Diving at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's plain high diving

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
VenueSwimming Stadium Tourelles
Dates14 July (semifinals)
15 July (final)
Competitors25 from 10 nations
Medalists
Dick Eve  Australia
John Jansson  Sweden
Harold Clarke  Great Britain

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

RankDiverNationPointsScoreNotes
1Dick Eve Australia13.5157Q
2Pete Desjardins United States13.5155Q
3Raymond Vincent France17155Q
4Erik Adlerz Sweden17.5151
5Yrjö Valkama Finland19.5150
6Albert Dickin Great Britain25.5141
7Sven Palle Sørensen Denmark38125
8Albert Van Heymbeek Belgium41118
9Francisco Ortíz Spain41.5117

Group 2

RankDiverNationPointsScoreNotes
1Arvid Wallman Sweden8.5165Q
2Clarence Pinkston United States10157Q
3Albert Knight Great Britain12156Q
4Volmer Otzen Denmark22137
5Georges Garreau France27127
6Hugo Koivuniemi Finland28123
7Henk Lotgering Netherlands32.5116
8Antonio Tort Spain4090

Group 3

RankDiverNationPointsScoreNotes
1Harold Clarke Great Britain9162Q
2Ben Thrash United States17146Q
3John Jansson Sweden17144Q
4Émile Dauvet France19.5147
5Herold Jansson Denmark21141
6Jussi Elo Finland21.5141
7Santiago Ulio Spain36102
8Henk Hemsing Netherlands3994

Final

RankDiverNationPointsScore
Dick Eve Australia13.5160
John Jansson Sweden14.5157
Harold Clarke Great Britain15.5158
4Ben Thrash United States23.5145
5Raymond Vincent France26.5144
6Pete Desjardins United States28141
7Albert Knight Great Britain31137
8Arvid Wallman Sweden31.5136
9Clarence Pinkston United States41125

References

  1. 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.

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