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

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Men's 10 metre platform
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Venue Swimming Stadium Tourelles
Dates19 July (semifinals)
20 July (final)
Competitors20 from 10 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Albert White US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg David Fall US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Clarence Pinkston US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
  1920
1928  

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]

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
1 Clarence Pinkston US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 6507.5Q
2 Erik Adlerz Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 11475.2Q
3 Eugène Lenormand Flag of France.svg  France 13435.6Q
4 Luigi Cangiullo Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 20398.8
5 Eric MacDonald Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 25345.5
6 Henk Lotgering Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 30303.0
7 Santiago Ulio Flag of Spain (1785-1873, 1875-1931).svg  Spain 35204.8

Group 2

RankDiverNationPointsScoreNotes
1 Albert White US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 5491.8Q
2 Helge Öberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 10435.4Q
3 Hannes Kärkkäinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 16408.2Q
4 Albert Knight Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 19394.5
5 Albert Van Heymbeek Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 27354.3
6 Étienne Vincent Flag of France.svg  France 28354.0

Group 3

RankDiverNationPointsScoreNotes
1 David Fall US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 6472.9Q
2 Adolf Hellquist Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 9442.8Q
3 Sven Palle Sørensen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 16400.0Q
4 André Cochinal Flag of France.svg  France 21374.2
5 Lauri Kyöstilä Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 23363.4
6 Henk Hemsing Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 30306.0
7 Antonio de Tort Flag of Spain (1785-1873, 1875-1931).svg  Spain 35229.4

Final

RankDiverNationPointsScore
Gold medal icon.svg Albert White US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 9487.3
Silver medal icon.svg David Fall US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 11.5486.5
Bronze medal icon.svg Clarence Pinkston US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 16.5473.0
4 Erik Adlerz Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 19468.9
5 Eugène Lenormand Flag of France.svg  France 24437.7
6 Helge Öberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 31429.0
7 Sven Palle Sørensen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 36404.6
8 Adolf Hellquist Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 37.5403.2
9 Hannes Kärkkäinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 40.5380.9

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References

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