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

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, 28 August 1920 (first round) and on Monday, 29 August 1920 (final).^[1]

Men's 10 metre platform diving at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Venue	Stade Nautique d'Antwerp
Dates	28–29 August
Competitors	14 or 15 from 6 or 7 nations
Medalists
Clarence Pinkston  United States Erik Adlerz  Sweden Harry Prieste  United States
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Sources vary on whether Adolfo Wellisch competed, and thus whether 14 or 15 divers from 6 or 7 nations competed. The official report does not list him, but both de Wael and sports-reference^[2] include him, with the latter even giving a score.

Results

First round

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

Group 1

Rank	Diver	Nation	Points	Score	Notes
1	Yngve Johnson	Sweden	7	445.80	Q
2	Clarence Pinkston	United States	10	443.00	Q
3	Louis Balbach	United States	17	409.15	Q
4	Gunnar Ekstrand	Sweden	20	402.80
5	Paul Køhler	Denmark	23	387.40
6	Richard Flint	Canada	28	351.35

Group 2

Rank	Diver	Nation	Points	Score	Notes
1	Erik Adlerz	Sweden	9	468.50	Q
2	Gustaf Blomgren	Sweden	11	468.10	Q
3	Harry Prieste	United States	17	441.80	Q
4	Lauri Kyöstilä	Finland	21	441.80
5	Sven Palle Sørensen	Denmark	21	414.80
6	Clyde Swendsen	United States	26	414.80
7	Kalle Kainuvaara	Finland	35	356.80
8	Sigvard Andersen	Norway	40	264.70

Final

Monday, 29 August 1920:

Rank	Diver	Nation	Points	Score
	Clarence Pinkston	United States	7	503.30
	Erik Adlerz	Sweden	10	495.40
	Harry Prieste	United States	16	468.65
4	Gustaf Blomgren	Sweden	23	453.80
5	Yngve Johnson	Sweden	27	424.00
6	Louis Balbach	United States	28	424.00
7	Adolfo Wellisch	Brazil	29	423.80