In which sport do athletes perform on a 10-meter platform? Diving is the sport featuring this event.
Platform diving combines acrobatics, body control, and precise water entry. Divers leap from a rigid platform, unlike springboard divers, who use a flexible board to generate lift. The 10-meter height gives competitors time to perform multiple somersaults and twists before entering the water.
Olympic platform diving includes individual and synchronized events. Divers are judged on approach, takeoff, execution, difficulty, and how vertically and cleanly they enter the water. Judges typically award scores from 0 to 10, with the highest and lowest marks removed before the remaining scores are combined with the dive's difficulty rating.
A common mix-up is confusing diving with swimming or water polo because all three take place in an aquatic venue. Gymnastics shares the acrobatic element, but its competitions use apparatus such as floor, bars, and vault rather than a platform above a pool. The 10-meter platform became an Olympic diving event at the 1908 Games.