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

Men's plain high diving
at the Games of the V Olympiad
VenueStockholm Olympic Stadium
Dates6–11 July
Competitors31 from 9 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Erik Adlerz  Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Hjalmar Johansson  Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) John Jansson  Sweden
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The men's plain high diving was one of four diving events on the diving at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was held on Saturday 6 July 1912, on Sunday 7 July 1912, and on Thursday 11 July 1912. Thirty-one divers from nine nations competed.[1]

Results

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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 5 metre platform. 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

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The divers who scored the smallest number of points in each group of the first round plus the four 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

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Rank Diver Nation Points Score Notes
1 Paul Günther  Germany 8 36.1 Q
2 Torsten Eriksson  Sweden 11 35.8
3 Tauno Ilmoniemi  Finland 13 35.0
4 Alfred Johansson  Sweden 14 34.7
5 Nils Tvedt  Norway 25 31.7
6 Elis Holmer  Sweden 31 30.2
7 Sigvard Andersen  Norway 32 28.6
- Viktor Baranov  Russia - DNF

Group 2

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Rank Diver Nation Points Score Notes
1 John Jansson  Sweden 5 38.3 Q
2 George Gaidzik  United States 13 36.2
3 George Yvon  Great Britain 17 35.2
4 Gunnar Ekstrand  Sweden 18 35.3
5 Arthur McAleenan  United States 20 34.9
6 Carlo Bonfanti  Italy 32 28.5
7 Alfred Engelsen  Norway 33 28.3

Group 3

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Rank Diver Nation Points Score Notes
1 Hjalmar Johansson  Sweden 7 40.1 Q
2 Toivo Aro  Finland 10 39.4 q
3 Axel Runström  Sweden 15 38.3 q
4 Ernst Brandsten  Sweden 19 37.7 q
5 Viktor Crondahl  Sweden 22 37.0 q
6 Hans Luber  Germany 27 36.2
7 Kurt Behrens  Germany 31 35.1
8 John P. Lyons  Canada 40 32.5
9 Jens Stefenson  Sweden 44 31.2

Group 4

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Rank Diver Nation Points Score Notes
1 Erik Adlerz  Sweden 5 39.9 Q
2 Oskar Wetzell  Finland 13 33.8
3 Kalle Kainuvaara  Finland 14 33.2
4 Albert Nyman  Finland 21 32.0
5 Leo Suni  Finland 22 32.1
6 Albert Zürner  Germany 26 31.7
7 Sven Montan  Sweden 31 30.2

Final

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In the final, ordinal placings were the primary ranking method with dive scores being used only to break ties.

Rank Diver Nation Points Score
1st place, gold medalist(s) Erik Adlerz  Sweden 7 40.0
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Hjalmar Johansson  Sweden 12 39.3
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) John Jansson  Sweden 12 39.1
4 Viktor Crondahl  Sweden 22 37.1
5 Toivo Aro  Finland 26 36.3
6 Axel Runström  Sweden 26 36.0
7 Ernst Brandsten  Sweden 28 36.2
- Paul Günther  Germany - DNF

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Diving at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games: Men's Plain High". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2020.

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