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, August 22, 1920 to Monday, August 29, 1920

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.

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)

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)

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
Total		5	5	5	15

Notes

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

References

• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp. Retrieved 2006-11-20. 
• Belgian Olympic Committee (1957). "Olympic Games Antwerp 1920 - Official Report" (pdf). http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1920/1920.pdf. Retrieved 2006-12-23.