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Men's Olympic Platform Diving Medal Winners

By Woody Franklin, About.com

The gold, silver, and bronze medal winners in the men’s platform diving competition in the Summer Olympic Games.

  • 1904 – St. Louis, United States
    GOLD - George Sheldon (USA)
    SILVER – Georg Hoffman (GER)
    BRONZE – Frank Kehoe (USA) / Alfred Braunschweiger (GER) - tie

  • 1908 – London, United Kingdom
    GOLD – Hjalmar Johansson (SWE)
    SILVER – Karl Malstrom (SWE)
    BRONZE – Arvid Spangberg (SWE) / Alfred Braunschweiger (GER)

  • 1912 – Stockholm, Sweden
    GOLD – Erik Adlerz (SWE)
    SILVER – Albert Zurner (GER)
    BRONZE – Gustaf Blomgren (SWE)

  • 1920- Antwerp, Belgium
    GOLD – Clarence Pinkston (USA)
    SILVER – Erik Adlerz (SWE)
    BRONZE – Harry Prieste (USA)

  • 1924 - Paris, France
    GOLD – Albert White (USA)
    SILVER – David Fall (USA)
    BRONZE – Clarence Pinkston (USA)

  • 1928 - Amsterdam, Netherlands
    GOLD – Peter Desjardins (USA)
    SILVER – Farid Simaika (EGY)
    BRONZE – Mickey Galitzen (USA)

  • 1932 - Los Angeles, United States
    GOLD – Harold Smith (USA)
    SILVER – Mickey Galitzen (USA)
    BRONZE – Frank Kurtz (USA)

  • 1936 - Berlin, Germany
    GOLD – Marshall Wayne (USA)
    SILVER – Elbert Root (USA)
    BRONZE – Hermann Stork (USA)

  • 1948 - London, United Kingdom
    GOLD – Sammy Lee (USA)
    SILVER – Bruce Harlan (USA)
    BRONZE – Joaquin Capilla (MEX)

  • 1952 - Helsinki, Finland
    GOLD – Sammy Lee (USA)
    SILVER – Joaquin Capilla (MEX)
    BRONZE – Gunther Haase (GER)

  • 1956 - Melbourne, Australia
    GOLD – Joaquin Capilla (MEX)
    SILVER – Gary Tobin (USA)
    BRONZE – Richard Conner (USA)

  • 1960 - Rome, Italy
    GOLD – Bob Webster (USA)
    SILVER – Gary Tobin (USA)
    BRONZE – Brian Phelps (GR)

  • 1964 – Tokyo, Japan
    GOLD – Bob Webster (USA)
    SILVER – Klaus Dibiasi (ITA)
    BRONZE – Tom Gompf (USA)

  • 1968 – Mexico City, Mexico
    GOLD – Klaus Dibiasi (ITA)
    SILVER – Alvaro Gaxiola (MEX)
    BRONZE – Edwin Young (USA)

  • 1972 – Munich, West Germany
    GOLD – Klaus Dibiasi (ITA)
    SILVER – Dick Rydze (USA)
    BRONZE – Giorgio Cagnotto (ITA)

  • 1976 – Montreal, Canada
    GOLD – Klaus Dibiasi (ITA)
    SILVER – Greg Louganis (USA)
    BRONZE – Vladimir Aleinik (URS)

  • 1980 – Moscow, U.S.S.R.
    GOLD – Falk Hoffmann (GDR)
    SILVER – Vladimir Aleinik (URS)
    BRONZE – David Ambartsumyan (URS)

  • 1984 - Los Angeles, United States
    GOLD – Greg Louganis (USA)
    SILVER – Bruce Kimball (USA)
    BRONZE – Li Kong-Zheng (CHN)

  • 1988 - Seoul, South Korea
    GOLD – Greg Louganis (USA)
    SILVER – Xiong Ni (CHN)
    BRONZE – Jesus Mena (MEX)

  • 1992 - Barcelona, Spain
    GOLD – Sun Shuwei (CHN)
    SILVER – Scott Donie (USA)
    BRONZE - Xiong Ni (CHN)

  • 1996 – Atlanta, United States
    GOLD – Dmitri Sautin (RUS)
    SILVER – Jan Hempel (GER)
    BRONZE – Xiao Hailiang (CHN)

  • 2000 - Sydney, Australia
    GOLD – Tian Liang (CHN)
    SILVER – Hu Jia (CHN)
    BRONZE – Dmitri Sautin (RUS)

  • 2004 - Athens, Greece
    GOLD – Hu Jia (CHN)
    SILVER – Mathew Helm (AUS)
    BRONZE – Tian Liang (CHN)

  • 2008 - Beijing, China
    GOLD - Mathew Mitcham (AUS)
    SILVER - Zhou Luxin (CHN)
    BRONZE - Gleb Galperin (RUS)

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