1920 Summer Olympics / Diving

Diving at the VII Olympic Games
information
venue	Antwerp
Competition venue	Stade Nautique d'Anvers
Nations	14th
Athletes	53 (18 women, 35 men)
date	22-29 August 1920
decisions	5
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The VII. 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp five competitions took place in the ATP Tour held, including three for men and two for women. The venue was the Stade Nautique d'Anvers .

Balance sheet

Medal table

space	country				total
1	United States	3	2	3	8th
2	Sweden	1	2	2	5
3	Denmark	1	-	-	1
4th	Great Britain	-	1	-	1

Medalist

Men

competitor	gold	silver	bronze
Jumping (1 m and 3 m)	Louis Kuehn	Clarence Pinkston	Louis Balbach
Diving (5 m and 10 m)	Clarence Pinkston	Erik Adlerz	Harry Prieste
Diving (3 m and 10 m)	Arvid Wallman	Nils Skoglund	John Jansson

Women

competitor	gold	silver	bronze
Jumping (1 m and 3 m)	Aileen Riggin	Helen Wainwright	Thelma Payne
Diving (4 m and 8 m)	Stefanie Clausen	Eileen Armstrong	Eva Olliwier

Results men

Jumping (1 m and 3 m)

space	country	athlete	space- digit	Points
1	United States	Louis Kuehn	10	675.40
2	United States	Clarence Pinkston	11	655.30
3	United States	Louis Balbach	15th	649.50
4th	SWE	Gustaf Blomgren	19th	587.05
5	SWE	Gunnar Ekstrand	27	559.25
6th	SWE	John Jansson	34	544.75
7th	BRA	Adolfo Wellisch	19th	522.85
8th	SWE	Oscar can	20th	543.70

Date: August 26th and 27th, 1920
14 participants from 9 countries

Diving (5 m and 10 m)

space	country	athlete	space- digit	Points
1	United States	Clarence Pinkston	07th	503.30
2	SWE	Erik Adlerz	10	495.40
3	United States	Harry Prieste	16	468.65
4th	SWE	Gustaf Blomgren	23	453.80
5	SWE	Yngve Johnson	27	424.00
6th	United States	Louis Balbach	28	424.00
7th	BRA	Adolfo Wellisch	29	423.80
8th	SWE	Gunnar Ekstrand	20th	402.80

Date: August 28 and 29, 1920
15 participants from 7 countries

Diving (3 m and 10 m)

space	country	athlete	space- digit	Points
1	SWE	Arvid Wallman	07th	183.5
2	SWE	Nils Skoglund	08th	183.0
3	SWE	John Jansson	16	175.0
4th	SWE	Erik Adlerz	19th	173.0
5	FIN	Yrjö Valkama	23	167.5
6th	THE	Herald Jansson	27	159.0
7th	BEL	Fernand Sauvage	34	148.5
8th	BRA	Adolfo Wellisch	37	153.0

Date: August 22nd to 25th, 1920
22 participants from 11 countries

Results women

Jumping (1 m and 3 m)

space	country	sportswoman	space- digit	Points
1	United States	Aileen Riggin	09	539.9
2	United States	Helen Wainwright	09	534.8
3	United States	Thelma Payne	12	534.1
4th	United States	Aileen Allen	20th	489.8

Date: August 29, 1920
4 participants from 1 country

Diving (4 m and 8 m)

space	country	sportswoman	space- digit	Points
1	THE	Stefanie Clausen	06th	173.0
2	GBR	Eileen Armstrong	10	155.5
3	SWE	Eva Olliwier	11	148.5
4th	GBR	Isabelle White	18th	158.5
5	United States	Aileen Riggin	20th	157.0
6th	United States	Betty Grimes	30th	133.5
7th	NOR	Ragnhild Larsen	16	152.0
8th	OUT	Lily Beaurepaire	19th	147.5

Date: August 24-29, 1920
15 participants from 6 countries

Web links

• Diving at the Olympic Games 1920 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Official report of the Olympic Games 1920 (PDF, 952 kB)