Diving at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 3 metre springboard
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| Venue | Stockholm Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 8–9 July | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 18 from 7 nations | ||||||||||||
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| Diving at the 1912 Summer Olympics | ||
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| 3 m springboard | men | |
| 10 m platform | men | women |
| Plain high diving | men | |
The men's 3 metre springboard, also known as the spring-board diving competition, was one of four diving events on the diving at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was held on Monday 8 July 1912, and Tuesday 9 July 1912. Eighteen divers from seven nations competed.[1]
Results[edit]
The competition was actually held from both 3 metre and 1 metre boards. Divers performed a running plain dive and a running forward somersault from the 1 metre board, a standing plain dive and a running plain dive from the 3 metre board, and three dives of the competitor's choice from the 3 metre board. Five judges scored each diver, giving two results. Each judge gave an ordinal placing for each diver in a group, with the five scores being summed to give a total ordinal points score. The judges also gave scores more closely resembling the modern scoring system.
First round[edit]
The two divers who scored the smallest number of points in each group of the first round plus the two best scoring non-qualified divers of all groups advanced to the final. Ordinal placings were used to rank divers within the group, but were not used to determine qualification.
Group 1[edit]
| Place | Diver | Nation | Points | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kurt Behrens |  Germany |
6 | 80.14 |
| 2 | Paul Günther | Germany |
9 | 78.14 |
| 3 | Arthur McAleenan |  United States |
15 | 68.02 |
| 4 | Ernst Brandsten |  Sweden |
20 | 65.02 |
| 5 | Sven Nylund | Sweden |
28 | 62.60 |
| 6 | Eskil Brodd | Sweden |
29 | 62.60 |
| 7 | Oskar Wetzell |  Finland |
33 | 58.70 |
Group 2[edit]
| Place | Diver | Nation | Points | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Jansson | Sweden |
5 | 77.77 |
| 2 | Albert Zürner | Germany |
10 | 74.64 |
| 3 | Ernst Eklund | Sweden |
16 | 53.02 |
| 4 | Carlo Bonfanti |  Italy |
19 | 46.81 |
Group 3[edit]
| Place | Diver | Nation | Points | Score |
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| 1 | Hans Luber | Germany |
6 | 77.50 |
| 2 | Robert Zimmerman |  Canada |
11 | 76.60 |
| 3 | George Gaidzik | United States |
16 | 74.03 |
| 4 | Herbert Pott |  Great Britain |
17 | 73.94 |
| 5 | Ernfrid Appelqvist | Sweden |
25 | 62.61 |
| 6 | Axel Runström | Sweden |
30 | 58.42 |
| 7 | Erik Tjäder | Sweden |
35 | 53.56 |
Final[edit]
In the final, ordinal placings were the primary ranking method with dive scores being used only to break ties.
| Place | Diver | Nation | Points | Score |
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Paul Günther | Germany |
6 | 79.23 |
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Hans Luber | Germany |
9 | 76.78 |
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Kurt Behrens | Germany |
22 | 73.73 |
| 4 | Albert Zürner | Germany |
23 | 73.33 |
| 5 | Robert Zimmerman | Canada |
24 | 72.54 |
| 6 | Herbert Pott | Great Britain |
28 | 71.45 |
| 7 | John Jansson | Sweden |
32 | 69.64 |
| 8 | George Gaidzik | United States |
36 | 68.01 |
References[edit]
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Diving at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games: Men's Springboard". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
Sources[edit]
- Swedish Olympic Committee; Erik Bergvall (December 1913). "The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912" (PDF). Wahlström & Widstrand. Archived from the original (pdf) on 10 April 2008. Retrieved 23 December 2006.
- Herman de Wael (6 August 2001). "Diving 1912". Archived from the original on 5 July 2007. Retrieved 24 December 2006.
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