| Venue: Swimming Stadium Tourelles. 20 competitors from 10 nations. |
| Final Sunday, 20th July | Pts | Score | | 1. Albert White |  USA | 9 | 487.3 | | 2. David Fall | USA | 11.5 | 486.5 | | 3. Clarence Pinkston | USA | 16.5 | 473.0 | | 4. Erik Adlerz |  SWE | 19 | 468.9 | | 5. Eugène Lenormand |  FRA | 24 | 437.7 | | 6. Helge Öberg | SWE | 31 | 429.0 | | 7. Sven Palle Sørensen |  DEN | 36 | 404.6 | | 8. Adolf Hellquist | SWE | 37.5 | 403.2 | | 9. Hannes Kärkkäinen |  FIN | 40.5 | 380.9 |
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The competition was actually held from both 10 metre and 5 metre platforms.
Divers performed four compulsory dives - standing inward plain dive, standing backward dive with twist, running forward somersault dive and running reverse somersault dive (5 metre platform) - and four dives of the competitor's choice for a total of eight dives.
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| | | Saturday 19th July. First 3 from each group advanced to Final. |
| Ranking | Pts | Score | | 1. Clarence Pinkston | USA | 6 | 507.5 | | 2. Erik Adlerz | SWE | 11 | 475.2 | | 3. Eugène Lenormand | FRA | 13 | 435.6 | | 4. Luigi Cangiullo |  ITA | 20 | 398.8 | | 5. Eric MacDonald |  GBR | 25 | 345.5 | | 6. Henk Lotgering |  NED | 30 | 303.0 | | 7. Santiago Ulio |  ESP | 35 | 204.8 |
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| Ranking | Pts | Score | | 1. Albert White | USA | 5 | 491.8 | | 2. Helge Öberg | SWE | 10 | 435.4 | | 3. Hannes Kärkkäinen | FIN | 16 | 408.2 | | 4. Albert Knight | GBR | 19 | 394.5 | | 5. Albert Van Heymbeek |  BEL | 27 | 354.3 | | 6. Étienne Vincent | FRA | 28 | 354.0 |
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| Ranking | Pts | Score | | 1. David Fall | USA | 6 | 472.9 | | 2. Adolf Hellquist | SWE | 9 | 442.8 | | 3. Sven Palle Sørensen | DEN | 16 | 400.0 | | 4. André Cochinal | FRA | 21 | 374.2 | | 5. Lauri Kyöstilä | FIN | 23 | 363.4 | | 6. Henk Hemsing | NED | 30 | 306.0 | | 7. Antonio Tort | ESP | 35 | 229.4 |
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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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