1912 Summer Olympics / Diving

Diving at the 5th Olympic Games
information
venue	Sweden
Competition venue	Djurgårdsbrunnsviken
Nations	10
Athletes	57 (14 women, 43 men)
date	6-15 July 1912
decisions	4th
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At the V Olympic Games in Stockholm in 1912 , four water diving competitions were held, three for men and one for women. Thus, women were eligible to participate in this sport for the first time. The venue was Djurgårdsbrunnsviken bay

Balance sheet

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Sweden	3	2	2	7th
2	German Empire	1	2	1	4th
3	Great Britain	-	-	1	1

Medalist

Men

competitor	gold	silver	bronze
Jumping (1 m and 2 m)	Paul Günther	Hans Luber	Kurt Behrens
Diving (simple and compound)	Erik Adlerz	Albert Zürner	Gustaf Blomgren
Easy diving (5 m and 10 m)	Erik Adlerz	Hjalmar Johansson	John Jansson

Women

competitor	gold	silver	bronze
Diving	Greta Johansson	Lisa Regnell	Isabelle White

Results men

Jumping (1 m and 2 m)

space	country	athlete	space- digit	Points
1	GER	Paul Günther	06th	79.23
2	GER	Hans Luber	09	76.78
3	GER	Kurt Behrens	22nd	73.73
4th	GER	Albert Zürner	23	73.33
5	CAN	Robert Zimmerman	24	72.54
6th	GBR	Herbert Pott	28	71.45
7th	SWE	John Jansson	32	69.64
8th	United States	George Galdzik	36	68.01

Date: July 8th and 9th, 1912
18 participants from 7 countries

Diving (simple and compound)

space	country	athlete	space- digit	Points
1	SWE	Erik Adlerz	07th	73.94
2	GER	Albert Zürner	10	72.60
3	SWE	Gustaf Blomgren	16	69.56
4th	SWE	Hjalmar Johansson	22nd	67.80
5	GBR	George Yvon	22nd	67.66
6th	SWE	Harald Arbin	31	62.62
7th	SWE	Alvin Carlsson	32	63.16
8th	FIN	Toivo Aro	40	57.05

Date: July 12th to 15th, 1912
23 participants from 7 countries

Easy diving (5 and 10 m)

space	country	athlete	space- digit	Points
1	SWE	Erik Adlerz	07th	40.0
2	SWE	Hjalmar Johansson	12	39.3
3	SWE	John Jansson	12	39.1
4th	SWE	Victor Crondahl	22nd	37.1
5	FIN	Toivo Aro	26th	36.8
6th	SWE	Axel Runström	26th	36.0
7th	SWE	Ernst Brandsten	28	36.2
8th	GER	Paul Günther	-	-

V. l. To the right: Adlerz, Johansson, Jansson

Date: 6th to 11th July 1912
31 participants from 9 countries

Results women

Diving

space	country	sportswoman	space- digit	Points
1	SWE	Greta Johansson	05	39.9
2	SWE	Lisa Regnell	11	36.0
3	GBR	Isabelle White	17th	34.0
4th	SWE	Elsa Regnell	20th	33.2
5	SWE	Ella Eklund	22nd	31.9
6th	SWE	Elsa Andersson	25th	31.3
7th	SWE	Selma Andersson	36	28.3
8th	SWE	Tora Larsson	39	26.8

Date: July 10th to 13th, 1912
14 participants from 3 countries

Web links

• Diving at the Olympic Games 1912 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Official report of the 1912 Olympic Games (PDF, 51.1 MB)