| | Final | Score |  | 1. Marshall Wayne |  USA | 113.58 |  | 2. Elbert Root |  USA | 110.60 |  | 3. Hermann Stork |  GER | 110.31 |  | 4. Erhard Weiß |  GER | 110.15 |  | 5. Frank Kurtz |  USA | 108.61 |  | 6. Tsuneo Shibahara |  JPN | 107.40 |  | 7. Siegfried Viebahn |  GER | 105.00 |  | 8. Tomio Koyanagi |  JPN | 94.54 |  | 9. Doug Tomalin |  GBR | 94.14 |  | 10.Carlo Dibiasi |  ITA | 90.66 |  | 11.László Hódi |  HUN | 89.25 |  | 12.Rauf Abdul Seoud |  EGY | 88.78 |  | 13.Ibrahim Khalil |  EGY | 88.08 |  | 14.Ilmari Niemeläinen |  FIN | 87.60 |  | 15.Ron Masters |  AUS | 86.95 |  | 16.František Leikert |  TCH | 86.72 |  | 17.Ferrero Marianetti |  ITA | 82.78 |  | 18.László Hidvégi |  HUN | 80.14 |  | 19.Václav Kacl |  TCH | 80.04 |  | 20.Branko Ziherl |  YUG | 78.28 |  | 21.Sam Melberg |  NOR | 77.76 |  | 22.Franco Ferraris |  ITA | 77.60 |  | 23.Gösta Ölander |  SWE | 76.84 |  | 24.Jesús Flores |  MEX | 73.28 |  | 25.George Athans |  CAN | 70.06 |  | 26.Josef Nesvadba |  TCH | 60.02 | 
 | | For the first time, all dives were made exclusively from the 10 metre platform. |  | The competition was split into two sets of dives on separate days: |  | Compulsory dives (Friday, August 14): |  | Divers performed four pre-chosen dives - a standing straight header forward, running straight header forward, standing straight somersault backward, and standing straight isander-half gainer. |  | Facultative dives (Saturday, August 15): |  | Divers performed four dives of their choice (from different categories and different from the compulsory). | 
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