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Springboard, Men

Date16 – 17 July 1924
StatusOlympic
LocationPiscine des Tourelles, Saint-Mandé
Participants17 from 9 countries
Format1 and 3 metre boards.

Al White and Pete Desjardins split the judges votes with White receiving three first-place votes and Desjardins two, White winning the gold medal on total ordinals, 7.0 to 8.0. American Bud Pinkston completed the American sweep in the event. White would win the platform three days later to become the first diver to win the springboard/platform double at a single Olympics. Desjardins would not compete in the platform in Paris but would return in Amsterdam and also win the springboard/platform double. Pinkston also won the bronze medal in the platform at Paris. He was an Olympic veteran, having won silver in this event and gold on the platform in 1920.

PosCompetitor(s)NOC
1Al WhiteUSAGold
2Pete DesjardinsUSASilver
3Bud PinkstonUSABronze
4Edmund LindmarkSWE
5Dick EveAUS
6Adolf HellquistSWE
7Curt SjöbergSWE
8Henk HemsingNED
9Július BalážTCH
4 p1 r1/2Rémi WeilFRA
4 p2 r1/2Gregory MatveieffGBR
4 p3 r1/2Paul RaethFRA
5 p1 r1/2Henk LotgeringNED
5 p2 r1/2Antoine JacobFRA
5 p3 r1/2Atte LindqvistFIN
6 p1 r1/2Eric MacDonaldGBR
6 p2 r1/2Arthur BischoffSUI

Round One (16 July 1924)

Top three in each pool advanced to the final round. 12 dives, six compulsory, four optional, and two chosen by draw.

Round One Pool One

PosCompetitor(s)NOCOrdinalsPoints
1Bud PinkstonUSA5.0672.0Q
2Dick EveAUS13.0522.3Q
3Curt SjöbergSWE15.0523.0Q
4Rémi WeilFRA18.0497.9
5Henk LotgeringNED25.0459.2
6Eric MacDonaldGBR29.0433.2

Round One Pool Two

PosCompetitor(s)NOCOrdinalsPoints
1Al WhiteUSA5.0681.9Q
2Adolf HellquistSWE13.0494.5Q1
3Henk HemsingNED14.0455.2Q
4Gregory MatveieffGBR21.0414.1
5Antoine JacobFRA23.0425.4
6Arthur BischoffSUI29.0385.0

Round One Pool Three

PosCompetitor(s)NOCOrdinalsPoints
1Pete DesjardinsUSA5.0662.8Q
2Edmund LindmarkSWE10.0557.0Q
3Július BalážTCH16.0488.0Q
4Paul RaethFRA19.0455.5
5Atte LindqvistFIN25.0398.8

Final (17 July 1924)

12 dives, six compulsory, four optional, and two chosen by draw.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCOrdinalsPoints
1Al WhiteUSA7.0696.42
2Pete DesjardinsUSA8.0693.2
3Bud PinkstonUSA15.0653.0
4Edmund LindmarkSWE22.0599.1
5Dick EveAUS26.0564.3
6Adolf HellquistSWE30.0544.9
7Curt SjöbergSWE34.0538.3
8Henk HemsingNED39.0490.8
9Július BalážTCH44.0463.1