He will hope to perform a similar dive to win Olympic gold in 12 months time.
But last night Tom Daley performed arguably one of the most important dives of his career to date.
The 17-year-old former world champion performed an inward one-and-a-half piked somersault from the 10-metre board to celebrate the opening of the Olympic Aquatic Centre exactly one year before the games.
A cheering crowd gave the diver a ten second countdown before he sprung off the board and plunged to the water below.
Honour: Tom Daley performs the ceremonial first dive into the water at the newly opened aquatics centre at the Olympic Park
Impressive: Daley performs his one and a half somersault with pike dive at the pool, which he described as 'absolutely incredible'
Flying high: Daley takes off from the ten metre board, a height at which he has previously won a world championship in 2009
Not making a splash: Tom Daley plunges into the dive pool after completing the dive
As Daley performed the dive, across London a large crowd had gathered at Trafalgar Square to celebrate the anniversary.
The event saw International Olympic Committee chief Jacques Rogge, alongside London Mayor Boris Johnson and David Cameron, officially inviting the 200 nations who will take part to the Games.
The Prime Minister described the celebrations as 'a great night for London, a great night for Britain'.
He recalled the joyous scenes six years ago when Trafalgar Square erupted with cheers when London was named as the next host city.
Mr Cameron said: 'Six years on with one year to go, the sense of excitement is even greater today than it was then.
'I think this has the makings of a great British success story. With a year to go it is on time and on budget. I believe this can be a great advertisement for our country.'
London calling: Flanked by both Princess Anne and David Cameron, IOC president Jacques Rogge addresses the crowds in Trafalgar Square
Speeches: London Mayor Boris Johnson and PM David Cameron delivered short statements on the game to the gathered crowd
Mr Rogge added: 'On 6 July, 2005 a dream was born when the IOC awarded the 2012 games to London.
'The world's finest athletes began dreaming of competing in this magnificent city in packed state of the art venues and in front of passionate crowds.
'As in 1908 and 1948 they knew they would be coming to the nation that invented modern sport and the concept of fair play.'
The ceremony ended with the grand unveiling of the gold, silver and bronze medal designs that athletes will compete for next year.
The medal was designed by artist David Watkins and take a circular form which is intended to be a metaphor for the world. He said he was 'absolutely delighted' with the finished product.
Grand unveiling: Double gold winners Dame Kelly Holmes and Lord Coe show off the medals on stage in Trafalgar Square
Going for gold: These are the medal designs for victorious athletes during the London Olympics, which begin in exactly a year's time
Weighty: Each medal measures 85mm in diameter and 7mm thick and weighs in at 375-400g, making them some of the biggest Olympic medals ever
Each measures 85mm in diameter and 7mm thick and weighs in at 375-400g, making them some of the biggest Olympic medals ever.
The front of each medals depict the same imagery used at every Summer Games, that of the Greek Goddess of Victory, Nike, stepping out of the Partenon to a host city.
On the London medals, the back will contain five symbolic elements, including the London 2012 sign and items which are meant to be symbolic of achievement and effort.
The medals' unveiling came on a day of celebration in London as figures from across the world of sport gathered at the locations across the city to mark the occasion, including at the newly finished aquatics centre.