Diving at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 metre platform

The women's 10 metre platform was one of five diving events on the diving at the 1920 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was held on Wednesday, 24 August 1920 (first round) and on Montag, 29 August 1920 (final). Fifteen divers from six nations competed.[1]

Women's 10 metre platform diving
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
VenueStade Nautique d'Antwerp
Dates24–29 August
Competitors15 from 6 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Stefanie Clausen  Denmark
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Beatrice Armstrong  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Eva Olliwier  Sweden
← 1912
1924 →

Results edit

First round edit

Wednesday, 24 August 1920: The three divers who scored the smallest number of points in each group of the first round advanced to the final.

Group 1 edit

Rank Diver Nation Points Score Notes
1 Beatrice Armstrong   Great Britain 7 158.0 Q
2 Betty Grimes   United States 13 156.0 Q
3 Stefanie Clausen   Denmark 15 153.0 Q
4 Ragnhild Larsen   Norway 16 152.0
5 Karin Leiditz   Sweden 20 147.0
6 Selma Andersson   Sweden 25 143.0
7 Alice Lord   United States 35 118.5

Group 2 edit

Rank Diver Nation Points Score Notes
1 Eva Olliwier   Sweden 6 152.0 Q
2 Aileen Riggin   United States 15 155.5 Q
3 Isabelle White   Great Britain 20 148.5 Q
4 Lily Beaurepaire   Australia 19 147.5
5 Helen Meany   United States 23 145.0
6 Brynhild Berge   Norway 29 140.5
7 Märta Adlerz   Sweden 29 136.5
8 Louise Petersen   Denmark 34 130.0

Final edit

Monday, 29 August 1920:

Rank Diver Nation Points Score
  Stefanie Clausen   Denmark 6 173.0
  Beatrice Armstrong   Great Britain 10 166.0
  Eva Olliwier   Sweden 11 166.0
4 Isabelle White   Great Britain 18 158.5
5 Aileen Riggin   United States 20 157.0
6 Betty Grimes   United States 30 133.5

References edit

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Diving at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games: Women's Plain High". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2020.

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