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

The men's 10 metre platform, also reported as plongeons de haut vol variés (English: varied high diving), was one of five diving events on the diving at the 1924 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was actually held from both 10 metre and 5 metre platforms. Divers performed four compulsory dives - standing inward plain dive, standing backward dive with twist, running forward somersault dive and running reverse somersault dive (5 metre platform) - and four dives of the competitor's choice for a total of eight dives. The competition was held on Saturday, 19 July 1924, and Sunday, 20 July 1924. Twenty divers from ten nations competed.[1]

Men's 10 metre platform
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
VenueSwimming Stadium Tourelles
Dates19 July (semifinals)
20 July (final)
Competitors20 from 10 nations
Medalists
Albert White  United States
David Fall  United States
Clarence Pinkston  United States
Diving at the
1924 Summer Olympics
3 m springboardmenwomen
10 m platformmenwomen
Plain high divingmen

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
RankDiverNationPointsScoreNotes
1Clarence Pinkston United States6507.5Q
2Erik Adlerz Sweden11475.2Q
3Eugène Lenormand France13435.6Q
4Luigi Cangiullo Italy20398.8
5Eric MacDonald Great Britain25345.5
6Henk Lotgering Netherlands30303.0
7Santiago Ulio Spain35204.8

Group 2
RankDiverNationPointsScoreNotes
1Albert White United States5491.8Q
2Helge Öberg Sweden10435.4Q
3Hannes Kärkkäinen Finland16408.2Q
4Albert Knight Great Britain19394.5
5Albert Van Heymbeek Belgium27354.3
6Étienne Vincent France28354.0

Group 3
RankDiverNationPointsScoreNotes
1David Fall United States6472.9Q
2Adolf Hellquist Sweden9442.8Q
3Sven Palle Sørensen Denmark16400.0Q
4André Cochinal France21374.2
5Lauri Kyöstilä Finland23363.4
6Henk Hemsing Netherlands30306.0
7Antonio de Tort Spain35229.4

Final
RankDiverNationPointsScore
Albert White United States9487.3
David Fall United States11.5486.5
Clarence Pinkston United States16.5473.0
4Erik Adlerz Sweden19468.9
5Eugène Lenormand France24437.7
6Helge Öberg Sweden31429.0
7Sven Palle Sørensen Denmark36404.6
8Adolf Hellquist Sweden37.5403.2
9Hannes Kärkkäinen Finland40.5380.9

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

Sources
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.