Diving at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre platform
| Men's platform diving at the Games of the IV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | White City Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 20–24 July | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 24 from 6 nations | ||||||||||||
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| Diving at the 1908 Summer Olympics | |
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| 3 m springboard | men |
| 10 m platform | men |
The men's 10 metre platform, also known as the high diving competition, was one of two diving events on the diving at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme, along with the men's 3 metre springboard.
The competition was actually held from both 10 metre and 5 metre platforms. Divers performed a running plain dive and a backward somersault from the 5 metre board, a running plain dive and a standing plain dive from the 10 metre board, and three dives of the competitor's choice from the 10 metre board. The competition was held from Monday 20 to Friday 24 July 1908.
Twenty-four divers from six nations competed.
Results
First round
The two divers who scored the greatest number of points in each group of the first round advanced to the semifinals.
Group 1
| Place | Diver | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  George Gaidzik (USA) |
81.8 |
| 2 |  Harold Goodworth (GBR) |
76.0 |
| 3 |  Erik Adlerz (SWE) |
74.1 |
| 4 |  Oskar Wetzell (FIN) |
69.7 |
| 5 | James Aldous (GBR) |
68.0 |
Group 2
| Place | Diver | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hjalmar Johansson (SWE) |
78.4 |
| 2 | Karl Malmström (SWE) |
73.95 |
| 3 | William Hoare (GBR) |
65.2 |
| 4 |  Joseph Huketick (BEL) |
DNF |
Group 3
| Place | Diver | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hilmer Löfberg (SWE) |
68.9 |
| 2 |  Heinz Freyschmidt (GER) |
67.3 |
| 3 | Sigfrid Larsson (SWE) |
64.8 |
| 4 | William Webb (GBR) |
57.7 |
| 5 | Thomas Collins (GBR) |
56.5 |
Group 4
| Place | Diver | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arvid Spångberg (SWE) |
79.2 |
| 2 | Harald Arbin (SWE) |
76.8 |
| 3 | George Cane (GBR) |
73.1 |
| 4 | Gunnar Vingqvist (SWE) |
65.7 |
Group 5
| Place | Diver | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Andersson (SWE) |
73.55 |
| 2 | Toivo Aro (FIN) |
69.5 |
| 3 | Harold Grote (USA) |
62.8 |
| 4 | Axel Runström (SWE) |
57.6 |
| 5 | Fritz Nicolai (GER) |
54.5 |
| 6 | Thomas Harrington (GBR) |
53.15 |
Semifinals
The two divers from each semifinal with the highest scores advanced to the final. Following a protest, a third diver from the second semifinal was also included in the final.
Semifinal 1
| Place | Diver | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arvid Spångberg (SWE) |
72.3 |
| 2 | Karl Malmström (SWE) |
67.0 |
| 3 | Toivo Aro (FIN) |
62.7 |
| 4 | Hilmer Löfberg (SWE) |
59.18 |
| 5 | Harald Arbin (SWE) |
52.81 |
Semifinal 2
| Place | Diver | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hjalmar Johansson (SWE) |
80.75 |
| 2 | Robert Andersson (SWE) |
66.75 |
| 3 | George Gaidzik (USA) |
61.0 |
| 4 | Harold Goodworth (GBR) |
59.48 |
| 5 | Heinz Freyschmidt (GER) |
48.8 |
Final
| Place | Diver | Score |
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Hjalmar Johansson (SWE) |
83.75 |
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Karl Malmström (SWE) |
78.73 |
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Arvid Spångberg (SWE) |
74.00 |
| 4 | Robert Andersson (SWE) |
68.30 |
| 5 | George Gaidzik (USA) |
56.30 |
Sources
- Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
- De Wael, Herman (2001). "Diving 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. Retrieved 12 May 2006.
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