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Diving at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games:

Women's Platform

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Events:
Phases:

Host City: Berlin, Germany
Venue(s): Swimming Stadium, Imperial Sports Field, Berlin
Date Started: August 13, 1936
Date Finished: August 13, 1936
Format: 10 metre platform. Final round only. Four compulsory dives.

Gold: USA Dorothy Poynton-Hill
Silver: USA Velma Dunn
Bronze: GER Käthe Köhler

Summary

For the first time this event was contested fully from a 10-metre platform, with four compulsory dives in a single final round. Dorothy Poynton-Hill repeated her gold medal performance from Los Angeles. She also won a 1928 springboard silver and added a bronze medal on springboard in Berlin, finishing her Olympic career with four diving medals. The silver medal in this event went to Velma Dunn in her only Olympic appearance. Likewise, German bronze medalist Käthe Köhler was competing in her only Olympic event. The event was very close with only ½-point separating the three medalists.

Final Standings

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC Medal PTS
1 Dorothy Poynton-Hill 21 United States USA Gold 33.93
2 Velma Dunn 17 United States USA Silver 33.63
3 Käthe Köhler 22 Germany GER Bronze 33.43
4 Reiko Osawa 20 Japan JPN 32.53
5 Cornelia Gilissen 20 United States USA 30.47
6 Fusako Kono 20 Japan JPN 30.24
7 Jean Gilbert 16 Great Britain GBR 30.16
8 Änne Ehscheidt 17 Germany GER 29.90
9 Ingeborg Sjöqvist 24 Sweden SWE 29.67
10 Ann-Margret Nirling 18 Sweden SWE 29.20
11 Anneliese Kapp 27 Germany GER 28.66
12 Inger Nordbø 21 Norway NOR 28.62
13 Tullik Helsing 17 Norway NOR 28.40
14 Masayo Osawa 23 Japan JPN 28.10
15 Mette Gregaard 28 Denmark DEN 27.54
16 Therese Rampel Austria AUT 27.16
17 Karen Margrete Andersen 19 Denmark DEN 27.08
18 Madge Moulton 19 Great Britain GBR 26.62
19 Lynda Adams 16 Canada CAN 26.52
20 Cécile Lesprit-Poirier 30 France FRA 25.56
21 Alma Staudinger 14 Austria AUT 25.04
22 Thelma Boughner 17 Canada CAN 24.30