1912 Olympic Games Official Report Part 2

with the last of his voluntary dives, although, in the compulsory half of the programme,he was placed as high as the Swedish representative.Heat 3: 1. HANS LUBER, Germany, pl. 6, p. 77,5, 2. R. M. ZIMMERMAN, Canada,pl. 11, p. 76,6, 3. GEORGE V. GAIDZICK, U. S. A. pl. 16, p. 74,03, 4. HerbertE. Pott, Great Britain, pl. 17, p. 73,94, 5. E. Apelqvist, Sweden, pl. 25, p.62,61, 6. Axel Runström, Sweden, pl. 30, p. 58,42, 7. Erik Tjäder, Sweden, pl. 35,p. 53,56. Herr Luber dived very finely, and was placed, by the judges, almostunanimously, as first man in this heat. Zimmerman was very close to him, however,and one of the judges had even placed him first. It was thanks chiefly to thegood result he obtained in the compulsory division that Luber gained his place.Gaidzick (U. S. A.), the third man at the Olympic Games of London, in 1908,had a bad day. He was nearly equal to Luber in the compulsory diving, and,after the first two voluntary dives, was in front of the German, even, but he failedin his last dive, n:r 18 (Pike dive with backward spring, turning inwards and I 1/2somersault). Pott (Great Britain), ran him very close, one of the judges placinghim second. Axel Runström (Sweden) dived very well, too, until he reachedthe last number on his programme, but here he failed and lost all chance of gettinginto the final.Final.7,40 p. m., Tuesday, 9 JulyPlace-figure PointsPAUL GÜNTHER Germany 6 79,23HANS LUBER Germany 9 76,78KURT BEHRENS Germany 22 73,73Not placed:Albert Zürner Germany 23 73,33R. M. Zimmerman Canada 24 72,54Herbert E. Pott Great Britain 28 71,45John Jansson, Sweden 32 69,64George W. Gaidzick U. S. A. 36 68,01This was the first final that took place in the Swimming Stadium.Günther and Luber, both German representatives, did excellently.Günther was best, but one of the judges placed Luber 0.15 pointsbefore his rival, so that the latter did not reach the highest possibleplace-figure. There was a hard fight for third place between Behrens(the second man at the Games of London), Zürner and Zimmerman,who reached the place-figures of 22, 23 and 24, respectively. Zürnerand Günther were the best men in the compulsory division, withJansson close behind them. In his first voluntary dive, however (thescrew dive, with a whole turn), Zürner was unsuccessful, and Janssonwas weak in his flying somersault, these faults robbing the competitorsin question of all hope of being among the first three. Behrens divedvery confidently, but did not show the form he had displayed in thetrial heat. Luber, who gave an excellent display the whole waythrough, fell behind a little in his last voluntary dive, n:r 18 (Pikedive with backward spring, turning inwards and 1 1 / 2 somersault).740