Diving at the 1920 Summer Olympics explained

Event:Diving
Games:1920 Summer
Venue:Stade Nautique d'Antwerp
Dates: through
Num Events:5
Competitors:53
Nations:14
Prev:1912
Next:1924

At the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, five diving events were contested. The women's 3 metre springboard competition was added to the Olympic programme. The competitions were held from Monday, 22 August 1920 to Monday, 29 August 1920.[1]

Medal summary

The events are labelled as 3 metre springboard, 10 metre platform and plain high diving by the International Olympic Committee,[2] and appeared on the 1920 Official Report (dated from 1957) as plongeons variés, plongeons de haut vol variés or plongeons ordinaires, and plongeons du tremplin, respectively.[3] The men's high diving and 10 metre platform events included dives from both 10 metre and 5 metre platforms, while the women's 10 metre platform were performed from 8 metre and 4 metre platforms; the springboard events included dives from 3 metre and 1 metre springboards.

Men

3 m springboard
10 m platform
Plain high diving

Women

3 m springboard
10 m platform

Participating nations

A total of 53 divers (35 men and 18 women) from 14 nations (men from 13 nations - women from 6 nations) competed at the Antwerp Games:

References

Notes and References

  1. Diving at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games . 11 May 2020.
  2. http://olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp IOC medals database
  3. Belgian Olympic Committee, pp. 128-9, 133.