Diving at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 metre platform explained

Event:Women's 10 metre platform
Games:1984 Summer
Venue:McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium
Date:August 9, 1984 (Preliminary)
August 10, 1984 (Finals)
Gold:Zhou Jihong
Goldnoc:CHN
Silver:Michele Mitchell
Silvernoc:USA
Bronze:Wendy Wyland
Bronzenoc:USA
Prev:1980
Next:1988

The women's 10 metre platform, also reported as platform diving, was one of four diving events on the Diving at the 1984 Summer Olympics programme.[1]

The competition was split into two phases:

  1. Preliminary round (9 August)

Divers performed eight dives. The twelve divers with the highest scores advanced to the final.

  1. Final (10 August)

Divers performed another set of eight dives and the score here obtained determined the final ranking.

Results

Rank Diver Nation Preliminary Final
Points Rank Points
462.87 1 435.51
402.39 3 431.19
376.11 5 422.07
4 434.88 2 419.76
5 382.08 4 388.56
6 364.11 7 371.49
7 344.70 10 360.45
8 343.11 11 352.89
9 348.60 9 349.95
10 371.10 6 345.44
11 351.45 8 325.47
12 341.31 12 315.72
13 329.31 13 Did not advance
14 327.66 14 Did not advance
15 324.21 15 Did not advance
16 320.07 16 Did not advance
17 313.77 17 Did not advance
18 312.39 18 Did not advance
19 295.86 19 Did not advance
20 277.92 20 Did not advance
21 145.94 21 Did not advance

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Diving at the 1984 Summer Olympics: Platform, Women . Olympedia . 21 May 2020.