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
Medalists
Joaquín Capilla  Mexico
Gary Tobian  United States
Richard Connor  United States

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

RankDiverNationPreliminaryFinal
PointsRankPointsRankTotal
Joaquín Capilla Mexico78.68273.762152.44
Gary Tobian United States76.77475.641152.41
Richard Connor United States80.24169.554149.79
4Gerlach József Hungary77.77371.483149.25
5Roman Brener Soviet Union76.56566.395142.95
6William Farrell United States75.07664.057139.12
7Siák Ferenc Hungary72.85965.986138.83
8Mikhail Chachba Soviet Union73.02861.508134.52
9Alberto Capilla Mexico74.18758.569132.74
10Juan Botella Mexico69.391256.0610125.45
11Yutaka Baba Japan70.761052.9311123.69
12Ryo Mabuchi Japan69.761150.4412120.20
13Gennady Galkin Soviet Union68.9213Did not advance
14Peter Tarsey Great Britain68.3414Did not advance
15William Patrick Canada67.7115Did not advance
16Helge Vasenius Finland66.6316Did not advance
17Francis Murphy Australia66.2917Did not advance
18William Tully Australia65.4918Did not advance
19Günther Mund Borgs Chile63.0119Did not advance
20Roy Walsh Great Britain62.5620Did not advance
21Ray Cann Great Britain60.0820Did not advance
22Barry Holmes Australia58.0122Did not advance

References

  1. "Diving at the 1956 Summer Olympics: Platform, Men". OlyMADMen. Retrieved 16 May 2020.

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