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At the 1920 Summer Olympics
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 Committee
International Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee is an international corporation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin on 23 June 1894 with Demetrios Vikelas as its first president...

, 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
10 metre platform
Plain high diving

Women

3 metre springboard
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