Diving at the 1920 Summer Olympics
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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, August 22, 1920 to Monday, August 29, 1920
, 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. 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:0 women:1) (men:3 women:0) (men:1 women:0) (men:1 women:0) (men:3 women:2) (men:3 women:0) (men:1 women:0) (men:3 women:2) (men:1 women:0) (men:1 women:0) (men:2 women:2) (men:8 women:4) (men:1 women:0) (men:7 women:7)
1920 Summer Olympics
The 1920 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event in 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium....
in Antwerp, five diving
Diving
Diving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, sometimes while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime.Diving is one...
events were contested. The women's 3 metre springboard competition was added to the Olympic programme. The competitions were held from Monday, August 22, 1920 to Monday, August 29, 1920
Medal summary
The events are labelled as 3 metre springboard, 10 metre platform and plain high diving by the International Olympic CommitteeInternational Olympic Committee
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, 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. 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 metre springboard |
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| 10 metre platform |
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| Plain high diving |
Women
| 3 metre springboard |
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| 10 metre 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:(men:0 women:1) (men:3 women:0) (men:1 women:0) (men:1 women:0) (men:3 women:2) (men:3 women:0) (men:1 women:0) (men:3 women:2) (men:1 women:0) (men:1 women:0) (men:2 women:2) (men:8 women:4) (men:1 women:0) (men:7 women:7)
Medal table
| 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | |
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