Diving at the 1920 Summer Olympics (original) (raw)
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| Divingat the Games of the VII Olympiad | |
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| Venue | Stade Nautique d'Antwerp |
| Dates | 22 August 1920 (1920-08-22) through 29 August 1920 (1920-08-29) |
| No. of events | 5 |
| Competitors | 53 from 14 nations |
| ← 19121924 → |
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]
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.
Participating nations
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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:
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Diving at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
- ^ IOC medals database
- ^ Belgian Olympic Committee, pp. 128-9, 133.
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 20 November 2006.
- Belgian Olympic Committee (1957). "Olympic Games Antwerp 1920 - Official Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 May 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2006.