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

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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

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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  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

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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

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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 Raymond Desonay  Belgium 35 129.0

Final

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Rank Diver Nation Points Score
1st place, gold medalist(s) Arvid Wallman  Sweden 7 183.5
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Nils Skoglund  Sweden 8 183.0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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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.