| Men's plain high diving at the Games of the VII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Stade Nautique d'Antwerp | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 22–25 August | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 22 from 11 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nils Skoglund |  Sweden | 10 | 153.0 | Q |
| 2 | Herold Jansson |  Denmark | 13 | 152.0 | Q |
| 3 | Fernand Sauvage |  Belgium | 17 | 145.5 | Q |
| 4 | Albert Dickin |  Great Britain | 17 | 140.5 | |
| 5 | Sigvard Andersen |  Norway | 21 | 139.0 | |
| 6 | Richard Beauchamp |  United States | 23 | 135.0 | |
| 7 | Guglielmo De Sanctis |  Italy | 33 | 98.0 |
| Rank | Diver | Nation | Points | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arvid Wallman | Sweden | 8 | 175.5 | Q |
| 2 | Erik Adlerz | Sweden | 11 | 177.0 | Q |
| 3 | Adolfo Wellisch |  Brazil | 14 | 162.0 | Q |
| 4 | Kalle Kainuvaara |  Finland | 15 | 160.0 | |
| 5 | Clyde Swendsen | United States | 25 | 148.0 | |
| 6 | Frank Mullen | United States | 27 | 144.0 | |
| 7 | Richard Flint |  Canada | 34 | 126.0 | |
| 8 | Masayoshi Uchida |  Japan | 40 | 94.0 |
| Rank | Diver | Nation | Points | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Jansson | Sweden | 8 | 171.5 | Q |
| 2 | Harold Clarke | Great Britain | 10 | 164.5 | Q |
| 3 | Yrjö Valkama | Finland | 14 | 157.0 | Q |
| 4 | Harry Prieste | United States | 18 | 149.5 | |
| 5 | Svend Sørensen | Denmark | 27 | 137.0 | |
| 6 | Bernhard Dahl | Norway | 28 | 136.5 | |
| 7 | Joseph de Sonay | Belgium | 35 | 129.0 |
| Rank | Diver | Nation | Points | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Arvid Wallman | Sweden | 7 | 183.5 |
 | Nils Skoglund | Sweden | 8 | 183.0 |
 | John Jansson | Sweden | 16 | 175.0 |
| 4 | Erik Adlerz | Sweden | 19 | 173.0 |
| 5 | Yrjö Valkama | Finland | 23 | 167.5 |
| 6 | Herold Jansson | Denmark | 27 | 159.0 |
| 7 | Fernand Sauvage | Belgium | 34 | 148.5 |
| 8 | Adolfo Wellisch | Brazil | 37 | 153.0 |
| 9 | Harold Clarke | Great Britain | 40 | 142.0 |
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