| Venue: Swimming Stadium Tourelles. 20 competitors from 10 nations. |
| Final | Pts | Score | | 1. Erik Adlerz |  SWE | 7 | 73.94 | | 2. Albert Zürner |  GeR | 10 | 72.60 | | 3. Gustaf Blomgren | SWE | 16 | 69.56 | | 4. Hjalmar Johansson | SWE | 22 | 67.80 | | 5. George Yvon |  GBR | 22 | 67.66 | | 6. Harald Arbin | SWE | 31 | 62.62 | | 7. Alvin Carlsson | SWE | 32 | 63.16 | | 8. Toivo Nestori Aro |  FIN | 40 | 57.05 |
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| | | ------, -th July. The two divers who scored the smallest number of points in each group of the first round plus the two best scoring non-qualified divers of all groups advanced to the final. Ordinal placings were used to rank divers within the group, but were not used to determine qualification. |
| Ranking | Pts | Score | | 1. Hjalmar Johansson | SWE | 9 | 68.06 | | 2. Albert Zürner | GeR | 14 | 65.04 | | 3. Hans Luber | GeR | 23 | 61.66 | | 4. Gösta Sjöberg | SWE | 24 | 62.08 | | 5. Ernst M. Brandsten | SWE | 24 | 61.42 | | 6. George Gaidzik |  USA | 25 | 62.56 | | 7. John Jansson | SWE | 27 | 59.75 | | 8. Kurt Behrens | GeR | 33 | 58.35 | | 9. Leo Suni | FIN | 45 | 48.93 |
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| Ranking | Pts | Score | | 1. Erik Adlerz | SWE | 6 | 74.76 | | 2. Gustaf Blomgren | SWE | 9 | 68.50 | | 3. Harald Arbin | SWE | 15 | 62.75 | | 4. Ernst Eklund | SWE | 20 | 59.94 | | 5. Sigvard Andersen |  NOR | 25 | 56.40 | | 6. Oskar Wetzell | FIN | 32 | 50.46 | | 7. Kalle Kainuvaara | FIN | 33 | 48.10 | | -. Arthur McAleenan | USA | - | DNF |
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| Ranking | Pts | Score | | 1. Alvin Carlsson | SWE | 7 | 66.98 | | 2. George Yvon | GBR | 9 | 65.70 | | 3. Toivo Nestori Aro | FIN | 16 | 62.75 | | 4. Robert Andersson | SWE | 18 | 60.39 | | 5. Jens Stefenson | SWE | 25 | 41.54 | | -. Jack Lyons |  CAN | - | DNF |
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| Olympic Champions Men 10m Paltform | | 2016: | Chen Aisen |  CHN | | 2012: | David Boudia | USA | | 2008: | Matthew Mitcham |  AUS | | 2004: | Hu Jia | CHN | | 2000: | Tian Liang | CHN | | 1996: | Dmitri Sautin |  RUS | | 1992: | Sun Shuwei | CHN | | 1988: | Greg Louganis | USA | | 1984: | Greg Louganis | USA | | 1980: | Falk Hoffmann |  GDR | | 1976: | Klaus Dibiasi |  ITA | | 1972: | Klaus Dibiasi | ITA | | 1968: | Klaus Dibiasi | ITA | | 1964: | Bob Webster | USA | | 1960: | Bob Webster | USA | | 1956: | Joaquín Capilla |  MEX | | 1952: | Sammy Lee | USA | | 1948: | Sammy Lee | USA | | 1936: | Marshall Wayne | USA | | 1932: | Harold Smith | USA | | 1928: | Pete Desjardins | USA | | 1924: | Albert White | USA | | 1920: | Clarence Pinkston | USA | | 1912: | Erik Adlerz | SWE | | 1908: | Hjalmar Johansson | SWE | | 1904: | George Sheldon | USA |
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