Seven judges evaluate each dive, giving the diver a score between 0 and 10 with increments of 0.5.

Subsequently, Matthew Mitcham of Australia very strongly executed a two and a half somersault with two and a half twists in the pike position, a dive with a very high degree of difficulty of 3.8.

The seven judges scored Mitcham 9.0, 9.5, 9.5, 10, 10, 10 and 10 points, giving him 112.10 points for the dive, at that time the highest single dive score in Olympic history and surpassed only in 2021 by Yang Jian.

Zhou Luxin finished on 533.15 points, securing the silver.

Gleb Galperin of Russia finished on 525.80 points, securing the bronze.