The men's plain high diving, also reported as plongeons de haut vol ordinaires (English: regular 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. The competitors performed four times a forward plain dive: two from the 10 metre and two from the 5 metre platforms. The competition was held on Monday 14 July 1924, and Tuesday 15 July 1924. Twenty-five divers from ten nations competed.[1]
Men's plain high diving at the Games of the VIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Swimming Stadium Tourelles | ||||||||||||
Dates | 14 July (semifinals) 15 July (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 25 from 10 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Results
editFirst round
editThe three divers who scored the smallest number of points in each group of the first round advanced to the final.
Group 1
editRank | Diver | Nation | Points | Score | Notes |
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1 | Dick Eve | 13.5 | 157 | Q | |
2 | Pete Desjardins | 13.5 | 155 | Q | |
3 | Raymond Vincent | 17 | 155 | Q | |
4 | Erik Adlerz | 17.5 | 151 | ||
5 | Yrjö Valkama | 19.5 | 150 | ||
6 | Albert Dickin | 25.5 | 141 | ||
7 | Sven Palle Sørensen | 38 | 125 | ||
8 | Gustave Van Heymbeeck | 41 | 118 | ||
9 | Francisco Ortíz | 41.5 | 117 |
Group 2
editRank | Diver | Nation | Points | Score | Notes |
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1 | Arvid Wallman | 8.5 | 165 | Q | |
2 | Clarence Pinkston | 10 | 157 | Q | |
3 | Albert Knight | 12 | 156 | Q | |
4 | Volmer Otzen | 22 | 137 | ||
5 | Georges Garreau | 27 | 127 | ||
6 | Hugo Koivuniemi | 28 | 123 | ||
7 | Henk Lotgering | 32.5 | 116 | ||
8 | Antonio Tort | 40 | 90 |
Group 3
editRank | Diver | Nation | Points | Score | Notes |
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1 | Harold Clarke | 9 | 162 | Q | |
2 | Ben Thrash | 17 | 146 | Q | |
3 | John Jansson | 17 | 144 | Q | |
4 | Émile Dauvet | 19.5 | 147 | ||
5 | Herold Jansson | 21 | 141 | ||
6 | Jussi Elo | 21.5 | 141 | ||
7 | Santiago Ulio | 36 | 102 | ||
8 | Henk Hemsing | 39 | 94 |
Final
editRank | Diver | Nation | Points | Score |
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Dick Eve | 13.5 | 160 | ||
John Jansson | 14.5 | 157 | ||
Harold Clarke | 15.5 | 158 | ||
4 | Ben Thrash | 23.5 | 145 | |
5 | Raymond Vincent | 26.5 | 144 | |
6 | Pete Desjardins | 28 | 141 | |
7 | Albert Knight | 31 | 137 | |
8 | Arvid Wallman | 31.5 | 136 | |
9 | Clarence Pinkston | 41 | 125 |
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Diving at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Men's Plain High". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
Sources
edit- Comité Olympique Français (1924). "Les Jeux de la VIIIe Olympiade - Rapport Officiel" (PDF). pp. p. 456. Archived from the original (pdf) on 10 April 2008. Retrieved 29 December 2006.
- Herman de Wael (3 August 2003). "Diving 1924". Archived from the original on 11 June 2007. Retrieved 29 December 2006.