Diving at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre platform

The men's 10 metre platform, also reported as high diving or platform diving, was one of four diving events on the Diving at the 1968 Summer Olympics programme.[1] It was the 14th appearance of the event, which has been held at every Olympic Games since the 1904 Summer Olympics.

Men's 10 metre platform
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
VenueAlberca Olímpica Francisco Marquéz
Date24–25 October (Preliminary)
26 October (Finals)
Competitors35 from 17 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Klaus Dibiasi  Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Álvaro Gaxiola  Mexico
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Win Young  United States
← 1964
1972 →

Competition format

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The competition was split into two phases:

  1. Preliminary round (24–25 October)
    Divers performed six compulsory dives with limited degrees of difficulty and one voluntary dives without limits. The twelve divers with the highest scores advanced to the final.
  2. Final (26 October)
    Divers performed three voluntary dives without limit of degrees of difficulty. The final ranking was determined by the combined score with the preliminary round.

Schedule

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All times are Central Time Zone (UTC-6)

Date Time Round
Thursday-Friday, 24–25 October 1968 17:00 Preliminary
Saturday, 26 October 1968 17:00 Final

Results

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Rank Diver Nation Preliminary Final
Points Rank Dive 1 Dive 2 Dive 3 Points Rank Total
  Klaus Dibiasi   Italy 108.04 1 19.92 20.02 16.20 56.14 1 164.18
  Álvaro Gaxiola   Mexico 103.33 2 16.08 16.10 18.98 51.16 4 154.49
  Win Young   United States 99.98 4 15.39 17.68 20.88 53.95 2 153.93
4 Keith Russell   United States 101.38 3 18.72 11.07 21.17 50.96 5 152.34
5 José Robinson   Mexico 91.16 11 18.00 17.82 16.64 52.46 3 143.62
6 Lothar Matthes   East Germany 92.19 7 14.72 16.90 17.94 49.56 6 141.75
7 Luis Niño   Mexico 93.66 6 14.16 15.66 17.68 47.50 7 141.16
8 Franco Cagnotto   Italy 94.73 5 15.08 13.68 15.40 44.16 10 138.89
9 Mikhail Safonov   Soviet Union 91.43 10 14.30 15.64 17.40 47.34 8 138.77
10 Vladimir Vasin   Soviet Union 91.91 9 17.52 15.86 13.11 46.49 9 138.40
11 Tord Andersson   Sweden 92.06 8 12.65 14.74 11.76 39.15 12 131.21
12 Bernd Wucherpfennig   West Germany 89.66 12 15.41 15.84 8.58 39.83 11 129.49
13 Włodzimierz Mejsak   Poland 89.41 13 did not advance
14 Karl-Heinz Schwemmer   West Germany 89.00 14 did not advance
15 Donald Wagstaff   Australia 88.99 15 did not advance
16 Viktor Pogozhev   Soviet Union 86.89 16 did not advance
17 Richard Gilbert   United States 86.70 17 did not advance
18 Klaus Konzorr   West Germany 86.69 18 did not advance
19 Waguih Aboul Seoud   Egypt 85.89 19 did not advance
20 Rolf Sperling   East Germany 85.51 20 did not advance
21 Jakub Puchow   Poland 85.14 21 did not advance
22 Jerzy Kowalewski   Poland 85.08 22 did not advance
23 Junji Yuasa   Japan 84.10 23 did not advance
24 Toshio Otsubo   Japan 83.18 24 did not advance
25 Bob Eaton   Canada 82.09 25 did not advance
26 Yosuke Arimitsu   Japan 81.72 26 did not advance
27 Robin Baskerville   Great Britain 81.23 27 did not advance
28 David Priestley   Great Britain 80.30 28 did not advance
29 José Ponce   Cuba 80.02 29 did not advance
30 Alberto Moreno   Cuba 78.28 30 did not advance
31 Song Jae-Ung   South Korea 77.30 31 did not advance
32 Diego Heñao   Colombia 74.09 32 did not advance
33 Kenneth Sully   Canada 65.41 33 did not advance
34 Jerry Anderson   Puerto Rico 65.14 34 did not advance
35 Héctor Bas   Puerto Rico 47.97 35 did not advance
- Edwin Barrundia   Guatemala DNS - did not advance

References

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  1. ^ "Diving at the 1968 Summer Olympics: Platform, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 May 2020.

Sources

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