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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Albert White  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) David Fall  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Clarence Pinkston  United States
← 1920
1928 →

Results

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First round

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The three divers who scored the smallest number of points in each group of the first round advanced to the final.

Group 1

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Rank Diver Nation Points Score Notes
1 Clarence Pinkston   United States 6 507.5 Q
2 Erik Adlerz   Sweden 11 475.2 Q
3 Eugène Lenormand   France 13 435.6 Q
4 Luigi Cangiullo   Italy 20 398.8
5 Eric MacDonald   Great Britain 25 345.5
6 Henk Lotgering   Netherlands 30 303.0
7 Santiago Ulio   Spain 35 204.8

Group 2

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Rank Diver Nation Points Score Notes
1 Albert White   United States 5 491.8 Q
2 Helge Öberg   Sweden 10 435.4 Q
3 Hannes Kärkkäinen   Finland 16 408.2 Q
4 Albert Knight   Great Britain 19 394.5
5 Gustave Van Heymbeeck   Belgium 27 354.3
6 Étienne Vincent   France 28 354.0

Group 3

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Rank Diver Nation Points Score Notes
1 David Fall   United States 6 472.9 Q
2 Adolf Hellquist   Sweden 9 442.8 Q
3 Sven Palle Sørensen   Denmark 16 400.0 Q
4 André Cochinal   France 21 374.2
5 Lauri Kyöstilä   Finland 23 363.4
6 Henk Hemsing   Netherlands 30 306.0
7 Antonio de Tort   Spain 35 229.4

Final

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Rank Diver Nation Points Score
  Albert White   United States 9 487.3
  David Fall   United States 11.5 486.5
  Clarence Pinkston   United States 16.5 473.0
4 Erik Adlerz   Sweden 19 468.9
5 Eugène Lenormand   France 24 437.7
6 Helge Öberg   Sweden 31 429.0
7 Sven Palle Sørensen   Denmark 36 404.6
8 Adolf Hellquist   Sweden 37.5 403.2
9 Hannes Kärkkäinen   Finland 40.5 380.9

References

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  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.

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