Diving at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Women's 3 metre springboard

Women's 3 metre springboard diving
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
VenueStade Nautique d'Antwerp
Date29 August
Competitors4 from 1 nation
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Aileen Riggin  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Helen Wainwright  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Thelma Payne  United States
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Diving at the
1920 Summer Olympics
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The women's 3 metre springboard was presented to the Olympic Games for the first time as one of five diving events on the diving at the 1920 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was held on Monday, 29 August 1920. Four divers, all from the United States, competed.[1]

Results

The event was held on Monday, 29 August 1920.

Since there were only four entries, the divers and officials agreed to scratch the qualifying round and compete in a direct final.

Place Diver Nation Points Score
1st place, gold medalist(s) Aileen Riggin  United States 9 539.9
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Helen Wainwright  United States 9 534.8
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Thelma Payne  United States 12 534.1
4 Aileen Allen  United States 20 489.8

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Diving at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games: Women's Springboard". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2020.