Diving at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre platform

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|event = Men's 10 metre platform

|games = 1948 Summer

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|gold = Sammy Lee

|goldNOC = USA

|silver = Bruce Harlan

|silverNOC = USA

|bronze = Joaquín Capilla

|bronzeNOC = MEX

|prev = 1936

|next = 1952

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The men's 10 metre platform, also reported as highboard diving, was one of four diving events on the diving at the 1948 Summer Olympics programme.{{cite sports-reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1948/DIV/mens-platform.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418132257/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1948/DIV/mens-platform.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Diving at the 1948 London Summer Games: Men's Platform |accessdate=14 May 2020}}

The competition was held on Tuesday 3 August, on Wednesday 4 August, and on Thursday 5 August. It split into two sets of dives:

1. Compulsory dives
2. :Divers performed four pre-chosen dives (from different categories) – a running straight header forward, straight somersault backward, running straight mollberg (gainer) reverse somersault, and armstand with forward cut through.
3. Facultative dives
4. :Divers performed four dives of their choice (from different categories and different from the compulsory).

Twenty-five divers from 15 nations competed.