Diving at the 1920 Summer Olympics

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Diving
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Diving pictogram.svg
Venue Stade Nautique d'Antwerp
Dates22 August 1920 (1920-08-22) through
29 August 1920 (1920-08-29)
No. of events5
Competitors53 from 14 nations
←  1912
1924  →

At the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, five diving events were contested. The women's 3 metre springboard competition was added to the Olympic programme. The competitions were held from Monday, 22 August 1920 to Monday, 29 August 1920. [1]

Medal summary

The events are labelled as 3 metre springboard, 10 metre platform and plain high diving by the International Olympic Committee, [2] and appeared on the 1920 Official Report (dated from 1957) as plongeons variés, plongeons de haut vol variés or plongeons ordinaires, and plongeons du tremplin, respectively. [3] The men's high diving and 10 metre platform events included dives from both 10 metre and 5 metre platforms, while the women's 10 metre platform were performed from 8 metre and 4 metre platforms; the springboard events included dives from 3 metre and 1 metre springboards.

Men

EventGoldSilverBronze
3 m springboard
details 		US flag 48 stars.svg  Louis Kuehn  (USA)US flag 48 stars.svg  Clarence Pinkston  (USA)US flag 48 stars.svg  Louis Balbach  (USA)
10 m platform
details 		US flag 48 stars.svg  Clarence Pinkston  (USA)Flag of Sweden.svg  Erik Adlerz  (SWE)US flag 48 stars.svg  Harry Prieste  (USA)
Plain high diving
details 		Flag of Sweden.svg  Arvid Wallman  (SWE)Flag of Sweden.svg  Nils Skoglund  (SWE)Flag of Sweden.svg  John Jansson  (SWE)

Women

EventGoldSilverBronze
3 m springboard
details 		US flag 48 stars.svg  Aileen Riggin  (USA)US flag 48 stars.svg  Helen Wainwright  (USA)US flag 48 stars.svg  Thelma Payne  (USA)
10 m platform
details 		Flag of Denmark.svg  Stefanie Clausen  (DEN)Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Beatrice Armstrong  (GBR)Flag of Sweden.svg  Eva Olliwier  (SWE)

Participating nations

A total of 53 divers (35 men and 18 women) from 14 nations (men from 13 nations - women from 6 nations) competed at the Antwerp Games:

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 3238
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1225
3Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1001
4Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 0101
Totals (4 entries)55515

Notes

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Diving at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  2. ↑ IOC medals database
  3. ↑ Belgian Olympic Committee, pp. 128-9, 133.

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