Diving at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 metre platform

The women's 10 metre platform, also reported as high diving, was one of four diving events on the diving at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was actually held from both 10 metre and 5 metre boards. Divers performed a total of four compulsory dives: a standing plain header and running plain header from both the 10 metre and 5 metre platforms. The competition was held on Friday 10 August 1928, and on Saturday 11 August 1928. Seventeen divers from eight nations competed.[1]

Women's 10 metre platform
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Medalists
Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston
 United States
Georgia Coleman
 United States
Laura Sjöqvist
 Sweden

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
1Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston United States632.00Q
2Georgia Coleman United States9.531.40Q
3Greta Onnela Finland2128.00Q
4Isabelle White Great Britain22.527.80
5Ingegärd Töpel Sweden2427.00
6Edith Nielsen Denmark2926.20
7Truus Klapwijk Netherlands31.526.00
8Hjördis Töpel Sweden38.524.60
9Margret Borgs Germany4323.60

Group 2

RankDiverNationPointsScoreNotes
1Laura Sjöqvist Sweden829.20Q
2Mietje Baron Netherlands1228.40Q
3Hanni Rehborn Germany14.528.20Q
4Renée Cretet-Flavier France17.527.60
5Alida van Leeuwen Netherlands2426.20
6Clarita Hunsberger United States29.524.40
7Doris Grimes Great Britain34.522.80
8Kathleen Le Rossignol Great Britain39.519.80

Final

RankDiverNationPointsScore
Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston United States931.60
Georgia Coleman United States10.530.60
Laura Sjöqvist Sweden13.529.20
4Mietje Baron Netherlands2127.20
5Greta Onnela Finland2526.00
6Hanni Rehborn Germany2626.50

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Diving at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Women's Platform". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2020.

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