| | Event type
Synchronized Platform, Men
| Date | 30 July 2012 — 15:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | London Aquatics Centre, Olympic Park, Stratford, London | |
| Participants | 16 from 8 countries | |
| Format | 10 metre platform. Six dives. Final round only. | |
| Referee | Bashar Al-Saffar |  KUW |
| Assistant Referee | Julián Llinás |  ESP |
| Execution Judge 1 | Masaaki Ito |  JPN |
| Execution Judge 2 | Marc Faber |  NED |
| Execution Judge 3 | Nancy Brawley |  CAN |
| Execution Judge 4 | Ildikó Kelemen |  HUN |
| Execution Judge 5 | Hana Novotná |  CZE |
| Execution Judge 6 | Mohamed Hassan |  EGY |
| Synchronization Judge 1 | Nikolaos Touloudis |  GRE |
| Synchronization Judge 2 | Cristina Ríos |  COL |
| Synchronization Judge 3 | Renato Manzoni |  ITA |
| Synchronization Judge 4 | Eric Brooker |  AUS |
| Synchronization Judge 5 | Carmen Stritt Burk |  SUI |
| Alternate Judge | Simon Latimer |  NZL |
For three rounds of diving it looked like a massive shock was brewing at the Aquatics Centre. To the delight of the home support the seemingly unbeatable Chinese pair of Cao Yuan and Zhang Yanquan trailed the British team of Tom Daley and Peter Waterfield although the margin never widened to more than a few points. However as suddenly as it came the moment soon passed for the home pair as Waterfield over-rotated badly on his fourth dive and the Britons dropped 20 points on China and out of the medal positions. The Chinese duo were untroubled from then on and won by a clear margin over the teenage pairing of Iván García and Germán Sánchez from Mexico with the USA taking the bronze medals.
| Pos | Divers | NOC | Points | Dive #1 | Dive #2 | Dive #3 | Dive #4 | Dive #5 | Dive #6 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cao Yuan / Zhang Yanquan |  CHN | 486.78 | 56.40 (=1) | 55.80 (2) | 89.28 (2) | 93.06 (2) | 92.88 (1) | 99.36 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | Iván García / Germán Sánchez |  MEX | 468.90 | 51.60 (8) | 50.40 (8) | 87.69 (3) | 95.94 (1) | 92.07 (2) | 91.20 (6) | Silver | ||
| 3 | David Boudia / Nick McCrory |  USA | 463.47 | 54.60 (3) | 54.00 (=3) | 82.56 (7) | 92.13 (3) | 85.14 (6) | 95.04 (2) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | Tom Daley / Peter Waterfield |  GBR | 454.65 | 56.40 (=1) | 56.40 (1) | 91.08 (1) | 71.28 (8) | 87.69 (5) | 91.80 (=4) | |||
| 5 | Jeinkler Aguirre / José Antonio Guerra |  CUB | 450.90 | 54.00 (4) | 51.60 (6) | 81.60 (8) | 80.64 (5) | 89.10 (3) | 93.96 (3) | |||
| 6 | Viktor Minibayev / Ilya Zakharov |  RUS | 449.88 | 52.20 (=6) | 52.80 (5) | 84.48 (=4) | 84.15 (4) | 88.56 (4) | 87.69 (8) | |||
| 7 | Patrick Hausding / Sascha Klein |  GER | 446.07 | 52.80 (5) | 54.00 (=3) | 84.48 (=4) | 78.84 (6) | 84.15 (7) | 91.80 (=4) | |||
| 8 | Oleksandr Bondar / Oleksandr Horshkovozov |  UKR | 433.32 | 52.20 (=6) | 51.00 (7) | 83.16 (6) | 75.60 (7) | 82.56 (8) | 88.80 (7) |