Diving at the 1920 Summer Olympics

Diving

at the Games of the VII Olympiad

Venue| Stade Nautique d'Antwerp
Dates| 22 August 1920 (1920-08-22) through
29 August 1920 (1920-08-29)
No. of events| 5
Competitors| 53 from 14 nations

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Diving at the
1920 Summer Olympics

3 m springboard| men| women
10 m platform| men| women
Plain high diving| men|

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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

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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

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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3 m springboard
details |  Louis Kuehn (USA) |  Clarence Pinkston (USA) |  Louis Balbach (USA)
10 m platform
details |  Clarence Pinkston (USA) |  Erik Adlerz (SWE) |  Harry Prieste (USA)
Plain high diving
details |  Arvid Wallman (SWE) |  Nils Skoglund (SWE) |  John Jansson (SWE)

### Women

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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3 m springboard
details |  Aileen Riggin (USA) |  Helen Wainwright (USA) |  Thelma Payne (USA)
10 m platform
details |  Stefanie Clausen (DEN) |  Beatrice Armstrong (GBR) |  Eva Olliwier (SWE)

## Participating nations

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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:

* Australia (1) (men:0 women:1)
* Belgium (3) (men:3 women:0)
* Brazil (1) (men:1 women:0)
* Canada (1) (men:1 women:0)
* Denmark (5) (men:3 women:2)
* Finland (3) (men:3 women:0)
* France (1) (men:1 women:0)
* Great Britain (5) (men:3 women:2)
* Italy (1) (men:1 women:0)
* Japan (1) (men:1 women:0)
* Norway (4) (men:2 women:2)
* Sweden (12) (men:8 women:4)
* Switzerland (1) (men:1 women:0)
* United States (14) (men:7 women:7)

## Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  United States| 3| 2| 3| 8
2|  Sweden| 1| 2| 2| 5
3|  Denmark| 1| 0| 0| 1
4|  Great Britain| 0| 1| 0| 1
Totals (4 entries)| 5| 5| 5| 15

## Notes

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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.

## References

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* "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 20 November 2006.
* Belgian Olympic Committee (1957). "Olympic Games Antwerp 1920 - Official Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 May 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2006.

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