Diving - Men's Platform Diving

Honour Rating : 4 (1904-06:6)

Height:

• 1904: ?
• 1906: 4m, 8m & 12m
• 1908: not held (only plain high diving)
• 1912-32 : 5m & 10m
• 1936-2000: 10m

Formula

• Final:
  • 1904: straight final with 5 competitors
  • 1906: straight final with 24 competitors
  • 1912: eight finalists
  • 1920: six finalists (plus a seventh, who had not participated in the preliminary round)
  • 1924-28: nine finalists
  • 1932: straight final with 8 competitors
  • 1936-48: straight final
  • 1952: eight finalists
  • 1956: twelve finalists
  • 1960-64: eight finalists
  • 1968-72: twelve finalists
  • 1976-80: eight finalists
  • 1984-2000: twelve finalists
• semi-finals
  • 1904-56: none
  • 1960: sixteen semi-finalists, top eight qualified
  • 1964-92: none
  • 1996-2000: eighteen semi-finalists, top twelve qualified
• Preliminary Round
  • 1904-06: none
  • 1912: four heats, winner (on ordinals) qualified, plus four leading point scorers
  • 1920: two heats, three qualified (on ordinals)
  • 1924-28: three heats, three qualified (on ordinals)
  • 1932-48: none
  • 1952: one heat, top eight qualified
  • 1956: one heat, top twelve qualified
  • 1960: one heat, top sixteen qualified
  • 1964: one heat, top eight qualified
  • 1968-72: one heat, top twelve qualified
  • 1976-80: one heat, top eight qualified
  • 1984-92: one heat, top twelve qualified
  • 1996-2000: one heat, top eighteen qualified

Participants

Top Competitors

1. (46400) Klaus Dibiasi (ITA/1964-76)
2. (25200) Greg Louganis (USA/1976;84-88)
3. (16200) Joaquin Capilla (MEX/1948-56)
4. (15000) Erik Adlerz (SWE/1912-24)
5. (13200) Tian Liang (CHN/1996-2004)
6. (12800) Samuel Lee (USA/1948-52)
7. (12800) Robert Webster (USA/1960-64)
8. (12000) Dmitry Sautin (EUN-RUS/1992-2000)
9. (10400) Hu Jia (CHN/2000-04)
10. (9000) Georg Hoffmann (GER/1904-06)
11. (8960) Clarence Pinkston (USA/1920-24)
12. (8000) Gary Tobian (USA/1956-60)
13. (7271) Jan Hempel (GDR-GER/1988-2000)
14. (7200) George Sheldon (USA/1904)
15. (7200) Gottlob Walz (GER/1906)
16. (7140) Falk Hoffmann (GDR/1972-80)
17. (6560) Mickey Galitzen (USA/1928-32)
18. (6560) Vladimir Aleynik (URS/1976-80)
19. (6560) Xiong Ni (CHN/1988-92)
20. (6400) Albert White (USA/1924)
21. (6400) Pete Desjardins (USA/1928)
22. (6400) Harold Smith (USA/1932)
23. (6400) Marshall Wayne (USA/1936)
24. (6400) Sun Shuwei (CHN/1992)
25. (5800) Albert Zürner (GER/1906;12)
26. (4356) David Ambartsumyan (URS/1972-80)
27. (4256) Mathew Helm (AUS/2000-04)
28. (4160) Gustaf Blomgren (SWE/1912-20)
29. (4004) Alvaro Gaxiola (MEX/1960-68)
30. (4000) David Fall (USA/1924)
31. (4000) Farid Simaika (EGY/1928)
32. (4000) Elbert Root (USA/1936)
33. (4000) Bruce Harlan (USA/1948)
34. (4000) Richard Rydze (USA/1972)
35. (4000) Bruce Kimball (USA/1984)
36. (4000) Scott Donie (USA/1992)
37. (3560) Frank Kurtz (USA/1932-36)
38. (3200) Brian Phelps (GBR/1960-64)
39. (3200) Li Kongzheng (CHN/1984-88)
40. (3200) Roberto Madrigal (MEX/1960-64)
41. (3200) Alexandre Despatie (CAN/2000-04)
42. (2880) Frank Kehoe (USA/1904)
43. (2880) Otto Satzinger (AUT/1906)
44. (2816) Giorgio "Franco" Cagnotto (ITA/1964-72)
45. (2570) Jesús Meña (MEX/1988-92)
46. (2560) Harry Prieste (USA/1920)
47. (2560) Hermann Stork (GER/1936)
48. (2560) Günther Haase (GER/1952)
49. (2560) Richard Connor (USA/1956)
50. (2560) Thomas Gompf (USA/1964)
51. (2560) Edwin Young (USA/1968)
52. (2560) Xiao Hailiang (CHN/1996)

This page is part of the site "Full Olympians" by Herman De Wael. See here for a full Introduction.