Diving at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre platform
The men's 10 metre platform was one of five diving events on the diving at the 1920 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was held on Sunday, 28 August 1920 (first round) and on Monday, 29 August 1920 (final).[1]
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| Venue | Stade Nautique d'Antwerp | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 28–29 August | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 14 or 15 from 6 or 7 nations | ||||||||||||
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| 3 m springboard | men | women |
| 10 m platform | men | women |
| Plain high diving | men | |
Sources vary on whether Adolfo Wellisch competed, and thus whether 14 or 15 divers from 6 or 7 nations competed. The official report does not list him, but both de Wael and sports-reference[2] include him, with the latter even giving a score.
Results
First round
Sunday, 28 August 1920: The three divers who scored the smallest number of points in each group of the first round advanced to the final.
Group 1
| Rank | Diver | Nation | Points | Score | Notes |
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| 1 | Yngve Johnson |  Sweden | 7 | 445.80 | Q |
| 2 | Clarence Pinkston | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} United States | 10 | 443.00 | Q |
| 3 | Louis Balbach | United States | 17 | 409.15 | Q |
| 4 | Gunnar Ekstrand | Sweden | 20 | 402.80 | |
| 5 | Paul Køhler |  Denmark | 23 | 387.40 | |
| 6 | Richard Flint | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada | 28 | 351.35 |
Group 2
| Rank | Diver | Nation | Points | Score | Notes |
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| 1 | Erik Adlerz | Sweden | 9 | 468.50 | Q |
| 2 | Gustaf Blomgren | Sweden | 11 | 468.10 | Q |
| 3 | Harry Prieste | United States | 17 | 441.80 | Q |
| 4 | Lauri Kyöstilä |  Finland | 21 | 441.80 | |
| 5 | Sven Palle Sørensen | Denmark | 21 | 414.80 | |
| 6 | Clyde Swendsen | United States | 26 | 414.80 | |
| 7 | Kalle Kainuvaara | Finland | 35 | 356.80 | |
| 8 | Sigvard Andersen |  Norway | 40 | 264.70 |
Final
Monday, 29 August 1920:
| Rank | Diver | Nation | Points | Score |
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 | Clarence Pinkston | United States | 7 | 503.30 |
 | Erik Adlerz | Sweden | 10 | 495.40 |
 | Harry Prieste | United States | 16 | 468.65 |
| 4 | Gustaf Blomgren | Sweden | 23 | 453.80 |
| 5 | Yngve Johnson | Sweden | 27 | 424.00 |
| 6 | Louis Balbach | United States | 28 | 424.00 |
| 7 | Adolfo Wellisch | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Brazil | 29 | 423.80 |
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Diving at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games: Men's Platform". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
- Sports-reference: 1920 men's 10 metre platform final Archived 5 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine
Sources
- Belgian Olympic Committee (1957). "Olympic Games Antwerp 1920 - Official Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (pdf) on 5 May 2011. Retrieved 24 December 2006.
- Herman de Wael (26 January 2001). "Diving - men's platform (Antwerp 1920)". Retrieved 24 December 2006.
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