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Diving at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre platform

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Venue
  
Aquatics Centre

Competitors
  
32 from 19 nations

Date
  
10–11 August

The men's 10 metre platform diving competition at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place on 10 and 11 August at the Aquatics Centre within the Olympic Park.

Contents

The gold medal was won by David Boudia from the United States. China's Qiu Bo won silver and Tom Daley of Great Britain took bronze.

Format

The competition involved three rounds:

  • Preliminary round: All 32 divers perform six dives; the top 18 divers advance to the semifinal.
  • Semi-final: The 18 divers perform six dives; the scores of the qualifications are erased and the top 12 divers advance to the final.
  • Final: The 12 divers perform six dives; the semifinal scores are erased and the top three divers win the gold, silver and bronze medals accordingly.

    • Schedule

    All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

    Results

    Green denotes finalists.

    *Daley was awarded a re-dive due to the audience's use of flash photography. His score before the challenge was 75.60.

    References

    Diving at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre platform Wikipedia
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