Diving at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 metre platform

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{{Infobox Olympic event

|event = Women's 10 metre platform

|games = 1988 Summer

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|gold = Xu Yanmei

|goldNOC = CHN

|silver = Michelle Mitchell

|silverNOC = USA

|bronze = Wendy Williams

|bronzeNOC = USA

|prev = 1984

|next = 1992

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The women's 10 metre platform, also reported as platform diving, was one of four diving events on the Diving at the 1988 Summer Olympics programme.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/results/54249 |title=Diving at the 1988 Summer Olympics: Platform, Women |work=Olympedia |accessdate=22 May 2020}}

The competition was split into two phases:

1. Preliminary round (17 September)
2. :Divers performed eight dives. The twelve divers with the highest scores advanced to the final.
3. Final (18 September)
4. :Divers performed another set of eight dives and the score here obtained determined the final ranking.