1908 Summer Olympics / Diving

Diving at the IV Olympic Games
information
venue	London
Competition venue	White City Stadium
Nations	9
Athletes	39 (39 men)
date	14.-24. July 1908
decisions	2
← St. Louis 1904 Sweden 1912 →

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
1	German Empire	1	1	1	3
	Sweden	1	1	1	3
3	United States	-	-	1	1

Results

Jumping

space	country	athlete	Points
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
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

Arvid Spångberg

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)