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.
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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 |
Louis Kuehn United States (USA) |
Clarence Pinkston United States (USA) |
Louis Balbach United States (USA) |
10 metre platform details |
Clarence Pinkston United States (USA) |
Erik Adlerz Sweden (SWE) |
Harry Prieste United States (USA) |
Plain high diving details |
Arvid Wallman Sweden (SWE) |
Nils Skoglund Sweden (SWE) |
John Jansson Sweden (SWE) |
[edit] Women
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
3 metre springboard details |
Aileen Riggin United States (USA) |
Helen Wainwright United States (USA) |
Thelma Payne United States (USA) |
10 metre platform details |
Stefanie Clausen Denmark (DEN) |
Beatrice Armstrong Great Britain (GBR) |
Eva Olliwier Sweden (SWE) |
[edit] Participating nations
[edit] Medal table
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 |
[edit] Notes
- ^ IOC medals database
- ^ Belgian Olympic Committee, pp. 128-9, 133.
[edit] References
- Olympic Medal Winners. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2006-11-20.
- Belgian Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920 - Official Report (pdf). Retrieved on 2006-12-23.
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