Diving at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 3 metre springboard

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]

Men's 3 metre springboard diving
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
VenueStade Nautique d'Antwerp
Dates26–27 August
Competitors14 from 9 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Louis Kuehn  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Clarence Pinkston  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Louis Balbach  United States
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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

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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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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

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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

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Place Diver Nation Points Score
  Louis Kuehn   United States 10 675.40
  Clarence Pinkston   United States 11 655.30
  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

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  1. ^ 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.

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