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

Women's 10 metre platform at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Venue	Swimming Stadium Tourelles
Dates	July 19 (semifinals) July 20 (final)
Competitors	11 from 6 nations
Medalists
Caroline Smith   United States   Elizabeth Becker   United States   Hjördis Töpel   Sweden

Diving at the 1924 Summer Olympics
3 m springboard		men		women
10 m platform		men		women
Plain high diving		men

The women's 10 metre platform, 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. It was actually held from both 10 metre and 5 metre platforms. The competitors performed four compulsory dives. The competition was held on Saturday July 19, 1924, and Sunday July 20, 1924.

Eleven divers from six 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	Elizabeth Becker (USA)	11	161
2	Hjördis Töpel (SWE)	11.5	159
3	Helen Meany (USA)	16.5	152
4	Verrall Newman (GBR)	18	154
5	Eva Olliwier (SWE)	20.5	148
6	Beatrice Armstrong (GBR)	27.5	141

Group 2

Place	Diver	Points	Score
1	Caroline Smith (USA)	5.5	160
2	Isabelle White (GBR)	9.5	150
3	Edith Nielsen (DEN)	18.5	128
4	Margarete Adler (AUT)	19.5	125
5	Sophie Hennebert (BEL)	22	118

Final

Place	Diver	Points	Score
	Caroline Smith (USA)	10.5	167
	Elizabeth Becker (USA)	11	166
	Hjördis Töpel (SWE)	15.5	164
4	Edith Nielsen (DEN)	17.5	157
5	Helen Meany (USA)	22	148
6	Isabelle White (GBR)	28.5	140

References

• Comité Olympique Français (1924). "Les Jeux de la VIIIe Olympiade - Rapport Officiel" (pdf). pp. p. 482. Retrieved 2006-12-29.
• Herman de Wael (2003-08-03). "Diving 1924". Retrieved 2006-12-29.