Diving at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's plain high diving

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Diving at the
1912 Summer Olympics
3 m springboard   men  
10 m platform   men   women
Plain high diving   men  

The men's plain high diving was one of four diving events on the Diving at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme.

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[edit] Medalists

Gold Sweden Erik Adlerz
Sweden (SWE)
Silver Sweden Hjalmar Johansson
Sweden (SWE)
Bronze Sweden John Jansson
Sweden (SWE)

[edit] Results

The competition was actually held from both 10 metre and 5 metre platforms. Divers performed a total of five dives: a standing dive and two running dives from the 10 metre platform, and a standing dive and a running dive from the 3 metre platform.

[edit] First round

The divers who scored the greatest number of points in each heat of the first round plus the four best scoring non-qualified divers of all heats advanced to the final.

[edit] Heat 1

Rank Diver Points
1 Germany Paul Günther (GER) 36.1
2 Sweden Torsten Eriksson (SWE) 35.8
3 Finland Tauno Ilmoniemi (FIN) 35
4 Sweden Alfred Johansson (SWE) 34.7
5 Norway Nils Tvedt (NOR) 31.7
6 Sweden Sven Elis Holmér (SWE) 30.2
7 Norway Sigvard Andersen (NOR) 28.6
- Russia Viktor Baranov (RUS) DNF
- United States Frank Bornamann (USA) DNS
- Austria Ludvig Valentich (AUT) DNS

[edit] Heat 2

Rank Diver Points
1 Sweden John Jansson (SWE) 38.3
2 United States George Gaidzik (USA) 36.2
3 Great Britain George Yvon (GBR) 35.2
4 Sweden Gunnar Ekstrand (SWE) 35.3
5 United States Arthur McAleenan (USA) 34.9
6 Italy Carlo Bonfanti (ITA) 28.5
7 Norway Alfred Engelsen (NOR) 28.3
- Australasia Leslie Boardman (ANZ) DNS
- Greece A. Assimacopoulo (GRE) DNS
- Germany Walter Weber (GER) DNS

[edit] Heat 3

Rank Diver Points
1 Sweden Hjalmar Johansson (SWE) 40.1
2 Finland Toivo Aro (FIN) 39.4
3 Sweden Axel Runström (SWE) 38.3
4 Sweden Ernst Brandsten (SWE) 37.7
5 Sweden Victor Gustaf Crondahl (SWE) 37
6 Germany Hans Luber (GER) 36.2
7 Germany Kurt Behrens (GER) 35.1
8 Canada John P. Lyons (CAN) 32.5
9 Sweden Jens Harald Stefenson (SWE) 31.2
- Canada Robert Zimmerman (CAN) DNS

[edit] Heat 4

Rank Diver Points
1 Sweden Erik Adlerz (SWE) 39.9
2 Finland Oscar Wetzell (FIN) 33.8
3 Finland Kalle Kainuvaara (FIN) 33.2
4 Finland Albert Nyman (FIN) 32
5 Finland Leo Suni (FIN) 32.1
6 Germany Albert Zürner (GER) 31.7
7 Sweden Sven Magnus Montan (SWE) 30.2
- Norway Elias Arnesen (NOR) DNS
- South Africa G. A. Godfrey (RSA) DNS

[edit] Final

Rank Diver Points
Image:Med_1.png Sweden Erik Adlerz (SWE) 40
Image:Med_2.png Sweden Hjalmar Johansson (SWE) 39.3
Image:Med_3.png Sweden John Jansson (SWE) 39.1
4 Sweden Victor Gustaf Crondahl (SWE) 37.1
5 Finland Toivo Aro (FIN) 36.3
6 Sweden Axel Runström (SWE) 36
7 Sweden Ernst Brandsten (SWE) 36.2
- Germany Paul Günther (GER) DNF

[edit] References