Diving at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's plain high diving

Men's plain high diving at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Venue	Stade Nautique d'Antwerp
Dates	22–25 August
Competitors	22 from 11 nations
Medalists
Arvid Wallman  Sweden Nils Skoglund  Sweden John Jansson  Sweden

Results

First round

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	Nils Skoglund	Sweden	10	153.0	Q
2	Herold Jansson	Denmark	13	152.0	Q
3	Fernand Sauvage	Belgium	17	145.5	Q
4	Albert Dickin	Great Britain	17	140.5
5	Sigvard Andersen	Norway	21	139.0
6	Richard Beauchamp	United States	23	135.0
7	Guglielmo De Sanctis	Italy	33	98.0

Group 2

Rank	Diver	Nation	Points	Score	Notes
1	Arvid Wallman	Sweden	8	175.5	Q
2	Erik Adlerz	Sweden	11	177.0	Q
3	Adolfo Wellisch	Brazil	14	162.0	Q
4	Kalle Kainuvaara	Finland	15	160.0
5	Clyde Swendsen	United States	25	148.0
6	Frank Mullen	United States	27	144.0
7	Richard Flint	Canada	34	126.0
8	Masayoshi Uchida	Japan	40	94.0

Group 3

Rank	Diver	Nation	Points	Score	Notes
1	John Jansson	Sweden	8	171.5	Q
2	Harold Clarke	Great Britain	10	164.5	Q
3	Yrjö Valkama	Finland	14	157.0	Q
4	Harry Prieste	United States	18	149.5
5	Svend Sørensen	Denmark	27	137.0
6	Bernhard Dahl	Norway	28	136.5
7	Joseph de Sonay	Belgium	35	129.0

Final

Rank	Diver	Nation	Points	Score
	Arvid Wallman	Sweden	7	183.5
	Nils Skoglund	Sweden	8	183.0
	John Jansson	Sweden	16	175.0
4	Erik Adlerz	Sweden	19	173.0
5	Yrjö Valkama	Finland	23	167.5
6	Herold Jansson	Denmark	27	159.0
7	Fernand Sauvage	Belgium	34	148.5
8	Adolfo Wellisch	Brazil	37	153.0
9	Harold Clarke	Great Britain	40	142.0

Sources

• Belgian Olympic Committee (1957). "Olympic Games Antwerp 1920 - Official Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (pdf) on 5 May 2011. Retrieved 24 December 2006.
• Herman de Wael (26 January 2001). "Diving - men's plain high diving (Antwerp 1920)". Archived from the original on 6 January 2007. Retrieved 24 December 2006.