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Diving at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Women's 3 metre springboard

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Women's 3 metre springboard
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
VenueSwimming Stadium Tourelles
Dates17 July (semifinals)
18 July (final)
Competitors17 from 7 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Elizabeth Becker  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Aileen Riggin  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Caroline Fletcher  United States
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The women's 3 metre springboard, also reported as plongeons du tremplin (English: trampoline diving), was one of five diving events on the diving at the 1924 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was actually held from both 3 metre and 1 metre boards. The competitors performed six dives of their choice. The competition was held on Thursday 17 July 1924, and Friday 18 July 1924. Seventeen divers from seven 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 Nation Points Score Notes
1 Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston  United States 6 482.4 Q
2 Aileen Riggin  United States 13 439.3 Q
3 Klara Bornett  Austria 13 417.4 Q
4 Märta Johansson  Sweden 19 377.8
5 Louise Lenormand  France 26 313.0
6 Truus Klapwijk  Netherlands 28 287.3
7 Cecily O'Bryen  Great Britain 35 258.8
8 Eugenie Briollet  France 40 235.2

Group 2

Place Diver Nation Points Score Notes
1 Caroline Fletcher  United States 7 446.6 Q
2 Signe Johansson  Sweden 10 421.7 Q
3 Eva Olliwier  Sweden 14 408.8 Q
4 Viktoria Sölkner  Austria 21 362.9
5 Millie Hudson  Great Britain 23 345.2
6 Suzanne Raeth  France 32.5 274.0
7 Hendrika Bante  Netherlands 35 270.6
8 Gladys Luscombe  Great Britain 40.5 244.0
9 Aloisie Krongeigerová  Czechoslovakia 42 233.2

Final

Place Diver Nation Points Score
1st place, gold medalist(s) Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston  United States 8 474.5
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Aileen Riggin  United States 12 460.4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Caroline Fletcher  United States 16 436.4
4 Eva Olliwier  Sweden 20 425.8
5 Signe Johansson  Sweden 21 412.6
6 Klara Bornett  Austria 28 370.2

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Diving at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Women's Springboard". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2020.

Sources

Olympic diving champions in women's 3 metre springboard
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