Diving at the 1924 Summer Olympics

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Diving
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Diving pictogram.svg
Venue Piscine des Tourelles
Dates14 July 1924 (1924-07-14) through
20 July 1924 (1924-07-20)
No. of events5
Competitors71 from 14 nations
  1920
1928  

At the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, five diving events were contested. The competitions were held from Monday, 14 July 1924 to Sunday, 20 July 1924. [1]

Medal summary

The events are labelled as 3 metre springboard, 10 metre platform and plain high diving by the International Olympic Committee, [2] and appeared on the 1924 Official Report as plongeons du tremplin, plongeons de haut vol variés (men) or plongeons de haut vol ordinaires (women) and plongeons de haut vol ordinaires (men), respectively. [3] The high diving and 10 metre platform events included dives from both 10 metre and 5 metre platforms, while the springboard events included dives from 3 metre and 1 metre springboards.

Men

EventGoldSilverBronze
3 m springboard
details
US flag 48 stars.svg  Albert White  (USA)US flag 48 stars.svg  Pete Desjardins  (USA)US flag 48 stars.svg  Clarence Pinkston  (USA)
10 m platform
details
US flag 48 stars.svg  Albert White  (USA)US flag 48 stars.svg  David Fall  (USA)US flag 48 stars.svg  Clarence Pinkston  (USA)
Plain high diving
details
Flag of Australia.svg  Dick Eve  (AUS)Flag of Sweden.svg  John Jansson  (SWE)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Harold Clarke  (GBR)

Women

EventGoldSilverBronze
3 m springboard
details
US flag 48 stars.svg  Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston  (USA)US flag 48 stars.svg  Aileen Riggin  (USA)US flag 48 stars.svg  Caroline Fletcher  (USA)
10 m platform
details
US flag 48 stars.svg  Caroline Smith  (USA)US flag 48 stars.svg  Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston  (USA)Flag of Sweden.svg  Hjördis Töpel  (SWE)

Participating nations

A total of 71 divers (45 men and 26 women) from 14 nations (men from 13 nations - women from 9 nations) competed at the Paris Games:

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 44311
2Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1001
3Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 0112
4Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 0011
Totals (4 entries)55515

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