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Springboard, Men

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

PosCompetitorNOCR1Final
1Al WhiteUSA5.0 (1 h2)7.0 (1)Gold
2Pete DesjardinsUSA5.0 (1 h3)8.0 (2)Silver
3Bud PinkstonUSA5.0 (1 h1)15.0 (3)Bronze
4Edmund LindmarkSWE10.0 (2 h3)22.0 (4)
5Dick EveAUS13.0 (2 h1)26.0 (5)
6Adolf HellquistSWE13.0 (2 h2)30.0 (6)
7Curt SjöbergSWE15.0 (3 h1)34.0 (7)
8Henk HemsingNED14.0 (3 h2)39.0 (8)
9Július BalážTCH16.0 (3 h3)44.0 (9)
4 p1 r1/2Rémi WeilFRA18.0 (4 h1)
4 p2 r1/2Gregory MatveieffGBR21.0 (4 h2)
4 p3 r1/2Paul RaethFRA19.0 (4 h3)
5 p1 r1/2Henk LotgeringNED25.0 (5 h1)
5 p2 r1/2Antoine JacobFRA23.0 (5 h2)
5 p3 r1/2Atte LindqvistFIN25.0 (5 h3)
6 p1 r1/2Eric MacDonaldGBR29.0 (6 h1)
6 p2 r1/2Arthur BischoffSUI29.0 (6 h2)

Round One

Date16 July 1924
FormatTop three in each pool advanced to the final round. 12 dives, six compulsory, four optional, and two chosen by draw.

Round One Pool #1

PosCompetitorNOCOrdinalsPoints
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 #2

PosCompetitorNOCOrdinalsPoints
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 #3

PosCompetitorNOCOrdinalsPoints
1Pete DesjardinsUSA5.0662.8Q
2Edmund LindmarkSWE10.0557.0Q
3Július BalážTCH16.0488.0Q
4Paul RaethFRA19.0455.5
5Atte LindqvistFIN25.0398.8

Final

Date17 July 1924
Format12 dives, six compulsory, four optional, and two chosen by draw.
PosCompetitorNOCOrdinalsPoints
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