Diving at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre platform

The men's 10 metre platform was one of eight diving events included in the Diving at the 2004 Summer Olympics programme.[1]

Men's 10 metre platform at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Medalists
Hu Jia  China Mathew Helm  Australia Tian Liang  China

Diving at the 2004 Summer Olympics
3 m springboard	men	women
10 m platform	men	women
Synchronized 3 m springboard	men	women
Synchronized 10 m platform	men	women

The competition was split into three phases:

Preliminary round

27 August — Each diver performed a front dive, a back dive, a reverse dive, an inward dive, a twisting dive and an armstand dive. There were no limitations in degree of difficulty. The 18 divers with the highest total score advanced to the semi-final.

Semi-final

28 August — Each diver performed four dives out of a group consisting of a front dive, a back dive, a reverse dive, an inward dive, a twisting dive and an armstand dive. The 12 divers with the highest combined score from the semi-final and preliminary dives advanced to the final.

Final

28 August — Each diver performed a front dive, a back dive, a reverse dive, an inward dive, a twisting dive and an armstand dive, all limited in difficulty degree. The final ranking was determined by the combined score from the final and semi-final dives.