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Platform, Men

Date	31 August – 2 September 1960
Status	Olympic
Location	Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto, Roma
Participants	28 from 18 countries
Format	10 metre platform.

This was expected to come down to the two Americans, Bob Webster and Gary Tobian, who had been the silver medalist on platform in 1956. The qualifying was led by Britain’s Brian Phelps with Tobian fourth and Webster only ninth. But after the semi-final round Tobian had moved ahead, with Phelps second, and Webster moving up to third. In the final round, Webster posted the highest score on the first two of three dives to move ahead. Tobian slightly outperformed him on the final dive but Webster hung on for the gold medal, defeating Tobian by only .31 points, with Phelps third.

In January 2008, Phelps was arraigned on charges of rape, attempted rape, and 19 indecent assaults on females under the age of 15, all of which were alleged to have occurred between 1976 and 1986. He later admitted to multiple charges of indecent sexual assault, and in May 2008, pleaded guilty to sexually abusing three young girls at his gymnastics club during the 1970s and 1980s. He was sentenced to nine years in prison.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points
1	Bob Webster	USA	165.56	Gold
2	Gary Tobian	USA	165.25	Silver
3	Brian Phelps	GBR	157.13	Bronze
4	Roberto Madrigal	MEX	152.86
5	Rolf Sperling	GER	151.83
6	Gennady Galkin	URS	141.69
7	Fritz Enskat	GER	138.86
8	Anatoly Sysoyev	URS	135.59
9	Kurt Mrkwicka	AUT	91.37
10	Shunsuke Kaneto	JPN	90.99
11	Göran Lundqvist	SWE	90.86
12	Toivo Öhman	SWE	89.50
13	Ryo Mabuchi	JPN	89.13
14	Antonio Sbordone	ITA	88.77
15	Jerzy Kowalewski	POL	87.22
16	Henri Rouquet	FRA	83.55
17	John Candler	GBR	50.20
18	Fabio Paiella	ITA	50.01
19	János Konkoly	HUN	50.01
20	Álvaro Gaxiola	MEX	49.30
21	Tomáš Bauer	TCH	46.06
22	Ernie Meissner	CAN	45.71
23	József Dóra	HUN	45.51
24	Ahmed Moharran	UAR	45.10
25	Moustafa Hassan	UAR	43.82
26	Pekka Heinonen	FIN	43.49
27	Barry Holmes	AUS	40.24
28	Lee Pil-Jung	KOR	28.34

Qualifying (31 August 1960 — 09:00)

Four dives. Top 16 advanced to the final round.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points
1	Brian Phelps	GBR	57.35	Q
2	Rolf Sperling	GER	57.25	Q
3	Kurt Mrkwicka	AUT	55.13	Q
4	Gary Tobian	USA	54.10	Q
5	Gennady Galkin	URS	54.07	Q
6	Anatoly Sysoyev	URS	54.03	Q
7	Shunsuke Kaneto	JPN	52.65	Q
8	Göran Lundqvist	SWE	52.32	Q
9	Bob Webster	USA	52.21	Q
10	Roberto Madrigal	MEX	52.03	Q
11	Antonio Sbordone	ITA	51.90	Q
12	Jerzy Kowalewski	POL	51.24	Q
13	Fritz Enskat	GER	51.23	Q
14	Ryo Mabuchi	JPN	51.12	Q
15	Toivo Öhman	SWE	50.97	Q
16	Henri Rouquet	FRA	50.74	Q
17	John Candler	GBR	50.20
18	Fabio Paiella	ITA	50.01
19	János Konkoly	HUN	50.01
20	Álvaro Gaxiola	MEX	49.30		1
21	Tomáš Bauer	TCH	46.06
22	Ernie Meissner	CAN	45.71
23	József Dóra	HUN	45.51
24	Ahmed Moharran	UAR	45.10
25	Moustafa Hassan	UAR	43.82
26	Pekka Heinonen	FIN	43.49
27	Barry Holmes	AUS	40.24
28	Lee Pil-Jung	KOR	28.34

Semi-Finals (1 September 1960 — 08:30)

Three dives. Score added to qualifying round score. Top 8 advanced to the final round.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points	S-FP
1	Gary Tobian	USA	106.08	51.98	Q
2	Brian Phelps	GBR	101.85	44.50	Q
3	Bob Webster	USA	99.72	47.51	Q
4	Rolf Sperling	GER	96.83	39.58	Q
5	Gennady Galkin	URS	96.74	42.67	Q
6	Roberto Madrigal	MEX	95.88	43.85	Q
7	Fritz Enskat	GER	93.03	41.80	Q
8	Anatoly Sysoyev	URS	93.03	39.00	Q
9	Kurt Mrkwicka	AUT	91.37	36.24
10	Shunsuke Kaneto	JPN	90.99	38.34
11	Göran Lundqvist	SWE	90.86	38.54
12	Toivo Öhman	SWE	89.50	38.53
13	Ryo Mabuchi	JPN	89.13	38.01
14	Antonio Sbordone	ITA	88.77	36.87
15	Jerzy Kowalewski	POL	87.22	35.98
16	Henri Rouquet	FRA	83.55	32.81

Final (2 September 1960 — 10:30)

Three dives. Score added to semi-final round score.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points	FP
1	Bob Webster	USA	165.56	65.84
2	Gary Tobian	USA	165.25	59.17
3	Brian Phelps	GBR	157.13	55.28
4	Roberto Madrigal	MEX	152.86	56.98
5	Rolf Sperling	GER	151.83	55.00
6	Gennady Galkin	URS	141.69	44.95
7	Fritz Enskat	GER	138.86	45.83
8	Anatoly Sysoyev	URS	135.59	42.56