Diving at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 3 metre springboard

Men's 3 metre springboard diving
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Venue Stade Nautique d'Antwerp
Dates August 26–27
Competitors 14 from 9 nations
Medalists
    United States
    United States
    United States
«1912 1924»
Diving at the
1920 Summer Olympics
3 m springboard   men   women
10 m platform   men   women
Plain high diving   men  

The men's 3 metre springboard was one of five diving events on the diving at the 1920 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was held on Friday, August 26, 1920 and on Saturday, August 27, 1920.

Fourteen divers from nine nations competed.

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Results

First round

The three divers who scored the smallest number of points in each group of the first round advanced to the final.

Group 1

Place Diver Points Score
1  Louis Kuehn (USA) 7 628.15
2  Louis Balbach (USA) 8 630.80
3  Gunnar Ekstrand (SWE) 15 560.85
4  Oscar Dose (SWE) 20 543.70
5  Richard Flint (CAN) 29 480.70
6  Joseph Callens (BEL) 30 476.40
7  Rémy Weil (FRA) 31 477.30

Group 2

Place Diver Points Score
1  Gustaf Blomgren (SWE) 7 614.00
2  Clarence Pinkston (USA) 8 622.70
3  John Jansson (SWE) 16 549.70
4  Adolfo Wellisch (BRA) 19 522.85
5  Ernest Walmsley (GBR) 28 453.05
6  Guglielmo De Sanctis (ITA) 29 451.35
7  Paul Knuchel (SUI) 33 431.35

Final

Place Diver Points Score
1  Louis Kuehn (USA) 10 675.40
2  Clarence Pinkston (USA) 11 655.30
3  Louis Balbach (USA) 15 649.50
4  Gustaf Blomgren (SWE) 19 587.05
5  Gunnar Ekstrand (SWE) 27 559.25
6  John Jansson (SWE) 34 544.75

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