Diving at the 1920 Summer Olympics

Diving
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
VenueStade Nautique d'Antwerp
Dates22 August 1920 (1920-08-22) through
29 August 1920 (1920-08-29)
No. of events5
Competitors53 from 14 nations
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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
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
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:

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States3238
2 Sweden1225
3 Denmark1001
4 Great Britain0101
Totals (4 entries)55515

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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