- Results First round Semifinals Final
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{{Infobox Olympic event |event = Men's springboard diving |games = 1908 Summer |image = |caption = |venue = White City Stadium |dates = 14–18 July |competitors = 23 |nations = 8 |longnames = |gold = Albert Zürner |goldNOC = GER |silver = Kurt Behrens |silverNOC = GER |bronze = George Gaidzik |bronzeNOC = USA |bronze2 = Gottlob Walz |bronzeNOC2 = GER |prev = |next = 1912 }}{{DivingAt1908SummerOlympics}}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 14 and Saturday 18 July 1908. Twenty-three divers from eight nations competed. ResultsFirst roundThe 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 | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|George Gaidzik|USA|1908 Summer}} | 82.8 | 2 | {{flagIOCathlete|Heinz Freyschmidt|GER|1908 Summer}} | 78.1 | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Robert Zimmerman|CAN|1908 Summer}} | 74.0 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Harry Crank|GBR|1908 Summer}} | 70.3 | 5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Anthony Beckett|GBR|1908 Summer}} | 67.5 | Group 2 Place | Diver | Score | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Albert Zürner|GER|1908 Summer}} | 83.6 | 2 | {{flagIOCathlete|Harold Clarke|GBR|1908 Summer}} | 78.6 | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Anthony Taylor|GBR|1908 Summer}} | 58.8 | Group 3 Place | Diver | Score | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Kurt Behrens|GER|1908 Summer}} | 83.6 | 2 | {{flagIOCathlete|Frank Errington|GBR|1908 Summer}} | 70.83 | {{flagIOCathlete|Oskar Wetzell|FIN|1908 Summer}} | 70.83 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Karl Malmström|SWE|1908 Summer}} | 70.3 | 5 | {{flagIOCathlete|William Hoare|GBR|1908 Summer}} | 67.8 | Group 4 Place | Diver | Score | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Herbert Ernest Potts|GBR|1908 Summer}} | 82.5 | 2 | {{flagIOCathlete|Fritz Nicolai|GER|1908 Summer}} | 67.1 | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|William J. Bull|GBR|1908 Summer}} | 66.0 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Carlo Bonfanti|ITA|1908 Summer}} | 65.8 | 5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Sigfrid T. Larsson|SWE|1908 Summer}} | 64.5 | 6 | {{flagIOCathlete|Reginald L. Baker|ANZ|1908 Summer}} | 61.3 | Group 5 Place | Diver | Score | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Gottlob Walz|GER|1908 Summer}} | 81.3 | 2 | {{flagIOCathlete|Harold Grote|USA|1908 Summer}} | 79.5 | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Harold Smyrk|GBR|1908 Summer}} | 78.3 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Thomas Cross|GBR|1908 Summer}} | 64.5 |
SemifinalsThe two divers from each semifinal with the highest scores advanced to the final. Semifinal 1 Place | Diver | Score | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Kurt Behrens|GER|1908 Summer}} | 83.0 | 2 | {{flagIOCathlete|Gottlob Walz|GER|1908 Summer}} | 80.3 | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Herbert Pott|GBR|1908 Summer}} | 79.6 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Heinz Freyschmidt|GER|1908 Summer}} | 79.3 | 5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Frank Errington|GBR|1908 Summer}} | 72.6 | 6 | {{flagIOCathlete|Oskar Wetzell|FIN|1908 Summer}} | 70.1 | Semifinal 2 Place | Diver | Score | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|George Gaidzik|USA|1908 Summer}} | 85.6 | 2 | {{flagIOCathlete|Albert Zürner|GER|1908 Summer}} | 82.8 | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Fritz Nicolai|GER|1908 Summer}} | 81.8 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Harold Clarke|GBR|1908 Summer}} | 81.1 | 5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Harold Grote|USA|1908 Summer}} | 74.5 |
FinalA tie for third place resulted in both divers receiving bronze medals. Place | Diver | Score | {{gold01}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Albert Zürner|GER|1908 Summer}} | 85.5 | {{silver02}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Kurt Behrens|GER|1908 Summer}} | 85.3 | {{bronze03}} | {{flagIOCathlete|George Gaidzik|USA|1908 Summer}} | 80.8 | {{flagIOCathlete|Gottlob Walz|GER|1908 Summer}} | 80.8 |
Sources- {{cite book | last = Cook | first = Theodore Andrea | year = 1908 | title = The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report | publisher = British Olympic Association | location = London}}
- {{cite web | last = De Wael | first = Herman | year = 2001 | url = http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/div1908.html | title = Diving 1908 | work = Herman's Full Olympians | accessdate = 21 May 2006 }}
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