Diving at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre platform

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Men's 10 metre platform diving
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Venue Stade Nautique d'Antwerp
Dates28–29 August
Competitors14 or 15 from 6 or 7 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Clarence Pinkston US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Erik Adlerz Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Bronze medal icon.svg Harry Prieste US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
  1912
1924  

The men's 10 metre platform was one of five diving events on the diving at the 1920 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was held on Sunday, 28 August 1920 (first round) and on Monday, 29 August 1920 (final). [1]

Sources vary on whether Adolfo Wellisch competed, and thus whether 14 or 15 divers from 6 or 7 nations competed. The official report does not list him, but both de Wael and sports-reference [2] include him, with the latter even giving a score.

Results

First round

Sunday, 28 August 1920: The three divers who scored the smallest number of points in each group of the first round advanced to the final.

Group 1

RankDiverNationPointsScoreNotes
1 Yngve Johnson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 7445.80Q
2 Clarence Pinkston US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 10443.00Q
3 Louis Balbach US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 17409.15Q
4 Gunnar Ekstrand Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 20402.80
5 Paul Køhler Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 23387.40
6 Richard Flint Canadian Red Ensign (1868-1921).svg  Canada 28351.35

Group 2

RankDiverNationPointsScoreNotes
1 Erik Adlerz Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 9468.50Q
2 Gustaf Blomgren Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 11468.10Q
3 Harry Prieste US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 17441.80Q
4 Lauri Kyöstilä Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 21441.80
5 Sven Palle Sørensen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 21414.80
6 Clyde Swendsen US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 26414.80
7 Kalle Kainuvaara Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 35356.80
8 Sigvard Andersen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 40264.70

Final

Monday, 29 August 1920:

RankDiverNationPointsScore
Gold medal icon.svg Clarence Pinkston US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 7503.30
Silver medal icon.svg Erik Adlerz Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 10495.40
Bronze medal icon.svg Harry Prieste US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 16468.65
4 Gustaf Blomgren Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 23453.80
5 Yngve Johnson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 27424.00
6 Louis Balbach US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 28424.00
7 Adolfo Wellisch Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg  Brazil 29423.80

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References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Diving at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games: Men's Platform". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  2. Sports-reference: 1920 men's 10 metre platform final Archived 5 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine

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