Diving at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 3 metre springboard
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| Venue | White City Stadium | ||||||||||||
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| Dates | July 14–18 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 23 from 8 nations | ||||||||||||
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The men's 3 metre springboard, also known as the fancy diving competition, was one of two diving events on the Diving at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme, along with the men's 10 metre platform.
The competition was actually held from both 3 metre and 1 metre boards. Divers performed a running plain dive and a running forward somersault from the 1 metre board, a one-and-a-half somersault and a backward spring and forward dive from the 3 metre board, and three dives of the competitor's choice from the 3 metre board. The competition was held on Tuesday July 14, 1908 and Saturday July 18, 1908.
Twenty-three divers from eight 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. A tie in the third group for second place resulted in both divers joining the group winner in advancing, for a total of 11 divers in the semifinals.
Group 1
| Place | Diver | Score |
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| 1 |  George Gaidzik (USA) | 82.8 |
| 2 |  Heinz Freyschmidt (GER) | 78.1 |
| 3 |  Robert Zimmerman (CAN) | 74.0 |
| 4 |  Harry Crank (GBR) | 70.3 |
| 5 | Anthony Beckett (GBR) | 67.5 |
Group 2
| Place | Diver | Score |
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| 1 | Albert Zürner (GER) | 83.6 |
| 2 | Harold Clarke (GBR) | 78.6 |
| 3 | Anthony Taylor (GBR) | 58.8 |
Group 3
| Place | Diver | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kurt Behrens (GER) | 83.6 |
| 2 | Frank Errington (GBR) | 70.83 |
 Oskar Wetzell (FIN) | 70.83 | |
| 4 |  Karl Malmström (SWE) | 70.3 |
| 5 | William Hoare (GBR) | 67.8 |
Group 4
| Place | Diver | Score |
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| 1 | Herbert Pott (GBR) | 82.5 |
| 2 | Fritz Nicolai (GER) | 67.1 |
| 3 | William Bull (GBR) | 66.0 |
| 4 | .svg.png){kind=small} Carlo Bonfanti (ITA) | 65.8 |
| 5 | Sigfrid Larsson (SWE) | 64.5 |
| 6 |  Reginald Baker (ANZ) | 61.3 |
Group 5
| Place | Diver | Score |
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| 1 | Gottlob Walz (GER) | 81.3 |
| 2 | Harold Grote (USA) | 79.5 |
| 3 | Harold Smyrk (GBR) | 78.3 |
| 4 | Thomas Cross (GBR) | 64.5 |
Semifinals
The two divers from each semifinal with the highest scores advanced to the final.
Semifinal 1
| Place | Diver | Score |
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| 1 | Kurt Behrens (GER) | 83.0 |
| 2 | Gottlob Walz (GER) | 80.3 |
| 3 | Herbert Pott (GBR) | 79.6 |
| 4 | Heinz Freyschmidt (GER) | 79.3 |
| 5 | Frank Errington (GBR) | 72.6 |
| 6 | Oskar Wetzell (FIN) | 70.1 |
Semifinal 2
| Place | Diver | Score |
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| 1 | George Gaidzik (USA) | 85.6 |
| 2 | Albert Zürner (GER) | 82.8 |
| 3 | Fritz Nicolai (GER) | 81.8 |
| 4 | Harold Clarke (GBR) | 81.1 |
| 5 | Harold Grote (USA) | 74.5 |
Final
A tie for third place resulted in both divers receiving bronze medals.
| Place | Diver | Score |
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| 1 | Albert Zürner (GER) | 85.5 |
| 2 | Kurt Behrens (GER) | 85.3 |
| 3 | George Gaidzik (USA) | 80.8 |
| Gottlob Walz (GER) | 80.8 |
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 21 May 2006.
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