Diving at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre platform
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Men's 10 metre platform at the Games of the XIX Olympiad | |
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Venue | Alberca Olímpica Francisco Marquéz |
Date | 24–25 October (Preliminary) 26 October (Finals) |
Competitors | 35 from 17 nations |
Medalists | |
Diving at the 1968 Summer Olympics | ||
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File:Diving pictogram.svg | ||
3 m springboard | men | women |
10 m platform | men | women |
The men's 10 metre platform, also reported as high diving or platform diving, was one of four diving events on the Diving at the 1968 Summer Olympics programme.[1] It was the 14th appearance of the event, which has been held at every Olympic Games since the 1904 Summer Olympics.
Competition format
The competition was split into two phases:
- Preliminary round (24–25 October)
- Divers performed six compulsory dives with limited degrees of difficulty and one voluntary dives without limits. The twelve divers with the highest scores advanced to the final.
- Final (26 October)
- Divers performed three voluntary dives without limit of degrees of difficulty. The final ranking was determined by the combined score with the preliminary round.
Schedule
All times are Central Time Zone (UTC-6)
Date | Time | Round |
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Thursday-Friday, 24–25 October 1968 | 17:00 | Preliminary |
Saturday, 26 October 1968 | 17:00 | Final |
Results
References
- ↑ "Diving at the 1968 Summer Olympics: Platform, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
Sources
- Organising Committee of the Games of the XIX Olympiad (October 1969). The Official Report of the Games of the XIX Olympiad Mexico 1968, Volume 3: The Games (pdf) (in french and English). Mexico: The Organising Committee for The Games of the XVIII Olympiad. pp. pp. 737–8. Retrieved 4 January 2007.
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