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
Louis Kuehn  United States
Clarence Pinkston  United States
Louis Balbach  United States
Diving at the
1920 Summer Olympics
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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

First round

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

Group 1
PlaceDiverNationPointsScore
1Louis Kuehn United States7628.15
2Louis Balbach United States8630.80
3Gunnar Ekstrand Sweden15560.85
4Oscar Dose Sweden20543.70
5Richard Flint Canada29480.70
6Joseph Callens Belgium30476.40
7Rémy Weil France31477.30

Group 2
PlaceDiverNationPointsScore
1Gustaf Blomgren Sweden7614.00
2Clarence Pinkston United States8622.70
3John Jansson Sweden16549.70
4Adolpho Wellisch Brazil19522.85
5Ernest Walmsley Great Britain28453.05
6Guglielmo De Sanctis Italy29451.35
7Paul Knuchel Switzerland33431.35

Final
PlaceDiverNationPointsScore
Louis Kuehn United States10675.40
Clarence Pinkston United States11655.30
Louis Balbach United States15649.50
4Gustaf Blomgren Sweden19587.05
5Gunnar Ekstrand Sweden27559.25
6John Jansson Sweden34544.75

References
  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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