Diving at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre platform
The men's 10 metre platform, also reported as high diving, was one of four diving events on the Diving at the 1956 Summer Olympics programme.[1]
Men's 10 metre platform at the Games of the XVI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Diving at the 1956 Summer Olympics | ||
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3 m springboard | men | women |
10 m platform | men | women |
The competition was split into two phases held on different days:
- Preliminary round (5 December) – Divers performed six voluntary dives of limited degrees of difficulty. The twelve divers with the highest scores advanced to the final.
- Final (6 December) – Divers performed four voluntary dives without any limits of difficulty. The final score was the aggregate of the preliminary and final rounds' points.
Results
Rank | Diver | Nation | Preliminary | Final | |||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Total | |||
Joaquín Capilla | Mexico | 78.68 | 2 | 73.76 | 2 | 152.44 | |
Gary Tobian | United States | 76.77 | 4 | 75.64 | 1 | 152.41 | |
Richard Connor | United States | 80.24 | 1 | 69.55 | 4 | 149.79 | |
4 | Gerlach József | Hungary | 77.77 | 3 | 71.48 | 3 | 149.25 |
5 | Roman Brener | Soviet Union | 76.56 | 5 | 66.39 | 5 | 142.95 |
6 | William Farrell | United States | 75.07 | 6 | 64.05 | 7 | 139.12 |
7 | Siák Ferenc | Hungary | 72.85 | 9 | 65.98 | 6 | 138.83 |
8 | Mikhail Chachba | Soviet Union | 73.02 | 8 | 61.50 | 8 | 134.52 |
9 | Alberto Capilla | Mexico | 74.18 | 7 | 58.56 | 9 | 132.74 |
10 | Juan Botella | Mexico | 69.39 | 12 | 56.06 | 10 | 125.45 |
11 | Yutaka Baba | Japan | 70.76 | 10 | 52.93 | 11 | 123.69 |
12 | Ryo Mabuchi | Japan | 69.76 | 11 | 50.44 | 12 | 120.20 |
13 | Gennady Galkin | Soviet Union | 68.92 | 13 | Did not advance | ||
14 | Peter Tarsey | Great Britain | 68.34 | 14 | Did not advance | ||
15 | William Patrick | Canada | 67.71 | 15 | Did not advance | ||
16 | Helge Vasenius | Finland | 66.63 | 16 | Did not advance | ||
17 | Francis Murphy | Australia | 66.29 | 17 | Did not advance | ||
18 | William Tully | Australia | 65.49 | 18 | Did not advance | ||
19 | Günther Mund Borgs | Chile | 63.01 | 19 | Did not advance | ||
20 | Roy Walsh | Great Britain | 62.56 | 20 | Did not advance | ||
21 | Ray Cann | Great Britain | 60.08 | 20 | Did not advance | ||
22 | Barry Holmes | Australia | 58.01 | 22 | Did not advance |
References
- "Diving at the 1956 Summer Olympics: Platform, Men". OlyMADMen. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
Sources
- The Organizing Committee of the XV Olympiad, Melbourne, 1956 (1958). "The Official Report of the Organizing Committee of the XVI Olympiad Melbourne 1956" (PDF). The Organizing Committee of the XV Olympiad, Melbourne, 1956. pp. p. 609. Archived from the original (pdf) on 12 September 2008. Retrieved 2 January 2007.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- Herman de Wael (26 January 2001). "Diving - men's platform (Melbourne 1956)". Retrieved 2 January 2007.
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