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]
Men's springboard diving at the Games of the V Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Stockholm Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||
Dates | 8–9 July | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 18 from 7 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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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 |
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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 |
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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 | |
Hans Luber | Germany | 9 | 76.78 | |
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.