Diving at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's plain high diving

Men's plain high diving
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
VenueStade Nautique d'Antwerp
Dates22–25 August
Competitors22 from 11 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Arvid Wallman  Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Nils Skoglund  Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) John Jansson  Sweden
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Results edit

First round edit

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 Nils Skoglund   Sweden 10 153.0 Q
2 Herold Jansson   Denmark 13 152.0 Q
3 Fernand Sauvage   Belgium 17 145.5 Q
4 Albert Dickin   Great Britain 17 140.5
5 Sigvard Andersen   Norway 21 139.0
6 Richard Beauchamp   United States 23 135.0
7 Guglielmo De Sanctis   Italy 33 98.0

Group 2 edit

Rank Diver Nation Points Score Notes
1 Arvid Wallman   Sweden 8 175.5 Q
2 Erik Adlerz   Sweden 11 177.0 Q
3 Adolfo Wellisch   Brazil 14 162.0 Q
4 Kalle Kainuvaara   Finland 15 160.0
5 Clyde Swendsen   United States 25 148.0
6 Frank Mullen   United States 27 144.0
7 Richard Flint   Canada 34 126.0
8 Masayoshi Uchida   Japan 40 94.0

Group 3 edit

Rank Diver Nation Points Score Notes
1 John Jansson   Sweden 8 171.5 Q
2 Harold Clarke   Great Britain 10 164.5 Q
3 Yrjö Valkama   Finland 14 157.0 Q
4 Harry Prieste   United States 18 149.5
5 Svend Sørensen   Denmark 27 137.0
6 Bernhard Dahl   Norway 28 136.5
7 Joseph de Sonay   Belgium 35 129.0

Final edit

Rank Diver Nation Points Score
  Arvid Wallman   Sweden 7 183.5
  Nils Skoglund   Sweden 8 183.0
  John Jansson   Sweden 16 175.0
4 Erik Adlerz   Sweden 19 173.0
5 Yrjö Valkama   Finland 23 167.5
6 Herold Jansson   Denmark 27 159.0
7 Fernand Sauvage   Belgium 34 148.5
8 Adolfo Wellisch   Brazil 37 153.0
9 Harold Clarke   Great Britain 40 142.0

References edit

Sources edit

  • Belgian Olympic Committee (1957). "Olympic Games Antwerp 1920 - Official Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (pdf) on 5 May 2011. Retrieved 24 December 2006.
  • Herman de Wael (26 January 2001). "Diving - men's plain high diving (Antwerp 1920)". Archived from the original on 6 January 2007. Retrieved 24 December 2006.