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Diving at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's plain high diving

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Men's plain high diving
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
VenueSwimming Stadium Tourelles
Dates14 July (semifinals)
15 July (final)
Competitors25 from 10 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Dick Eve  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) John Jansson  Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Harold Clarke  Great Britain
← 1920

The men's plain high diving, also reported as plongeons de haut vol ordinaires (English: regular high diving), was one of five diving events on the diving at the 1924 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was actually held from both 10 metre and 5 metre platforms. The competitors performed four times a forward plain dive: two from the 10 metre and two from the 5 metre platforms. The competition was held on Monday 14 July 1924, and Tuesday 15 July 1924. Twenty-five divers from ten nations competed.[1]

Results

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First round

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The three divers who scored the smallest number of points in each group of the first round advanced to the final.

Group 1

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Rank Diver Nation Points Score Notes
1 Dick Eve  Australia 13.5 157 Q
2 Pete Desjardins  United States 13.5 155 Q
3 Raymond Vincent  France 17 155 Q
4 Erik Adlerz  Sweden 17.5 151
5 Yrjö Valkama  Finland 19.5 150
6 Albert Dickin  Great Britain 25.5 141
7 Sven Palle Sørensen  Denmark 38 125
8 Gustave Van Heymbeeck  Belgium 41 118
9 Francisco Ortíz  Spain 41.5 117

Group 2

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Rank Diver Nation Points Score Notes
1 Arvid Wallman  Sweden 8.5 165 Q
2 Clarence Pinkston  United States 10 157 Q
3 Albert Knight  Great Britain 12 156 Q
4 Volmer Otzen  Denmark 22 137
5 Georges Garreau  France 27 127
6 Hugo Koivuniemi  Finland 28 123
7 Henk Lotgering  Netherlands 32.5 116
8 Antonio Tort  Spain 40 90

Group 3

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Rank Diver Nation Points Score Notes
1 Harold Clarke  Great Britain 9 162 Q
2 Ben Thrash  United States 17 146 Q
3 John Jansson  Sweden 17 144 Q
4 Émile Dauvet  France 19.5 147
5 Herold Jansson  Denmark 21 141
6 Jussi Elo  Finland 21.5 141
7 Santiago Ulio  Spain 36 102
8 Henk Hemsing  Netherlands 39 94

Final

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Rank Diver Nation Points Score
1st place, gold medalist(s) Dick Eve  Australia 13.5 160
2nd place, silver medalist(s) John Jansson  Sweden 14.5 157
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Harold Clarke  Great Britain 15.5 158
4 Ben Thrash  United States 23.5 145
5 Raymond Vincent  France 26.5 144
6 Pete Desjardins  United States 28 141
7 Albert Knight  Great Britain 31 137
8 Arvid Wallman  Sweden 31.5 136
9 Clarence Pinkston  United States 41 125

References

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

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