voluntary dive without limits. The twelve divers with the highest scores advanced to the final.

  1. Final (15 October)

Divers performed one compulsory dive with limited degrees of difficulty and two voluntary dives without limits. The final ranking was determined by the combined score with the preliminary round.

Results

Rank Diver Nation Preliminary Final
Points Rank Points Rank Total
53.78 1 46.02 2 99.80
52.98 3 45.47 3 98.45
53.02 2 44.58 4 97.60
4 47.80 9 48.50 1 96.30
5 49.69 6 43.23 5 92.92
6 49.50 7 43.20 6 92.70
7 49.89 5 41.02 9 90.91
8 47.28 11 42.32 7 89.60
9 46.58 12 41.58 8 88.16
10 47.83 8 38.96 10 86.79
11 47.62 10 38.52 11 86.14
12 51.91 4 33.09 12 85.00
13 46.10 13 did not advance
14 45.48 14 did not advance
15 45.20 15 did not advance
16 45.00 16 did not advance
17 43.85 17 did not advance
18 43.50 18 did not advance
19 42.72 19 did not advance
20 41.84 20 did not advance
21 40.22 21 did not advance
22 37.59 22 did not advance
23 36.47 23 did not advance
24 33.57 24 did not advance

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Diving at the 1964 Summer Olympics: Platform, Women . OlyMADMen . 17 May 2020.
  2. Unlike in any other Games, this event was held on a single day and consisted of a maximum total of only seven dives.