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Diving at the 1948 London Summer Games:

Men's Platform Final Round

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Events:
Phases:

Host City: London, Great Britain
Venue(s): Wembley Arena, Wembley, London
Date Started: August 4, 1948
Date Finished: August 4, 1948
Format: Four compulsory dives (forward running header [1.2], back somersault [1.8], reverse running full gainer somersault (Mollberg) [1.9], armstand forward cut-through [1.6]).

Gold: USA Sammy Lee
Silver: USA Bruce Harlan
Bronze: MEX Joaquín Capilla

Final Round

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC PTS
1 Sammy Lee 27 United States USA 78.54
2 Bruce Harlan 22 United States USA 73.36
3 Joaquín Capilla 19 Mexico MEX 68.68
4 Thomas Christiansen 28 Denmark DEN 64.52
5 George Athans 27 Canada CAN 62.50
6 Raymond Mulinghausen 27 France FRA 62.44
7 Lennart Brunnhage 32 Sweden SWE 60.69
8 Peter Heatly 24 Great Britain GBR 60.16
9 Gustavo Somohano Mexico MEX 58.86
10 Kamal Ali Hassan 24 Egypt EGY 57.82
11 Louis Marchant 32 Great Britain GBR 57.59
12 Diego Mariscal 22 Mexico MEX 56.18
13 Gordon Ward 27 Great Britain GBR 54.84
14 Zouheir Shourbagi Syria SYR 54.55
15 Rolf Stigersand 31 Norway NOR 54.51
16 Haroldo Mariano 19 Brazil BRA 53.94
17 Rauf Abdul Seoud 33 Egypt EGY 52.48
18 Franz Worisch 22 Austria AUT 52.35
19 Geoff Mandy 28 South Africa RSA 50.76
20 Wilhelm Lippa 25 Austria AUT 50.44
21 Guy Hernandez France FRA 49.01
22 Ilmari Niemeläinen 37 Finland FIN 45.62
23 Willy Rist Switzerland SUI 45.14
24 Mohamed Allam Egypt EGY 43.62
25 Ernst Strupler Switzerland SUI 38.66