Diving at the 1936 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 1936 Summer Olympics programme.[1][2]

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
← 1932
1948 →

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

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Place Diver Nation Score
  Dorothy Poynton-Hill   United States 33.93
  Velma Dunn   United States 33.63
  Käthe Köhler   Germany 33.43
4 Reiko Osawa   Japan 32.53
5 Cornelia Gilissen   United States 30.47
6 Fusako Kono   Japan 30.24
7 Jean Gilbert   Great Britain 30.16
8 Anne Ehscheidt   Germany 29.90
9 Ingeborg Sjöqvist   Sweden 29.67
10 Ann-Margret Nirling   Sweden 29.20
11 Anneliese Kapp   Germany 28.66
12 Inger Nordbø   Norway 28.62
13 Tullik Helsing   Norway 28.40
14 Masayo Osawa   Japan 28.10
15 Mette Gregaard   Denmark 27.54
16 Therese Rampel   Austria 27.16
17 Karen Margrete Andersen   Denmark 27.08
18 Madge Moulton   Great Britain 26.62
19 Lynda Adams   Canada 26.52
20 Cécile Lesprit-Poirier   France 25.56
21 Magdalene Epply-Staudinger   Austria 25.04
22 Thelma Boughner   Canada 24.30

References

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  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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