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

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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 springboard 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 (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).

[edit] Medalists

Gold United States Dorothy Poynton-Hill
United States (USA)
Silver United States Velma Dunn
United States (USA)
Bronze Germany Käthe Köhler
Germany (GER)

[edit] Results

Rank Diver Points
Image:Med_1.png United States Dorothy Poynton-Hill (USA) 33.93
Image:Med_2.png United States Velma Dunn (USA) 33.63
Image:Med_3.png Germany Käthe Köhler (GER) 33.43
4 Japan Reiko Osawa (JPN) 32.53
5 United States Cornelia Gilissen (USA) 30.47
6 Japan Fusako Kono (JPN) 30.24
7 Great Britain Jean Gilbert (GBR) 30.16
8 Germany Anne Ehseheidt (GER) 29.90
9 Sweden Ingeborg Sjöquist (SWE) 29.67
10 Sweden Ann-Margret Nirling (SWE) 29.20
11 Germany Anneliese Kapp (GER) 28.66
12 Norway Inger Nordbø (NOR) 28.62
13 Norway Tullik Helsing (NOR) 28.40
14 Japan Masayo Osawa (JPN) 28.10
15 Denmark Mette Gregaard (DEN) 27.54
16 Austria Therese Rampel (AUT) 27.16
17 Denmark Gida Andersen (DEN) 27.08
18 Great Britain Madge Moulton (GBR) 27.62
19 Canada Lynda Adams (CAN) 27.52
20 France Cecile Lesprit-Poirier (FRA) 25.56
20 Austria Alma Staudinger (AUT) 25.04
22 Canada Thelma Boughner (CAN) 24.30

[edit] References