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

Women's 10 metre platform at the Games of the XI Olympiad
Medalists
Dorothy Poynton-Hill   United States   Velma Dunn   United States   Käthe Köhler   Germany

Diving at the 1936 Summer Olympics
3 m springboard		men		women
10 m platform		men		women

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.

The competition was actually held from both the 10 metre and 5 metre platforms and consisted of one set of dives:

• Compulsory dives (Thursday, August 13)

  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

Place	Diver	Score
	Dorothy Poynton-Hill (USA)	33.93
	Velma Dunn (USA)	33.63
	Käthe Köhler (GER)	33.43
4	Reiko Osawa (JPN)	32.53
5	Cornelia Gilissen (USA)	30.47
6	Fusako Kono (JPN)	30.24
7	Jean Gilbert (GBR)	30.16
8	Anne Ehscheidt (GER)	29.90
9	Ingeborg Sjöqvist (SWE)	29.67
10	Ann-Margret Nirling (SWE)	29.20
11	Anneliese Kapp (GER)	28.66
12	Inger Nordbø (NOR)	28.62
13	Tullik Helsing (NOR)	28.40
14	Masayo Osawa (JPN)	28.10
15	Mette Gregaard (DEN)	27.54
16	Therese Rampel (AUT)	27.16
17	Gida Andersen (DEN)	27.08
18	Madge Moulton (GBR)	26.62
19	Lynda Adams (CAN)	26.52
20	Cécile Lesprit-Poirier (FRA)	25.56
21	Alma Staudinger (AUT)	25.04
22	Thelma Boughner (CAN)	24.30

References

• Organisationskomitee für die XI. Olympiade Berlin 1936 e.V. (1937). "The XIth Olympic Games, Berlin 1936 - Official Report, Volume II" (pdf). Wilhelm Limpert, Berlin, S.W. 68. pp. pp.343–4. Retrieved 2006-12-31.
• Herman de Wael (2001-08-07). "Diving - women's platform (Berlin 1936)". Retrieved 2006-12-31.