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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Clarence Pinkston  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Erik Adlerz  Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Harry Prieste  United States
← 1912
1924 →

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 edit

First round edit

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 edit

Rank Diver Nation Points Score Notes
1 Yngve Johnson   Sweden 7 445.80 Q
2 Clarence Pinkston   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   Canada 28 351.35

Group 2 edit

Rank Diver Nation Points Score Notes
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 edit

Monday, 29 August 1920:

Rank Diver Nation Points Score
  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   Brazil 29 423.80

References edit

  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 edit