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

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.[1]

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.

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