Diving at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre platform
| Men's 10 metre platform at the Games of the VIII Olympiad | ||||||||||
| Venue | Swimming Stadium Tourelles | |||||||||
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| Dates | July 19 (semifinals) July 20 (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 20 from 10 nations | |||||||||
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| Diving at the 1924 Summer Olympics  | ||||
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| 3 m springboard | men | women | ||
| 10 m platform | men | women | ||
| Plain high diving | men | |||
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 July 19, 1924, and Sunday July 20, 1924.
Twenty divers from ten nations competed.
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 |  Clarence Pinkston (USA) | 6 | 507.5 |
| 2 |  Erik Adlerz (SWE) | 11 | 475.2 |
| 3 |  Eugène Lenormand (FRA) | 13 | 435.6 |
| 4 | .svg.png){kind=small} Luigi Cangiullo (ITA) | 20 | 398.8 |
| 5 |  Eric MacDonald (GBR) | 25 | 345.5 |
| 6 |  Henk Lotgering (NED) | 30 | 303 |
| 7 | .svg.png){kind=small} Santiago Ulio (ESP) | 35 | 204.8 |
Group 2
| Place | Diver | Points | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albert White (USA) | 5 | 491.8 |
| 2 | Helge Öberg (SWE) | 10 | 435.4 |
| 3 |  Hannes Kärkkäinen (FIN) | 16 | 408.2 |
| 4 | Albert Knight (GBR) | 19 | 394.5 |
| 5 | .svg.png){kind=small} Albert Van Heymbeek (BEL) | 27 | 354.3 |
| 6 | Étienne Vincent (FRA) | 28 | 354 |
Group 3
| Place | Diver | Points | Score |
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| 1 | David Fall (USA) | 6 | 472.9 |
| 2 | Adolf Hellquist (SWE) | 9 | 442.8 |
| 3 |  Sven Palle Sørensen (DEN) | 16 | 400 |
| 4 | André Cochinal (FRA) | 21 | 374.2 |
| 5 | Lauri Kyöstilä (FIN) | 23 | 363.4 |
| 6 | Henk Hemsing (NED) | 30 | 306 |
| 7 | Antonio Tort (ESP) | 35 | 229.4 |
Final
| Place | Diver | Points | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albert White (USA) | 9 | 487.3 |
| 2 | David Fall (USA) | 11.5 | 486.5 |
| 3 | Clarence Pinkston (USA) | 16.5 | 473 |
| 4 | Erik Adlerz (SWE) | 19 | 468.9 |
| 5 | Eugène Lenormand (FRA) | 24 | 437.7 |
| 6 | Helge Öberg (SWE) | 31 | 429 |
| 7 | Sven Palle Sørensen (DEN) | 36 | 404.6 |
| 8 | Adolf Hellquist (SWE) | 37.5 | 403.2 |
| 9 | Hannes Kärkkäinen (FIN) | 40.5 | 380.9 |
References
- Comité Olympique Français (1924). "Les Jeux de la VIIIe Olympiade - Rapport Officiel" (pdf). pp. p. 462. Retrieved 2006-12-29.
- Herman de Wael (2003-08-03). "Diving 1924". Retrieved 2006-12-29.
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