| Date | 16 August 2016 — 10:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Parque Aquático Maria Lenk, Parque Olímpico da Barra, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro | |
| Format | Six dives. Top 12 advanced to the final round. | |
| Judge 1 (Dives 1-3) | Rolando Ruiz |  CUB |
| Judge 2 (Dives 1-3) | Florin Avasiloae |  ROU |
| Judge 3 (Dives 1-3) | Min Suck-Hong |  KOR |
| Judge 4 (Dives 1-3) | Colleen Huffman |  USA |
| Judge 5 (Dives 1-3) | Ildikó Kelemen |  HUN |
| Judge 6 (Dives 1-3) | Félix Calderón Rodríguez |  PUR |
| Judge 7 (Dives 1-3) | Mayur Vyas |  IND |
| Judge 1 (Dives 4-6) | Rao Lang |  CHN |
| Judge 2 (Dives 4-6) | Hélène Morneau |  CAN |
| Judge 3 (Dives 4-6) | Gillian Brooker |  AUS |
| Judge 4 (Dives 4-6) | Anatoliy Holovan |  UKR |
| Judge 5 (Dives 4-6) | Cristina Ríos |  COL |
| Judge 6 (Dives 4-6) | Marco Polazzo |  ITA |
| Judge 7 (Dives 4-6) | Masaaki Ito |  JPN |
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 | Cao Yuan | CHN | 489.10 | |||
| 2 | 17 | Rommel Pacheco |  MEX | 469.70 | |||
| 3 | 15 | Yevgeny Kuznetsov |  RUS | 468.35 | |||
| 4 | 9 | Mike Hixon | USA | 467.25 | |||
| 5 | 7 | Philippe Gagné | CAN | 445.40 | |||
| 6 | 5 | César Castro |  BRA | 442.45 | |||
| 7 | 16 | Kristian Ipsen | USA | 437.70 | |||
| 8 | 4 | Illia Kvasha | UKR | 430.05 | |||
| 9 | 6 | Oliver Dingley |  IRL | 414.25 | |||
| 10 | 13 | Patrick Hausding |  GER | 413.50 | |||
| 11 | 14 | Sebastián Morales | COL | 406.55 | |||
| 12 | 12 | Jack Laugher |  GBR | 389.40 | |||
| 13 | 2 | Michele Benedetti | ITA | 387.30 | |||
| 14 | 8 | Yona Knight-Wisdom |  JAM | 381.40 | |||
| 15 | 3 | Grant Nel | AUS | 368.35 | |||
| 16 | 11 | Rodrigo Diego | MEX | 356.05 | |||
| 17 | 10 | Stephan Feck | GER | 354.20 | |||
| 18 | 1 | Ilya Zakharov | RUS | 345.60 |
