| Final | Score | | 1. Marshall Wayne |  USA | 113.58 | | 2. Elbert Root | USA | 110.60 | | 3. Hermann Stork |  GER | 110.31 | | 4. Erhard Weiß | GER | 110.15 | | 5. Frank Kurtz | USA | 108.61 | | 6. Tsuneo Shibahara |  JPN | 107.40 | | 7. Siegfried Viebahn | GER | 105.00 | | 8. Tomio Koyanagi | JPN | 94.54 | | 9. Doug Tomalin |  GBR | 94.14 | | 10.Carlo Dibiasi |  ITA | 90.66 | | 11.László Hódi |  HUN | 89.25 | | 12.Rauf Abdul Seoud |  EGY | 88.78 | | 13.Ibrahim Khalil | EGY | 88.08 | | 14.Ilmari Niemeläinen |  FIN | 87.60 | | 15.Ron Masters |  AUS | 86.95 | | 16.František Leikert |  TCH | 86.72 | | 17.Ferrero Marianetti | ITA | 82.78 | | 18.László Hidvégi | HUN | 80.14 | | 19.Václav Kacl | TCH | 80.04 | | 20.Branko Ziherl |  YUG | 78.28 | | 21.Sam Melberg |  NOR | 77.76 | | 22.Franco Ferraris | ITA | 77.60 | | 23.Gösta Ölander |  SWE | 76.84 | | 24.Jesús Flores |  MEX | 73.28 | | 25.George Athans |  CAN | 70.06 | | 26.Josef Nesvadba | TCH | 60.02 |
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| For the first time, all dives were made exclusively from the 10 metre platform. | | The competition was split into two sets of dives on separate days: | | Compulsory dives (Friday, August 14): | | Divers performed four pre-chosen dives - a standing straight header forward, running straight header forward, standing straight somersault backward, and standing straight isander-half gainer. | | Facultative dives (Saturday, August 15): | | Divers performed four dives of their choice (from different categories and different from the compulsory). |
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