Diving at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 metre platform

Women's 10 metre platform
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Women's 10 metre platform; at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Venue	Swimming Stadium Tourelles
Dates	19 July (semifinals) ; 20 July (final)
Competitors	11 from 6 nations
Medalists
	← 1920 1928 →

The women's 10 metre platform, 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. It was actually held from both 10 metre and 5 metre platforms. The competitors performed four compulsory dives. The competition was held on Saturday 19 July 1924, and Sunday 20 July 1924. Eleven divers from six 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	Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston	United States	11	161	Q
2	Hjördis Töpel	Sweden	11.5	159	Q
3	Helen Meany	United States	16.5	152	Q
4	Verrall Newman	Great Britain	18	154
5	Eva Olliwier	Sweden	20.5	148
6	Beatrice Armstrong	Great Britain	27.5	141

Group 2

Rank	Diver	Nation	Points	Score	Notes
1	Caroline Smith	United States	5.5	160	Q
2	Isabelle White	Great Britain	9.5	150	Q
3	Edith Nielsen	Denmark	18.5	128	Q
4	Margarete Adler	Austria	19.5	125
5	Sophie Hennebert	Belgium	22	118

Final

Rank	Diver	Nation	Points	Score
	Caroline Smith	United States	10.5	167
	Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston	United States	11	166
	Hjördis Töpel	Sweden	15.5	164
4	Edith Nielsen	Denmark	17.5	157
5	Helen Meany	United States	22	148
6	Isabelle White	Great Britain	28.5	140

References

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Diving at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Women's Plain High". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2020.

External links

Comité Olympique Français (1924). "Les Jeux de la VIIIe Olympiade - Rapport Officiel" (PDF). pp. p. 482. Archived from the original (pdf) on 10 April 2008. Retrieved 29 December 2006.
Herman de Wael (3 August 2003). "Diving 1924". Retrieved 29 December 2006.

[1] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Diving at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Women's Plain High". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2020.

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