Diving at the 1920 Summer Olympics

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]

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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Medal summary

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

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

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

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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
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

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

• "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.