| 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. | |
| 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 | Competitor | NOC | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cao Yuan | CHN | 489.10 | |||
| 2 | Rommel Pacheco | MEX | 469.70 | |||
| 3 | Yevgeny Kuznetsov | RUS | 468.35 | |||
| 4 | Mike Hixon | USA | 467.25 | |||
| 5 | Philippe Gagné | CAN | 445.40 | |||
| 6 | César Castro | BRA | 442.45 | |||
| 7 | Kristian Ipsen | USA | 437.70 | |||
| 8 | Illia Kvasha | UKR | 430.05 | |||
| 9 | Oliver Dingley | IRL | 414.25 | |||
| 10 | Patrick Hausding | GER | 413.50 | |||
| 11 | Sebastián Morales | COL | 406.55 | |||
| 12 | Jack Laugher | GBR | 389.40 | |||
| 13 | Michele Benedetti | ITA | 387.30 | |||
| 14 | Yona Knight-Wisdom | JAM | 381.40 | |||
| 15 | Grant Nel | AUS | 368.35 | |||
| 16 | Rodrigo Diego | MEX | 356.05 | |||
| 17 | Stephan Feck | GER | 354.20 | |||
| 18 | Ilya Zakharov | RUS | 345.60 |