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Platform, Men

Date19 – 20 July 1924
StatusOlympic
LocationPiscine des Tourelles, Saint-Mandé
Participants20 from 10 countries
Format5 and 10 metres platforms.

Platform was contested from both a 5-metre and a 10-metre platform, with four compulsory dives from the 5-metre platform and four optional dives from the 10-metre platform. Al White won this event to complete the springboard/platform double in Paris, the first time this had been done at the Olympics. The bronze medal went to Bud Pinkston, the defending champion. American men swept the medals, as they had in the springboard, with David Fall earning silver.

PosCompetitorNOCR1Final
1Al WhiteUSA5.0 (1 h2)9.0 (1)Gold
2Dave FallUSA6.0 (1 h3)11.5 (2)Silver
3Bud PinkstonUSA6.0 (1 h1)16.5 (3)Bronze
4Erik AdlerzSWE11.0 (2 h1)19.0 (4)
5Eugène LenormandFRA13.0 (3 h1)24.0 (5)
6Helge ÖbergSWE10.0 (2 h2)31.0 (6)
7Sven Palle SørensenDEN16.0 (3 h3)36.0 (7)
8Adolf HellquistSWE9.0 (2 h3)37.5 (8)
9Hannes KärkkäinenFIN16.0 (3 h2)40.5 (9)
4 p1 r1/2Luigi CangiulloITA20.0 (4 h1)
4 p2 r1/2Reggie KnightGBR19.0 (4 h2)
4 p3 r1/2Aimé CochinalFRA21.0 (4 h3)
5 p1 r1/2Eric MacDonaldGBR25.0 (5 h1)
5 p2 r1/2Gustave Van HeymbeeckBEL27.0 (5 h2)
5 p3 r1/2Lauri KyöstiläFIN23.0 (5 h3)
6 p1 r1/2Henk LotgeringNED30.0 (6 h1)
6 p2 r1/2Étienne VincentFRA28.0 (6 h2)
6 p3 r1/2Henk HemsingNED30.0 (6 h3)
7 p1 r1/2Santiago UlioESP35.0 (7 h1)
7 p3 r1/2Antonio TortESP35.0 (7 h3)

Round One

Date19 July 1924
FormatTop three in each pool advanced to the final round. Eight dives, four compulsory from 5 metres, and four optional from 10 metres.

Round One Pool #1

PosCompetitorNOCOrdinalsPoints
1Bud PinkstonUSA6.0507.5Q
2Erik AdlerzSWE11.0475.2Q
3Eugène LenormandFRA13.0435.6Q1
4Luigi CangiulloITA20.0398.8
5Eric MacDonaldGBR25.0345.5
6Henk LotgeringNED30.0303.0
7Santiago UlioESP35.0204.8

Round One Pool #2

PosCompetitorNOCOrdinalsPoints
1Al WhiteUSA5.0491.8Q
2Helge ÖbergSWE10.0435.4Q2
3Hannes KärkkäinenFIN16.0408.2Q
4Reggie KnightGBR19.0394.5
5Gustave Van HeymbeeckBEL27.0354.3
6Étienne VincentFRA28.0354.0

Round One Pool #3

PosCompetitorNOCOrdinalsPoints
1Dave FallUSA6.0472.9Q
2Adolf HellquistSWE9.0442.8Q
3Sven Palle SørensenDEN16.0400.0Q
4Aimé CochinalFRA21.0374.2
5Lauri KyöstiläFIN23.0363.4
6Henk HemsingNED30.0306.0
7Antonio TortESP35.0229.4

Final

Date20 July 1924
FormatEight dives, four compulsory from 5 metres, and four optional from 10 metres.
PosCompetitorNOCOrdinalsPoints
1Al WhiteUSA9.0487.3
2Dave FallUSA11.5486.5
3Bud PinkstonUSA16.5473.0
4Erik AdlerzSWE19.0468.9
5Eugène LenormandFRA24.0437.7
6Helge ÖbergSWE31.0429.0
7Sven Palle SørensenDEN36.0404.6
8Adolf HellquistSWE37.5403.2
9Hannes KärkkäinenFIN40.5380.9