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  Schweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Nils Skoglund  Schweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) John Jansson  Schweden
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Results

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First round

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The three divers who scored the smallest number of points in each group of the first round advanced to the final.

Group 1

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Rank Diver Nation Points Score Notes
1 Nils Skoglund   Schweden 10 153.0 Q
2 Herold Jansson   Dänemark 13 152.0 Q
3 Fernand Sauvage   Belgien 17 145.5 Q
4 Albert Dickin   Great Britain 17 140.5
5 Sigvard Andersen   Norwegen 21 139.0
6 Richard Beauchamp   Vereinigte Staaten 23 135.0
7 Guglielmo De Sanctis   Italien 33 98.0

Group 2

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Rank Diver Nation Points Score Notes
1 Arvid Wallman   Schweden 8 175.5 Q
2 Erik Adlerz   Schweden 11 177.0 Q
3 Adolfo Wellisch   Brasilien 14 162.0 Q
4 Kalle Kainuvaara   Finnland 15 160.0
5 Clyde Swendsen   Vereinigte Staaten 25 148.0
6 Frank Mullen   Vereinigte Staaten 27 144.0
7 Richard Flint   Kanada 34 126.0
8 Masayoshi Uchida   Japan 40 94.0

Group 3

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Rank Diver Nation Points Score Notes
1 John Jansson   Schweden 8 171.5 Q
2 Harold Clarke   Great Britain 10 164.5 Q
3 Yrjö Valkama   Finnland 14 157.0 Q
4 Harry Prieste   Vereinigte Staaten 18 149.5
5 Svend Sørensen   Dänemark 27 137.0
6 Bernhard Dahl   Norwegen 28 136.5
7 Joseph de Sonay   Belgien 35 129.0

Final

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

References

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Sources

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  • 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.