How tall is Tom Platz?

Tom Platz is commonly listed at 5 ft 8 in (173 cm).

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Tom Platz’s 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) is a little below average for a US man: about 39 in 100 US men are shorter.

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Tom Platz beside others

Tom Platz is one of the shorter bodybuilders we have heights for: Olivier Richters (7 ft 2 in) stands 1 ft 5.5 in (45 cm) taller and Lee Priest (5 ft 4 in) is 4 in (10 cm) shorter.

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5 ft 8 in (173 cm)

A commonly listed height: it appears across many profiles, but none says when or how it was measured, so shoes and rounding may be part of the number.

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Tom Platz, 5 ft 8 in (173 cm), drawn to scale beside the average US man, 5 ft 9 in (175 cm), and the average US woman, 5 ft 3.5 in (161 cm)