Men's 10 metre platform at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
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Greg Louganis | United States | ||
Xiong Ni | China | ||
Jesús Mena | Mexico |
The men's 10 metre platform, also reported as platform diving, was one of four diving events on the Diving at the 1988 Summer Olympics programme.
The competition was split into two phases:
Days after suffering a concussion during a missed dive in winning the 3 metre springboard event, defending champion Greg Louganis won the fourth gold medal of his Olympic career, scoring a near-perfect 86.70 points on his final dive to win by a narrow margin of 1.14 points.