Diving at the 1920 Summer Olympics

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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.

Diving

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[edit] Medal summary

The events are labelled as 3 metre springboard, 10 metre platform and plain high diving by the International Olympic Committee[1], 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[2]. 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.

[edit] Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
3 metre springboard
details
United States Louis Kuehn
United States (USA)
United States Clarence Pinkston
United States (USA)
United States Louis Balbach
United States (USA)
10 metre platform
details
United States Clarence Pinkston
United States (USA)
Sweden Erik Adlerz
Sweden (SWE)
United States Harry Prieste
United States (USA)
Plain high diving
details
Sweden Arvid Wallman
Sweden (SWE)
Sweden Nils Skoglund
Sweden (SWE)
Sweden John Jansson
Sweden (SWE)

[edit] Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
3 metre springboard
details
United States Aileen Riggin
United States (USA)
United States Helen Wainwright
United States (USA)
United States Thelma Payne
United States (USA)
10 metre platform
details
Denmark Stefanie Clausen
Denmark (DEN)
Great Britain Beatrice Armstrong
Great Britain (GBR)
Sweden Eva Olliwier
Sweden (SWE)

[edit] Participating nations

[edit] Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 United States United States 3 2 3 8
2 Sweden Sweden 1 2 2 5
3 Denmark Denmark 1 0 0 1
4 Great Britain Great Britain 0 1 0 1

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ IOC medals database
  2. ^ Belgian Olympic Committee, pp. 128-9, 133.

[edit] References