At the 1920 Summer OlympicsinAntwerp, 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 | |
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| 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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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 variésorplongeons 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.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 m springboard details |
 Louis Kuehn (USA)
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Clarence Pinkston (USA)
|
Louis Balbach (USA)
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| 10 m platform details |
Clarence Pinkston (USA)
|
 Erik Adlerz (SWE)
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Harry Prieste (USA)
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| Plain high diving details |
Arvid Wallman (SWE)
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Nils Skoglund (SWE)
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John Jansson (SWE)
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| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 m springboard details |
Aileen Riggin (USA)
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Helen Wainwright (USA)
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Thelma Payne (USA)
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| 10 m platform details |
 Stefanie Clausen (DEN)
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 Beatrice Armstrong (GBR)
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Eva Olliwier (SWE)
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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)| 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 | |