| | Venue: Stade Nautique d'Anvers. 15 competitors from 7 nations. | 
 | | Final Sunday, 29th August | Pts | Score |  | 1. Arvid Wallman |  SWE | 7 | 183.5 |  | 2. Nils Skoglund |  SWE | 8 | 183.0 |  | 3. John Jansson |  SWE | 16 | 175.0 |  | 4. Erik Adlerz |  SWE | 19 | 173.0 |  | 5. Yrjö Valkama |  FIN | 23 | 167.5 |  | 6. Herold Jansson |  DEN | 27 | 159.0 |  | 7. Fernand Sauvage |  BEL | 34 | 148.5 |  | 8. Adolfo Wellisch |  BRA | 37 | 153.0 |  | 9. Harold Clarke |  GBR | 40 | 142.0 | 
 | | Platforms 5 metre and 10 metre. |  | A point-for-place system was used. For each dive, the divers were ranked according to their dive score and awarded points based on their rank for that dive. |  | Sources vary on whether Adolfo Wellisch competed, and thus whether 14 or 15 divers from 6 or 7 nations competed. The official report does not list him, but both de Wael and sports-reference include him, with the latter even giving a score. | 
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 | Semi-Finals - Saturday, 28th August. |  | First 3 divers who scored the small number of points from each Group advanced to Final. | 
 | | Ranking | Pts | Score |  | 1. Nils Skoglund |  SWE | 10 | 153.0 |  | 2. Herold Jansson |  DEN | 13 | 152.0 |  | 3. Fernand Sauvage |  BEL | 17 | 145.5 |  | 4. Albert Dickin |  GBR | 17 | 140.5 |  | 5. Sigvard Andersen |  NOR | 21 | 139.0 |  | 6. Richard Beauchamp |  USA | 23 | 135.0 |  | 7. Guglielmo De Sanctis |  ITA | 33 | 98.0 | 
 |  | | Ranking | Pts | Score |  | 1. Arvid Wallman |  SWE | 8 | 175.5 |  | 2. Erik Adlerz |  SWE | 11 | 177.0 |  | 3. Adolfo Wellisch |  BRA | 14 | 162.0 |  | 4. Kalle Kainuvaara |  FIN | 15 | 160.0 |  | 5. Clyde Swendsen |  USA | 25 | 148.0 |  | 6. Frank Mullen |  USA | 27 | 144.0 |  | 7. Richard Flint |  CAN | 34 | 126.0 |  | 8. Masaren Uchida |  JPN | 40 | 94.0 | 
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 | | Ranking | Pts | Score |  | 1. John Jansson |  SWE | 8 | 171.5 |  | 2. Harold Clarke |  GBR | 10 | 164.5 |  | 3. Yrjö Valkama |  FIN | 14 | 157.0 |  | 4. Harry Prieste |  USA | 18 | 149.5 |  | 5. Svend Sørensen |  DEN | 27 | 137.0 |  | 6. Bernhard Dahl |  NOR | 28 | 136.5 |  | 7. Joseph De Sonay |  BEL | 35 | 129.0 | 
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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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