| Venue: Swimming Stadium Tourelles. 11 competitors from 6 nations. |
| Final Sunday, 20th July | Pts | Score | | 1. Caroline Smith |  USA | 10.5 | 167 | | 2. Elizabeth Becker | USA | 11 | 166 | | 3. Hjördis Töpel |  SWE | 15.5 | 164 | | 4. Edith Nielsen |  DEN | 17.5 | 157 | | 5. Helen Meany | USA | 22 | 148 | | 6. Isabelle White |  GBR | 28.5 | 140 |
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It was actually held from both 10 metre and 5 metre platforms.
The competitors performed four compulsory dives.
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| | | Saturday 19th July. First 3 from each group advanced to Final. |
| Ranking | Pts | Score | | 1. Elizabeth Becker | USA | 11 | 161 | | 2. Hjördis Töpel | SWE | 11.5 | 159 | | 3. Helen Meany | USA | 16.5 | 152 | | 4. Verrall Newman | GBR | 18 | 154 | | 5. Eva Olliwier | SWE | 20.5 | 148 | | 6. Beatrice Armstrong | GBR | 27.5 | 141 |
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| Ranking | Pts | Score | | 1. Caroline Smith | USA | 5.5 | 160 | | 2. Isabelle White | GBR | 9.5 | 150 | | 3. Edith Nielsen | DEN | 18.5 | 128 | | 4. Margarete Adler |  AUT | 19.5 | 125 | | 5. Sophie Hennebert |  BEL | 22 | 118 |
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| Olympic Champions Women 10m Paltform | | 2016: | Ren Qian |  CHN | | 2012: | Chen Ruolin | CHN | | 2008: | Chen Ruolin | CHN | | 2004: | Chantelle Newbery |  AUS | | 2000: | Laura Wilkinson | USA | | 1996: | Fu Mingxia | CHN | | 1992: | Fu Mingxia | CHN | | 1988: | Xu Yanmei | CHN | | 1984: | Zhou Jihong | CHN | | 1980: | Martina Jäschke |  GDR | | 1976: | Elena Vaytsekhovskaya |  URS | | 1972: | Ulrika Knape | SWE | | 1968: | Milena Duchková |  TCH | | 1964: | Lesley Bush | USA | | 1960: | Ingrid Krämer |  EUA | | 1956: | Pat McCormick | USA | | 1952: | Pat McCormick | USA | | 1948: | Vicki Draves | USA | | 1936: | Dorothy Poynton-Hill | USA | | 1932: | Dorothy Poynton-Hill | USA | | 1928: | Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston | USA | | 1924: | Caroline Smith | USA | | 1920: | Stefanie Clausen | DEN | | 1912: | Greta Johansson | SWE |
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