Diving at the 1924 Summer Olympics

At the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, five diving events were contested. The competitions were held from Monday, July 14, 1924 to Sunday, July 20, 1924.^[1]

Medal summary

The events are labelled as 3 metre springboard, 10 metre platform and plain high diving by the International Olympic Committee^[2], and appeared on the 1924 Official Report as plongeons du tremplin, plongeons de haut vol variés (men) or plongeons de haut vol ordinaires (women) and plongeons de haut vol ordinaires (men), respectively^[3]. The high diving and 10 metre platform events included dives from both 10 metre and 5 metre platforms, while the springboard events included dives from 3 metre and 1 metre springboards.

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 metre springboard details	Albert White United States (USA)	Pete Desjardins United States (USA)	Clarence Pinkston United States (USA)
10 metre platform details	Albert White United States (USA)	David Fall United States (USA)	Clarence Pinkston United States (USA)
Plain high diving details	Dick Eve Australia (AUS)	John Jansson Sweden (SWE)	Harold Clarke Great Britain (GBR)

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
3 metre springboard details	Elizabeth Becker United States (USA)	Aileen Riggin United States (USA)	Caroline Fletcher United States (USA)
10 metre platform details	Caroline Smith United States (USA)	Elizabeth Becker United States (USA)	Hjördis Töpel Sweden (SWE)

Participating nations

A total of 71 divers (45 men and 26 women) from 14 nations (men from 13 nations - women from 9 nations) competed at the Paris Games:

• Australia (1) (men:1 women:0)
• Austria (3) (men:0 women:3)
• Belgium (2) (men:1 women:1)
• Czechoslovakia (2) (men:1 women:1)
• Denmark (4) (men:3 women:1)
• Finland (6) (men:6 women:0)
• France (12) (men:9 women:3)
• Great Britain (11) (men:5 women:6)
• Italy (1) (men:1 women:0)
• Netherlands (4) (men:2 women:2)
• Spain (3) (men:3 women:0)
• Sweden (11) (men:7 women:4)
• Switzerland (1) (men:1 women:0)
• United States (10) (men:5 women:5)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	4	4	3	11
2	Australia	1	0	0	1
3	Sweden	0	1	1	2
4	Great Britain	0	0	1	1
Total		5	5	5	15

References

1. ^ "Diving at the 1924 Paris Summer Games". http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1924/DIV/. Retrieved 2010-07-31. 
2. ^ "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp. Retrieved 2006-11-20. 
3. ^ Comité Olympique Français (1924). "Les Jeux de la VIIIe Olympiade - Rapport Officiel, p. 443." (pdf). http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1924/1924.pdf. Retrieved 2006-12-28.