Diving at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 metre platform

Women's 10 metre platform
at the Games of the XI Olympiad
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Dorothy Poynton-Hill  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Velma Dunn  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Käthe Köhler  Germany

The women's 10 metre platform, also reported as high diving, was one of four diving events on the diving at the 1936 Summer Olympics programme.[1][2]

The competition was actually held from both the 10 metre and 5 metre platforms and consisted of one set of dives:

  • Compulsory dives (Thursday, 13 August)
    Divers performed four pre-chosen dives – a running straight header forward, standing straight somersault backward (5 metre), a running straight header forward and a standing straight header forward (10 metre).

Results

PlaceDiverNationScore
1st place, gold medalist(s)Dorothy Poynton-Hill United States33.93
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Velma Dunn United States33.63
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Käthe Köhler Germany33.43
4Reiko Osawa Japan32.53
5Cornelia Gilissen United States30.47
6Fusako Kono Japan30.24
7Jean Gilbert Great Britain30.16
8Anne Ehscheidt Germany29.90
9Ingeborg Sjöqvist Sweden29.67
10Ann-Margret Nirling Sweden29.20
11Anneliese Kapp Germany28.66
12Inger Nordbø Norway28.62
13Tullik Helsing Norway28.40
14Masayo Osawa Japan28.10
15Mette Gregaard Denmark27.54
16Therese Rampel Austria27.16
17Karen Margrete Andersen Denmark27.08
18Madge Moulton Great Britain26.62
19Lynda Adams Canada26.52
20Cécile Lesprit-Poirier France25.56
21Magdalene Epply-Staudinger Austria25.04
22Thelma Boughner Canada24.30

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Diving at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games: Women's Platform". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  2. "Olympedia – Platform, Women". Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 20 July 2022.

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