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Diving at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 metre platform

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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 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]

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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Dorothy Poynton-Hill  United States 33.93
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Velma Dunn  United States 33.63
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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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