Diving at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Women's 3 metre springboard

Last updated

Contents

Women's 3 metre springboard
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Venue Swimming Stadium Tourelles
Dates17 July (semifinals)
18 July (final)
Competitors17 from 7 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Elizabeth Becker US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Aileen Riggin US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Caroline Fletcher US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
  1920
1928  

The women's 3 metre springboard, also reported as plongeons du tremplin (English: trampoline diving), was one of five diving events on the diving at the 1924 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was actually held from both 3 metre and 1 metre boards. The competitors performed six dives of their choice. The competition was held on Thursday 17 July 1924, and Friday 18 July 1924. Seventeen divers from seven 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

PlaceDiverNationPointsScoreNotes
1 Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 6482.4Q
2 Aileen Riggin US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 13439.3Q
3 Klara Bornett Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 13417.4Q
4 Märta Johansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 19377.8
5 Louise Lenormand Flag of France.svg  France 26313.0
6 Truus Klapwijk Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 28287.3
7 Cecily O'Bryen Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 35258.8
8 Eugenie Briollet Flag of France.svg  France 40235.2

Group 2

PlaceDiverNationPointsScoreNotes
1 Caroline Fletcher US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 7446.6Q
2 Signe Johansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 10421.7Q
3 Eva Olliwier Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 14408.8Q
4 Viktoria Sölkner Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 21362.9
5 Millie Hudson Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 23345.2
6 Suzanne Raeth Flag of France.svg  France 32.5274.0
7 Hendrika Bante Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 35270.6
8 Gladys Luscombe Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 40.5244.0
9 Aloisie Krongeigerová Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 42233.2

Final

PlaceDiverNationPointsScore
Gold medal icon.svg Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 8474.5
Silver medal icon.svg Aileen Riggin US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 12460.4
Bronze medal icon.svg Caroline Fletcher US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 16436.4
4 Eva Olliwier Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 20425.8
5 Signe Johansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 21412.6
6 Klara Bornett Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 28370.2

References

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

Sources