- Results First round Semifinals Final
- Sources
{{Infobox Olympic event |event = Men's platform diving |games = 1908 Summer |image = |caption = |venue = White City Stadium |dates = 20–24 July |competitors = 24 |nations = 6 |longnames = |gold = Hjalmar Johansson |goldNOC = SWE |silver = Karl Malmström |silverNOC = SWE |bronze = Arvid Spångberg |bronzeNOC = SWE |prev = 1904 |next = 1912 }}{{DivingAt1908SummerOlympics}}The men's 10 metre platform, also known as the high diving competition, was one of two diving events on the diving at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme, along with the men's 3 metre springboard. The competition was actually held from both 10 metre and 5 metre platforms. Divers performed a running plain dive and a backward somersault from the 5 metre board, a running plain dive and a standing plain dive from the 10 metre board, and three dives of the competitor's choice from the 10 metre board. The competition was held from Monday 20 to Friday 24 July 1908. Twenty-four divers from six nations competed. ResultsFirst roundThe two divers who scored the greatest number of points in each group of the first round advanced to the semifinals. Group 1 Place | Diver | Score | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|George Gaidzik|USA|1908 Summer}} | 81.8 | 2 | {{flagIOCathlete|Harold Goodworth|GBR|1908 Summer}} | 76.0 | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Erik Adlerz|SWE|1908 Summer}} | 74.1 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Oskar Wetzell|FIN|1908 Summer}} | 69.7 | 5 | {{flagIOCathlete|James Aldous|GBR|1908 Summer}} | 68.0 | Group 2 Place | Diver | Score | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Hjalmar Johansson|SWE|1908 Summer}} | 78.4 | 2 | {{flagIOCathlete|Karl Malmström|SWE|1908 Summer}} | 73.95 | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|William Hoare|GBR|1908 Summer}} | 65.2 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Joseph Huketick|BEL|1908 Summer}} | DNF | Group 3 Place | Diver | Score | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Hilmer Löfberg|SWE|1908 Summer}} | 68.9 | 2 | {{flagIOCathlete|Heinz Freyschmidt|GER|1908 Summer}} | 67.3 | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Sigfrid Larsson|SWE|1908 Summer}} | 64.8 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|William Webb|GBR|1908 Summer}} | 57.7 | 5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Thomas Collins|GBR|1908 Summer}} | 56.5 | Group 4 Place | Diver | Score | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Arvid Spångberg|SWE|1908 Summer}} | 79.2 | 2 | {{flagIOCathlete|Harald Arbin|SWE|1908 Summer}} | 76.8 | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|George F. Cane|GBR|1908 Summer}} | 73.1 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Karl Gustaf Vindqvist|SWE|1908 Summer}} | 65.70 | Group 5 Place | Diver | Score | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Robert Andersson|SWE|1908 Summer}} | 73.55 | 2 | {{flagIOCathlete|Toivo Aro|FIN|1908 Summer}} | 69.5 | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Harold Grote|USA|1908 Summer}} | 62.8 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Axel Runström|SWE|1908 Summer}} | 57.6 | 5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Fritz Nicolai|GER|1908 Summer}} | 54.5 | 6 | {{flagIOCathlete|Thomas Harrington|GBR|1908 Summer}} | 53.15 |
SemifinalsThe two divers from each semifinal with the highest scores advanced to the final. Following a protest, a third diver from the second semifinal was also included in the final. Semifinal 1 Place | Diver | Score | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Arvid Spångberg|SWE|1908 Summer}} | 72.3 | 2 | {{flagIOCathlete|Karl Malmström|SWE|1908 Summer}} | 67.0 | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Toivo Aro|FIN|1908 Summer}} | 62.7 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Hilmer Löfberg|SWE|1908 Summer}} | 59.18 | 5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Harald Arbin|SWE|1908 Summer}} | 52.81 | Semifinal 2 Place | Diver | Score | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Hjalmar Johansson|SWE|1908 Summer}} | 80.75 | 2 | {{flagIOCathlete|Robert Andersson|SWE|1908 Summer}} | 66.75 | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|George Gaidzik|USA|1908 Summer}} | 61.0 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Harold Goodworth|GBR|1908 Summer}} | 59.48 | 5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Heinz Freyschmidt|GER|1908 Summer}} | 48.8 |
Final Place | Diver | Score | {{gold01}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Hjalmar Johansson|SWE|1908 Summer}} | 83.75 | {{silver02}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Karl Malmström|SWE|1908 Summer}} | 78.73 | {{bronze03}} | {{flagIOCathlete|Arvid Spångberg|SWE|1908 Summer}} | 74.00 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Robert Andersson|SWE|1908 Summer}} | 68.30 | 5 | {{flagIOCathlete|George Gaidzik|USA|1908 Summer}} | 56.30 |
Sources- {{cite book | last = Cook | first = Theodore Andrea | year = 1908 | title = The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report | publisher = British Olympic Association | location = London}}
- {{cite web | last = De Wael | first = Herman | year = 2001 | url = http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/div1908.html | title = Diving 1908 | work = Herman's Full Olympians | accessdate = 12 May 2006}}
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