Diving at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre platform

The men's 10 metre platform, also reported as 10-metre high diving, was one of four diving events on the Diving at the 1960 Summer Olympics programme.

The competition was split into three phases:

1. Preliminary round (31 August)

   Divers performed four voluntary dives without limit of degrees of difficulty. The sixteen divers with the highest scores advanced to the semi-finals.

2. Semi-final (1 September)

   Divers performed three voluntary dives without limit of degrees of difficulty. The eight divers with the highest combined scores from the preliminary round and semi-final advanced to the final.

3. Final (2 September)

   Divers performed three voluntary dives without limit of degrees of difficulty. The final ranking was determined by the combined score from all three rounds.

Results

References

• The Organizing Committee of the Games of the XVII Olympiad (1960). "The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVII Olympiad, Rome 1960, Volume II" (pdf). The Organizing Committee of the Games of the XVII Olympiad. pp. pp. 589–91. http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1960/OR1960v2.pdf. Retrieved 2007-01-02. 
• Herman de Wael (2001-01-26). "Diving - men's platform (Rome 1960)". http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/srdivmsp.html#1960. Retrieved 2007-01-03.