Diving at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 metre platform

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Women's 10 metre platform
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Venue McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium
DateAugust 9, 1984 (Preliminary)
August 10, 1984 (Finals)
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Zhou Jihong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Silver medal icon.svg Michele Mitchell Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Wendy Wyland Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  1980
1988  

The women's 10 metre platform, also reported as platform diving, was one of four diving events on the Diving at the 1984 Summer Olympics programme. [1]

The competition was split into two phases:

  1. Preliminary round (9 August)
    Divers performed eight dives. The twelve divers with the highest scores advanced to the final.
  2. Final (10 August)
    Divers performed another set of eight dives and the score here obtained determined the final ranking.

Results

RankDiverNationPreliminaryFinal
PointsRankPoints
Gold medal icon.svg Zhou Jihong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 462.871435.51
Silver medal icon.svg Michele Mitchell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 402.393431.19
Bronze medal icon.svg Wendy Wyland Flag of the United States.svg  United States 376.115422.07
4 Chen Xiaoxia Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 434.882419.76
5 Valerie McFarlane-Beddoe Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 382.084388.56
6 Debbie Fuller Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 364.117371.49
7 Elsa Tenorio Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 344.7010360.45
8 Guadalupe Canseco Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 343.1111352.89
9 Yoshino Mobuchi Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 348.609349.95
10 Julie Kent Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 371.106345.44
11 Kerstin Finke Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 351.458325.47
12 Tine Tollan Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 341.3112315.72
13 Angela Ribeiro Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 329.3113Did not advance
14 Marianne Weinås Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 327.6614Did not advance
15 Verónica Ribot Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 324.2115Did not advance
16 Elke Heinrichs Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 320.0716Did not advance
17 Kathy Kelemen Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 313.7717Did not advance
18 Carolyn Roscoe Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 312.3918Did not advance
19 Lindsey Fraser Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 295.8619Did not advance
20 Nicole Kreil Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 277.9220Did not advance
21 Rim Hassan Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg  Egypt 145.9421Did not advance

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References

  1. "Diving at the 1984 Summer Olympics: Platform, Women". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 May 2020.

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