1908 Summer Olympics / Diving
Diving at the IV Olympic Games |
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venue | London |
Competition venue | White City Stadium |
Nations | 9 |
Athletes | 39 (39 men) |
date | 14.-24. July 1908 |
decisions | 2 |
← St. Louis 1904 |
In the IV. Olympic Games 1908 in London two competitions were in the water jumping instead. The venue was the swimming pool in the White City Stadium , the diving tower of which could be lowered mechanically below the surface of the water and raised again if necessary.
Medal table
space | country | total | |||
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1 | German Empire | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Sweden | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
3 | United States | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Results
Jumping
space | country | athlete | Points |
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1 | GER | Albert Zürner | 85.5 |
2 | GER | Kurt Behrens | 85.3 |
3 | United States | George Gaidzik | 80.8 |
GER | Thank God Walz | 80.8 | |
5 | GER | Fritz Nicolai | 81.8 |
6th | GBR | Herbert Pott | 79.6 |
7th | GBR | Harold Clarke | 81.8 |
8th | GER | Heinz Freyschmidt | 79.3 |
Date: July 14th to 18th, 1908
23 participants from 8 countries
The jumpers had to complete four compulsory and three freestyle jumps from the 1-meter and 3-meter board. Twenty possible jumps with a level of difficulty from 1 to 10. This value was added to the performance mark (up to 10), and the result was then divided by three. In the preliminary fights there were six groups, the two best in each case progressed to the semi-finals. In the semi-final groups, the two best qualified for the final.
Diving
space | country | athlete | Points |
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1 | SWE | Hjalmar Johansson | 83.75 |
2 | SWE | Karl Malmström | 78.73 |
3 | SWE | Arvid Spångberg | 74.00 |
4th | SWE | Robert Andersson | 68.30 |
5 | United States | George Gaidzik | 56.30 |
6th | FIN | Toivo Aro | 62.70 |
7th | GBR | Harold Goodworth | 59.48 |
8th | SWE | Hilmer Löfberg | 59.18 |
Date: July 20 to 24, 1908
24 participants from 6 countries
The high diver had to complete four compulsory and three freestyle jumps from the 5-meter and from the 10-meter board. There were 14 possible jumps with a difficulty level of 1.2 to 2.1. The judges could award up to ten points for the execution. In the preliminary fights there were five groups, the two best in each case progressed to the semi-finals. In the semi-final groups, the three best qualified for the final. The competition was dominated by the Swedes. They provided six of the ten semi-finalists and took the first four places in the final.
Web links
- Diving at the Olympic Games 1908 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- Official report of the Olympic Games 1908 (PDF, 12.4 MB)