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]

Men's 10 metre platform diving
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
VenueStade Nautique d'Antwerp
Dates28–29 August
Competitors14 or 15 from 6 or 7 nations
Medalists
Clarence Pinkston  United States
Erik Adlerz  Sweden
Harry Prieste  United States

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

RankDiverNationPointsScoreNotes
1Yngve Johnson Sweden7445.80Q
2Clarence Pinkston United States10443.00Q
3Louis Balbach United States17409.15Q
4Gunnar Ekstrand Sweden20402.80
5Paul Køhler Denmark23387.40
6Richard Flint Canada28351.35

Group 2

RankDiverNationPointsScoreNotes
1Erik Adlerz Sweden9468.50Q
2Gustaf Blomgren Sweden11468.10Q
3Harry Prieste United States17441.80Q
4Lauri Kyöstilä Finland21441.80
5Sven Palle Sørensen Denmark21414.80
6Clyde Swendsen United States26414.80
7Kalle Kainuvaara Finland35356.80
8Sigvard Andersen Norway40264.70

Final

Monday, 29 August 1920:

RankDiverNationPointsScore
Clarence Pinkston United States7503.30
Erik Adlerz Sweden10495.40
Harry Prieste United States16468.65
4Gustaf Blomgren Sweden23453.80
5Yngve Johnson Sweden27424.00
6Louis Balbach United States28424.00
7Adolfo Wellisch Brazil29423.80

References

  1. 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.
  2. Sports-reference: 1920 men's 10 metre platform final Archived 5 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine

Sources

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