Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 metre platform explained

Event:	Women's 10 metre platform
Games:	1996 Summer
Venue:	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date:	26 July 2021 (Preliminary) 27 July 2021 (Semifinals & Finals)
Competitors:	33
Nations:	21
Gold:	Fu Mingxia
Goldnoc:	CHN
Silver:	Annika Walter
Silvernoc:	GER
Bronze:	Mary Ellen Clark
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	1992
Next:	2000

The women's 10 metre platform was one of four diving events included in the Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics programme.^[1]

The competition was split into three phases:

Preliminary round: 26 July — Each diver performed five dives without any limitation on the difficulty degree. The 18 divers with the highest total score advanced to the semi-final.

Semi-final: 27 July — Each diver performed four dives with difficulty degree limitation. The 12 divers with the highest combined score from the semi-final and preliminary dives advanced to the final.

Final: 27 July — Each diver performed five dives without limitation on the difficulty degree. The final ranking was determined by the combined score from the final and semifinal dives.

Results

Rank	Diver	Nation	Preliminary		Semi-final				Final
			Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank	Points	Rank	Total
			329.25	1	179.94	1	509.19	1	341.64	1	521.58
			298.11	5	166.14	6	464.25	5	313.08	2	479.22
			253.89	12	174.87	3	428.76	9	298.08	3	472.95
4			323.91	2	163.38	8	487.29	3	291.81	4	455.19
5			315.39	4	177.30	2	492.69	2	269.91	6	447.21
6			280.11	7	171.24	4	451.35	6	265.77	7	437.01
7			319.11	3	158.40	12	477.51	4	274.20	5	432.60
8			268.65	8	167.07	5	435.72	8	259.05	9	426.12
9			251.73	14	158.43	11	410.16	12	259.68	8	418.11
10			281.52	6	157.41	13	438.93	7	256.05	10	413.46
11			266.13	10	160.83	10	426.96	10	247.62	11	408.45
12			258.93	11	151.44	15	410.37	11	215.91	12	367.35
13			248.10	15	161.25	9	409.35	13	did not advance
14			244.05	18	165.06	7	409.11	14	did not advance
15			267.18	9	138.60	18	405.78	15	did not advance
16			246.06	16	156.48	14	402.54	16	did not advance
17			252.36	13	147.99	17	400.35	17	did not advance
18			244.98	17	150.99	16	395.97	18	did not advance
19			243.57	19	did not advance
20			242.76	20	did not advance
21			242.13	21	did not advance
22			233.34	22	did not advance
23			230.16	23	did not advance
24			229.32	24	did not advance
25			225.84	25	did not advance
26			217.77	26	did not advance
27			216.36	27	did not advance
28			202.86	28	did not advance
29			201.27	29	did not advance
30			191.40	30	did not advance
31			180.15	31	did not advance
32			166.56	32	did not advance
33			115.44	33	did not advance

Sources

• Book: The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games - Volume III: The Competition Results . The Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG) . 13 January 2007 . 1997 . pdf . Peachtree Publishers . Atlanta, GA . english, french . 1-56145-169-X . 36994823 . 32.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics: Platform, Women . Olympedia . 24 May 2020.