Diving at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 3 metre springboard
| Men's 3 metre springboard diving at the Games of the VII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Stade Nautique d'Antwerp | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 26–27 August | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 14 from 9 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Diving at the 1920 Summer Olympics | ||
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| 3 m springboard | men | women |
| 10 m platform | men | women |
| Plain high diving | men | |
The men's 3 metre springboard was one of five diving events on the diving at the 1920 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was held on Friday, 26 August 1920 and on Saturday, 27 August 1920, at the Stade Nautique d'Antwerp.[1]
A point-for-place system was used. For each dive, the divers were ranked according to their dive score and awarded points based on their rank for that dive (the best dive earned 1 point, the next-best 2 points, and so on).
Fourteen divers from nine nations competed. Louis Kuehn from the United States won the gold medal. Clarence Pinkston took silver and Louis Balbach won bronze, making a full American podium.
Results
First round
The three divers who scored the smallest number of points in each group of the first round advanced to the final.
Group 1
| Place | Diver | Nation | Points | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Louis Kuehn |  United States |
7 | 628.15 |
| 2 | Louis Balbach | United States |
8 | 630.80 |
| 3 | Gunnar Ekstrand |  Sweden |
15 | 560.85 |
| 4 | Oscar Dose | Sweden |
20 | 543.70 |
| 5 | Richard Flint |  Canada |
29 | 480.70 |
| 6 | Joseph Callens |  Belgium |
30 | 476.40 |
| 7 | Rémy Weil |  France |
31 | 477.30 |
Group 2
| Place | Diver | Nation | Points | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gustaf Blomgren | Sweden |
7 | 614.00 |
| 2 | Clarence Pinkston | United States |
8 | 622.70 |
| 3 | John Jansson |
Sweden |
16 | 549.70 |
| 4 | Adolpho Wellisch |  Brazil |
19 | 522.85 |
| 5 | Ernest Walmsley |  Great Britain |
28 | 453.05 |
| 6 | Guglielmo De Sanctis |  Italy |
29 | 451.35 |
| 7 | Paul Knuchel |  Switzerland |
33 | 431.35 |
Final
| Place | Diver | Nation | Points | Score |
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Louis Kuehn | United States |
10 | 675.40 |
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Clarence Pinkston | United States |
11 | 655.30 |
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Louis Balbach | United States |
15 | 649.50 |
| 4 | Gustaf Blomgren | Sweden |
19 | 587.05 |
| 5 | Gunnar Ekstrand | Sweden |
27 | 559.25 |
| 6 | John Jansson |
Sweden |
34 | 544.75 |
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Diving at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games: Men's Springboard". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
Sources
- Belgian Olympic Committee (1957). "Olympic Games Antwerp 1920 - Official Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (pdf) on 5 May 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2006.
- Herman de Wael (24 May 2001). "Diving - men's springboard (Antwerp 1920)". Retrieved 24 December 2006.
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