Diving at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre platform

Men's 10 metre platform diving at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Venue	Stade Nautique d'Antwerp
Dates	August 28–29
Competitors	15 from 7 nations
Medalists
Clarence Pinkston   United States   Erik Adlerz   Sweden   Harry Prieste   United States

Diving at the 1920 Summer Olympics
3 m springboard		men		women
10 m platform		men		women
Plain high diving		men

The men's 10 metre platform was one of five diving events on the diving at the 1920 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was held on Sunday, August 28, 1920 (first round) and on Monday, August 29, 1920 (final).

Fourteen divers from six nations competed.

Results

First round

Sunday, August 28, 1920: The three divers who scored the smallest number of points in each group of the first round advanced to the final.

Group 1

Place	Diver	Points	Score
1	Yngve Johnson (SWE)	7	445.80
2	Clarence Pinkston (USA)	10	443.00
3	Louis Balbach (USA)	17	409.15
4	Gunnar Ekstrand (SWE)	20	402.80
5	Paul Køhler (DEN)	23	387.40
6	Richard Flint (CAN)	28	351.35

Group 2

Place	Diver	Points	Score
1	Erik Adlerz (SWE)	9	468.50
2	Gustaf Blomgren (SWE)	11	468.10
3	Harry Prieste (USA)	17	441.80
4	Lauri Kyöstilä (FIN)	21	441.80
5	Svend Sørensen (DEN)	21	414.80
6	Clyde Swendsen (USA)	26	414.80
7	Kalle Kainuvaara (FIN)	35	356.80
8	Sigvard Andersen (NOR)	40	264.70

Final

Monday, August 29, 1920:

Place	Diver	Points	Score
1	Clarence Pinkston (USA)	7	503.30
2	Erik Adlerz (SWE)	10	495.40
3	Harry Prieste (USA)	16	468.65
4	Gustaf Blomgren (SWE)	23	453.80
5	Yngve Johnson (SWE)	27	424.00
6	Louis Balbach (USA)	28	424.00
7	Adolfo Wellisch (BRA)	29	423.80

References

• Belgian Olympic Committee (1957). "Olympic Games Antwerp 1920 - Official Report" (pdf). Retrieved 2006-12-24.
• Herman de Wael (2001-01-26). "Diving - men's platform (Antwerp 1920)". Retrieved 2006-12-24.