Men's 10 metre platform diving at the Games of the VII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Stade Nautique d'Antwerp | ||||||||||||
Dates | 28–29 August | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 14 or 15 from 6 or 7 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Diving at the 1920 Summer Olympics | ||
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3 m springboard | men | women |
10 m platform | men | women |
Plain high diving | men | |
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.
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.
Rank | Diver | Nation | Points | Score | Notes |
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1 | Yngve Johnson | Sweden | 7 | 445.80 | Q |
2 | Clarence Pinkston | United States | 10 | 443.00 | Q |
3 | Louis Balbach | United States | 17 | 409.15 | Q |
4 | Gunnar Ekstrand | Sweden | 20 | 402.80 | |
5 | Paul Køhler | Denmark | 23 | 387.40 | |
6 | Richard Flint | Canada | 28 | 351.35 |
Rank | Diver | Nation | Points | Score | Notes |
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1 | Erik Adlerz | Sweden | 9 | 468.50 | Q |
2 | Gustaf Blomgren | Sweden | 11 | 468.10 | Q |
3 | Harry Prieste | United States | 17 | 441.80 | Q |
4 | Lauri Kyöstilä | Finland | 21 | 441.80 | |
5 | Sven Palle Sørensen | Denmark | 21 | 414.80 | |
6 | Clyde Swendsen | United States | 26 | 414.80 | |
7 | Kalle Kainuvaara | Finland | 35 | 356.80 | |
8 | Sigvard Andersen | Norway | 40 | 264.70 |
Monday, 29 August 1920:
Rank | Diver | Nation | Points | Score |
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Clarence Pinkston | United States | 7 | 503.30 | |
Erik Adlerz | Sweden | 10 | 495.40 | |
Harry Prieste | United States | 16 | 468.65 | |
4 | Gustaf Blomgren | Sweden | 23 | 453.80 |
5 | Yngve Johnson | Sweden | 27 | 424.00 |
6 | Louis Balbach | United States | 28 | 424.00 |
7 | Adolfo Wellisch | Brazil | 29 | 423.80 |
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