Diving at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 metre platform

Women's 10 metre platform at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Gold medallist Ingrid Krämer in the final
Medalists
Ingrid Krämer  United Team of Germany Paula Jean Myers-Pope  United States Ninel Krutova  Soviet Union

Diving at the 1960 Summer Olympics
3 m springboard	men	women
10 m platform	men	women

The women's 10 metre platform, also reported as 10-metre high diving, was one of four diving events on the Diving at the 1960 Summer Olympics programme.

The competition was split into two phases:

1. Preliminary round (29 August)

   Divers performed four voluntary dives without limit of degrees of difficulty. The twelve divers with the highest scores advanced to the final.

2. Final (30 August)

   Divers performed two voluntary dives without limit of degrees of difficulty. The final ranking was determined by the combined score from the preliminary and final rounds.

Results

Rank	Diver	Preliminary		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total
	Ingrid Krämer (EUA)	56.30	1	34.98	2	91.28
	Paula Jean Myers-Pope (USA)	54.70	2	35.24	1	89.94
	Ninel Krutova (URS)	53.38	3	33.61	3	86.99
4	Juno Stover-Irwin (USA)	51.90	6	31.69	4	83.59
5	Raisa Gorokhovskaya (URS)	51.53	8	31.50	5	83.03
6	Norma Thomas (GBR)	51.77	7	30.44	7	82.21
7	Nicolle Darrigrand-Pellissard (FRA)	49.68	12	31.50	5	81.18
8	Phyllis Long (GBR)	52.12	5	28.86	9	80.98
9	Irene MacDonald (CAN)	51.31	9	29.18	8	80.49
10	Kumiko Watanabe (JPN)	51.04	10	28.56	10	79.60
11	Kanoko Tsutani-Mabuchi (JPN)	49.76	11	28.14	11	77.90
12	Birte Christoffersen-Hanson (SWE)	53.03	4	24.40	12	77.43
13	Maria Teresa Adames (MEX)	49.54	13	Did not advance
14	Hanna Laursen (DEN)	48.89	14	Did not advance
15	Gabriele Schöpe (EUA)	48.81	15	Did not advance
16	Bende Velin (DEN)	48.35	16	Did not advance
17	Laura Conter (ITA)	45.55	17	Did not advance
18	Susan Knight (AUS)	43.03	18	Did not advance

References

• The Organizing Committee of the Games of the XVII Olympiad (1960). "The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVII Olympiad, Rome 1960, Volume II" (PDF). The Organizing Committee of the Games of the XVII Olympiad. pp. p. 614. Archived from the original (pdf) on August 13, 2011. Retrieved 2007-01-02.
• Herman de Wael (2001-08-07). "Diving - women's platform (Rome 1960)". Retrieved 2007-01-03.