| | Venue: Olimpiapark Swimming Hall. 35 competitors from 18 nations. | 
 | | Final | Points | Final | Qualif. | age |  | 1. Klaus Dibiasi |  ITA | 504.12 | 165.87 | 4. | 338.25 | 1. | 24 |  | 2. Richard Rydze |  USA | 480.75 | 178.59 | 1. | 302.16 | 5. | 22 |  | 3. Franco Cagnotto |  ITA | 475.83 | 162.90 | 5. | 312.93 | 3. | 25 |  | 4. Lothar Matthes |  GDR | 465.75 | 167.34 | 3. | 298.41 | 6. | 25 |  | 5. David Ambartsumyan |  URS | 463.56 | 149.25 | 8. | 314.31 | 2. | 16 |  | 6. Richard Earley |  USA | 462.45 | 174.51 | 2. | 287.94 | 12. | 28 |  | 7. Vladimir Kapyrulin |  URS | 459.21 | 162.81 | 6. | 296.40 | 7. | 18 |  | 8. Carlos Girón |  MEX | 442.41 | 152.04 | 7. | 290.37 | 10. | 18 |  | 9. Michael Finneran |  USA | 439.47 | 140.67 | 11. | 289.80 | 11. | 23 |  | 10.Falk Hoffmann |  GDR | 436.71 | 145.17 | 10. | 291.54 | 8. | 19 |  | 11.Donald Wagstaff |  AUS | 435.84 | 145.20 | 9. | 290.64 | 9. | 23 |  | 12.Aleksandr Gendrikson |  URS | 431.04 | 125.10 | 12. | 305.94 | 4. | 17 | 
 | | Divers performed three voluntary dives without limit of degrees of difficulty. The final ranking was determined by the combined score with the preliminary round. | 
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 |  |  | Divers performed 7 dives. First 12 advanced to Final. | 
 | | Ranking | Points |  | 1. Klaus Dibiasi |  ITA | 338.25 |  | 2. David Ambartsumyan |  URS | 314.31 |  | 3. Franco Cagnotto |  ITA | 312.93 |  | 4. Aleksandr Gendrikson |  URS | 305.94 |  | 5. Richard Rydze |  USA | 302.16 |  | 6. Lothar Matthes |  GDR | 298.41 |  | 7. Vladimir Kapyrulin |  URS | 296.40 |  | 8. Falk Hoffmann |  GDR | 291.54 |  | 9. Donald Wagstaff |  AUS | 290.64 |  | 10.Carlos Girón |  MEX | 290.37 |  | 11.Michael Finneran |  USA | 289.80 |  | 12.Richard Earley |  USA | 287.94 |  | eliminated |  | 13.Jacques de Schoover |  FRA | 287.04 |  | 14.José Robinson |  MEX | 284.58 |  | 15.Porfirio Becerril |  MEX | 282.57 |  | 16.Karl-Heinz Schwemmer |  FRG | 281.55 |  | 17.Jakub Puchow |  POL | 281.34 |  | 18.Niki Stajković |  AUT | 280.29 |  | 19.Junji Yuasa |  JPN | 276.00 |  | 20.Ron Friesen |  CAN | 272.94 |  | 21.Frank Dufficy |  GBR | 271.77 |  | 22.Andrew Gill |  GBR | 268.68 |  | 23.Wolfram Ristau |  GDR | 268.59 |  | 24.Bernd Wucherpfennig |  FRG | 267.87 |  | 25.Ion Ganea |  ROU | 265.83 |  | 26.Diego Heñao |  COL | 264.27 |  | 27.Scott Cranham |  CAN | 263.52 |  | 28.Brian Wetheridge |  GBR | 262.59 |  | 29.Kenneth Sully |  CAN | 262.26 |  | 30.Klaus Konzorr |  FRG | 260.01 |  | 31.Héctor Bas |  PUR | 254.79 |  | 32.Kenneth Grove |  AUS | 254.73 |  | 33.Rudolf Kruspel |  AUT | 248.07 |  | 34.Jorge Head |  ESP | 243.27 |  | 35.Sandro Rossi |  SUI | 225.87 | 
 |  | | 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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