The women's 10 metre platform diving competition at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place on 8 and 9 August at the Aquatics Centre within the Olympic Park. Chen Ruolin successfully defended her Olympic title ahead of Australia's Brittany Broben by over 50 points. Pandelela Rinong won Malaysia's first Olympic medal in a sport other than badminton as well as Malaysia's first female Olympic medalist.

The competition comprised three rounds:

Preliminary round: All 26 divers perform five dives; the top 18 divers advance to the semi-final. Semi-final: The 18 divers perform five dives; the scores of the qualifications are erased and the top 12 divers advance to the final. Final: The 12 divers perform five dives; the semi-final scores are erased and the top three divers win the gold, silver and bronze medals accordingly.

Schedule All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1) Date Time RoundWednesday 8 August 201219:00PreliminaryThursday 9 August 2012 10:0019:00 Semi-finalFinal

Results

RankDiverNationPreliminarySemi-finalFinalPointsRankTotalRankDive 1Dive 2Dive 3Dive 4Dive 5Total Chen Ruolin 392.35 1 407.25 1 85.50 84.80 86.40 79.20 86.40 422.30 339.80 4 359.55 3 60.75 83.20 83.20 57.75 81.60 366.50 349.00 2 352.50 5 58.50 78.30 64.00 81.60 76.80 359.20 4 337.90 5 355.60 4 78.00 72.00 56.10 75.20 76.80 358.10 5 334.80 7 351.90 6 72.85 61.05 72.00 78.40 73.60 357.90 6 324.00 13 317.10 11 70.50 74.25 61.05 80.00 70.40 356.20 7 341.75 3 339.90 7 60.20 76.80 62.40 73.95 78.00 351.35 8 324.20 12 325.45 10 76.50 65.25 72.00 68.80 67.50 350.05 9 Hu Yadan 337.85 6 328.25 9 54.00 43.20 76.80 89.10 86.40 349.50 10 314.85 17 329.60 8 63.00 75.90 67.20 72.60 70.40 349.10 11 325.50 10 359.90 2 49.50 80.85 72.00 66.00 76.80 345.15 12 324.85 11 315.80 12 70.50 72.00 65.25 79.20 57.60 344.55 13 Kim Un-Hyang 308.10 18 314.40 13 did not advance 14 Kim Jin-Ok 320.10 15 312.95 14 did not advance 15 322.55 14 300.50 15 did not advance 16 326.95 9 296.80 16 did not advance 17 319.65 16 264.45 17 did not advance 18 327.65 8 260.05 18 did not advance 19 301.45 19 did not advance 20 287.30 20 did not advance 21 286.95 21 did not advance 22 Traisy Vivien Tukiet 285.00 22 did not advance 23 268.00 23 did not advance 24 261.05 24 did not advance 25 233.95 25 did not advance 26 Kim Su-ji 215.75 26 did not advance

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