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Platform, Men

Date28 – 29 August 1920
StatusOlympic
LocationZwemstadion van Antwerpen, Antwerpen
Participants15 from 7 countries
Format5 and 10 metre boards.

Bud Pinkston was the favorite in this event, having won the 1920 AAU Championship and he did not disappoint. The American bronze medalist, Harry Prieste, died in April 2001, then aged 103 years old. At the 2000 Olympics, he attended the Sydney Games, returning an Olympic flag that he had )borrowed) while a competitor in Antwerp.

The fancy high diving consisted of four optional and four compulsory dives, executed from both height platforms. The compulsory dives were as follows: #6 - inward dive; #11 - front handstand dive; #17 - 1½ somersault dive from handstand; #19 - reverse dive, pike position.

PosCompetitor(s)NOC
1Bud PinkstonUSAGold
2Erik AdlerzSWESilver
3Harry PriesteUSABronze
4Gustaf BlomgrenSWE
5Yngve JohnsonSWE
6Louis BalbachUSA
7Adolpho WellischBRA
4 p1 r1/2Gunnar EkstrandSWE
4 p2 r1/2Lauri KyöstiläFIN
5 p1 r1/2Paul KöhlerDEN
5 p2 r1/2Sven Palle SørensenDEN
6 p1 r1/2Richard FlintCAN
6 p2 r1/2Clyde SwendsenUSA
7 p2 r1/2Kalle KainuvaaraFIN
8 p2 r1/2Sigvard AndersenNOR

Round One (28 August 1920 — 16:00)

Top three in each pool advanced to the final round. Eight dives, four compulsory and four optional.

Pool One

PosCompetitor(s)NOCOrdinalsPoints
1Yngve JohnsonSWE7445.80Q
2Bud PinkstonUSA10443.00Q
3Louis BalbachUSA17409.15Q
4Gunnar EkstrandSWE20402.80
5Paul KöhlerDEN23387.40
6Richard FlintCAN28351.35

Pool Two

PosCompetitor(s)NOCOrdinalsPoints
1Erik AdlerzSWE9468.50Q
2Gustaf BlomgrenSWE11468.10Q
3Harry PriesteUSA17441.80Q
4Lauri KyöstiläFIN21437.40
5Sven Palle SørensenDEN21432.30
6Clyde SwendsenUSA26414.80
7Kalle KainuvaaraFIN35356.80
8Sigvard AndersenNOR40264.70

Final (29 August 1920 — 10:30)

Eight dives, four compulsory and four optional.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCOrdinalsPoints
1Bud PinkstonUSA7503.30
2Erik AdlerzSWE10495.40
3Harry PriesteUSA16468.65
4Gustaf BlomgrenSWE23453.80
5Yngve JohnsonSWE27441.80
6Louis BalbachUSA28424.00
7Adolpho WellischBRA29423.801