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

Men's 3 metre springboard diving at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Venue	Stade Nautique d'Antwerp
Dates	August 26–27
Competitors	14 from 9 nations
Medalists
Louis Kuehn   United States   Clarence Pinkston   United States   Louis Balbach   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 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.

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

Place	Diver	Points	Score
1	Louis Kuehn (USA)	7	628.15
2	Louis Balbach (USA)	8	630.80
3	Gunnar Ekstrand (SWE)	15	560.85
4	Oscar Dose (SWE)	20	543.70
5	Richard Flint (CAN)	29	480.70
6	Joseph Callens (BEL)	30	476.40
7	Rémy Weil (FRA)	31	477.30

Group 2

Place	Diver	Points	Score
1	Gustaf Blomgren (SWE)	7	614.00
2	Clarence Pinkston (USA)	8	622.70
3	John Jansson (SWE)	16	549.70
4	Adolfo Wellisch (BRA)	19	522.85
5	Ernest Walmsley (GBR)	28	453.05
6	Guglielmo De Sanctis (ITA)	29	451.35
7	Paul Knuchel (SUI)	33	431.35

Final

Place	Diver	Points	Score
1	Louis Kuehn (USA)	10	675.40
2	Clarence Pinkston (USA)	11	655.30
3	Louis Balbach (USA)	15	649.50
4	Gustaf Blomgren (SWE)	19	587.05
5	Gunnar Ekstrand (SWE)	27	559.25
6	John Jansson (SWE)	34	544.75

References

• Belgian Olympic Committee (1957). "Olympic Games Antwerp 1920 - Official Report" (pdf). Retrieved 2006-12-23.
• Herman de Wael (2001-05-24). "Diving - men's springboard (Antwerp 1920)". Retrieved 2006-12-24.