The 21-year-old Bryan went all the way to the final after posting 427.45 points in the semi-finals.
Bryan just went in as the last qualifier with reigning Olympic champion Matthew Mitcham just missing out, finishing 13th with 414.70.
In the final, Bryan was diving well and manage to earn praises all round for a successful execution of the four- and-a-half somersault third dive attempt.
He got 104.00 points for that stunning routine but he had to settle for eighth placing with 461.60 points after over-rotating on the backwards three-and-a-half final dive.
Nevertheless, Bryan can walk tall as his encouraging performance in his pet discipline augurs well for the upcoming Olympics in July. Qiu Bo, the reigning world champion, claimed the gold to hand China a clean sweep of all eight titles at stake in the meet with 574.90 points.
Russian Victor Minibaev took silver with 523.60 while Peter Waterfield earned cheers from the British crowd after nailing the bronze after China’s Lin Yue also messed his final attempt.
Lin Yue, part of the 2008 Beijing Olympics gold medal combination for the 10m platform synchro, ended sixth.
Amateur Swimming Union of Malaysia secretary Edwin Chong said Bryan, who has already qualified for the Olympics earlier, had a chance to go for a medal but his last dive went wrong.
“The Olympics looks good for him. He has a chance to fight for a medal as his degree of difficulties are among the highest in the world now.
“However, Bryan needs a lot of competitions to work on getting it right at the Olympics,” he said.
Bryan will be competing in his third straight Olympics and it is also set to be his busiest as well, as he is expected to feature in the men’s 3m synchro discipline partnering Huang Qiang.
The duo became the first Malaysian pairing to qualify after earning a bronze in the event at the World Cup meet earlier in the week.
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