The men's 10 metre platform, also reported as high diving, was one of four diving events on the Diving at the 1956 Summer Olympics programme.
The competition was split into two phases held on different days:
Preliminary round (5 December) – Divers performed six voluntary dives of limited degrees of difficulty. The twelve divers with the highest scores advanced to the final. Final (6 December) – Divers performed four voluntary dives without any limits of difficulty. The final score was the aggregate of the preliminary and final rounds' points.
Results
Rank Diver Nation Preliminary Final Points Rank Points Rank Total 78.68 2 73.76 2 152.44 76.77 4 75.64 1 152.41 80.24 1 69.55 4 149.79 4 77.77 3 71.48 3 149.25 5 76.56 5 66.39 5 142.95 6 75.07 6 64.05 7 139.12 7 72.85 9 65.98 6 138.83 8 73.02 8 61.50 8 134.52 9 74.18 7 58.56 9 132.74 10 69.39 12 56.06 10 125.45 11 70.76 10 52.93 11 123.69 12 69.76 11 50.44 12 120.20 13 68.92 13 did not advance 14 68.34 14 did not advance 15 67.71 15 did not advance 16 66.63 16 did not advance 17 66.29 17 did not advance 18 65.49 18 did not advance 19 63.01 19 did not advance 20 62.56 20 did not advance 21 60.08 21 did not advance 22 58.01 22 did not advance
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