Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre platform explained

Event:	Men's 10 metre platform
Games:	1996 Summer
Gold:	Dmitri Sautin
Goldnoc:	RUS
Silver:	Jan Hempel
Silvernoc:	GER
Bronze:	Xiao Hailiang
Bronzenoc:	CHN
Prev:	1992
Next:	2000

The men's 10 metre platform was one of four diving events included in the Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics programme.^[1]

The competition was split into three phases:

Preliminary round: 1 August — Each diver performed a set number of dives without any limitation on the difficulty degree. The 18 divers with the highest total score advanced to the semi-final.

Semi-final: 1 August — Each diver performed four dives with limitation on the difficulty degree. The 12 divers with the highest combined score from the semi-final and preliminary dives advanced to the final.

Final: 2 August — Each diver performed five dives, without limitation on the difficulty degree. The final ranking was determined by the combined score from the final and semifinal dives.

Results

Rank	Diver	Nation	Preliminary		Semi-final				Final
			Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank	Points	Rank	Total
			452.82	1	194.64	2	647.46	1	497.70	1	692.34
			394.17	7	197.22	1	591.39	5	466.05	3	663.27
			445.86	2	179.55	5	625.41	2	478.65	2	658.20
4			425.73	3	185.76	3	611.49	3	462.42	4	648.18
5			425.43	4	169.47	11	594.90	4	459.12	5	628.59
6			394.59	6	175.53	8	570.12	8	431.58	6	607.11
7			392.31	8	177.90	6	570.21	7	425.13	7	603.03
8			375.27	11	169.11	12	544.38	11	414.87	8	583.98
9			406.74	5	174.42	9	581.16	6	385.80	9	560.22
10			381.51	9	174.39	10	555.90	10	385.50	10	559.89
11			375.90	10	180.63	4	556.53	9	347.37	12	528.00
12			373.41	12	148.35	17	521.76	12	355.29	11	503.64
13			343.20	17	176.64	7	519.84	13	did not advance
14			352.74	14	165.00	13	517.74	14	did not advance
15			353.40	13	163.26	14	516.66	15	did not advance
16			349.14	15	160.50	15	509.64	16	did not advance
17			346.62	16	158.58	16	505.20	17	did not advance
18			341.70	18	141.87	18	483.57	18	did not advance
19			339.18	19	did not advance
20			335.97	20	did not advance
21			335.43	21	did not advance
22			322.47	22	did not advance
23			312.78	23	did not advance
24			309.30	24	did not advance
25			307.02	25	did not advance
26			301.92	26	did not advance
27			294.93	27	did not advance
28			294.75	28	did not advance
29			290.64	29	did not advance
30			290.16	30	did not advance
31			276.27	31	did not advance
32			275.64	32	did not advance
33			273.30	33	did not advance
34			256.68	34	did not advance
35			239.79	35	did not advance
36			220.89	36	did not advance
37			187.17	37	did not advance

Sources

• Book: The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games - Volume III: The Competition Results . The Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG) . 13 January 2007 . 1997 . pdf . Peachtree Publishers . Atlanta, GA . english, french . 1-56145-169-X . 36994823 . 32.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics: Platform, Men . Olympedia . 23 May 2020.