The men's 10 metre platform, also reported as ''highboard diving'', was one of four

diving Diving most often refers to: * Diving (sport), the sport of jumping into deep water * Underwater diving, human activity underwater for recreational or occupational purposes Diving or Dive may also refer to: Sports * Dive (American football), a ...

events on the

diving at the 1948 Summer Olympics At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, four diving events were contested. The competitions were held from Friday 30 July 1948 to Friday 6 August 1948. Medal summary The events are labelled as 3 metre springboard and 10 metre platform by the ...

programme. The competition was held on Tuesday 3 August, on Wednesday 4 August, and on Thursday 5 August. It split into two sets of dives: #Compulsory dives #:Divers performed four pre-chosen dives (from different categories) – a running straight header forward, straight

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backward, running straight mollberg (

gainer A gainer is the acrobatic trick of performing a backwards somersault while still moving forward. In diving, this is known as reverse rotation (as opposed to front, back, or inward). Many stunt performers and martial artists are capable of perf ...

) reverse somersault, and armstand with forward cut through. #Facultative dives #:Divers performed four dives of their choice (from different categories and different from the compulsory). Twenty-five divers from 15 nations competed.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Diving at the 1948 Summer Olympics - Men's 10 metre platform

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1948 Men's events at the 1948 Summer Olympics