 Finally he competed in his favoured event the combined platform diving event, where he finished in sixth place out of 24 divers.Two years later at the 1908 Summer Olympics he won a gold medal in the 10 m diving platform beating three other Swedish divers and an American in the final, and was eliminated in the heats of 200 m breaststroke.Johansson also rescued a fellow diver who passed out after hitting the water poorly.