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

Women's 10 metre platform
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Venue Swimming Stadium Tourelles
Dates July 19 (semifinals)
July 20 (final)
Competitors 11 from 6 nations
Medalists
  Caroline Smith   United States
  Elizabeth Becker   United States
  Hjördis Töpel   Sweden
«1920 1928»
Diving at the
1924 Summer Olympics
3 m springboard   men   women
10 m platform   men   women
Plain high diving   men  

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 July 19, 1924 and Sunday July 20, 1924.

Eleven divers from six nations competed.

Contents

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

Place Diver Points Score
1  Elizabeth Becker (USA) 11 161
2  Hjördis Töpel (SWE) 11.5 159
3  Helen Meany (USA) 16.5 152
4  Verrall Newman (GBR) 18 154
5  Eva Olliwier (SWE) 20.5 148
6  Beatrice Armstrong (GBR) 27.5 141

Group 2

Place Diver Points Score
1  Caroline Smith (USA) 5.5 160
2  Isabelle White (GBR) 9.5 150
3  Edith Nielsen (DEN) 18.5 128
4  Margarete Adler (AUT) 19.5 125
5  Sophie Hennebert (BEL) 22 118

Final

Place Diver Points Score
1  Caroline Smith (USA) 10.5 166
2  Elizabeth Becker (USA) 11 167
3  Hjördis Töpel (SWE) 15.5 164
4  Edith Nielsen (DEN) 17.5 157
5  Helen Meany (USA) 22 148
6  Isabelle White (GBR) 28.5 140

References

1912: Greta Johansson (SWE) • 1920: Stefanie Clausen (DEN) • 1924: Caroline Smith (USA) • 1928: Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston (USA) • 1932 – 1936: Dorothy Poynton-Hill (USA) • 1948: Vicki Draves (USA) • 1952 – 1956: Pat McCormick (USA) • 1960: Ingrid Krämer (EUA) • 1964: Lesley Bush (USA) • 1968: Milena Duchková (TCH) • 1972: Ulrika Knape (SWE) • 1976: Elena Vaytsekhovskaya (URS) • 1980: Martina Jäschke (GDR) • 1984: Zhou Jihong (CHN) • 1988: Xu Yanmei (CHN) • 1992 – 1996: Fu Mingxia (CHN) • 2000: Laura Wilkinson (USA) • 2004: Chantelle Newbery (AUS) • 2008: Chen Ruolin (CHN)