| Date | 20 August 2016 — 11:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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) | Mayur Vyas |  IND |
| Judge 3 (Dives 1-3) | Marc Faber |  NED |
| Judge 4 (Dives 1-3) | Ulises Alvarado |  ECU |
| Judge 5 (Dives 1-3) | Anatoliy Holovan |  UKR |
| Judge 6 (Dives 1-3) | Rao Lang |  CHN |
| Judge 7 (Dives 1-3) | Hélène Morneau |  CAN |
| Judge 1 (Dives 4-6) | Ana Barbosa |  BRA |
| Judge 2 (Dives 4-6) | Gillian Brooker |  AUS |
| Judge 3 (Dives 4-6) | Arne Tellefsen |  NOR |
| Judge 4 (Dives 4-6) | Min Suck-Hong |  KOR |
| Judge 5 (Dives 4-6) | Marco Polazzo |  ITA |
| Judge 6 (Dives 4-6) | Masaaki Ito |  JPN |
| Judge 7 (Dives 4-6) | Florin Avasiloae |  ROU |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chen Aisen | CHN | 559.90 | |||
| 2 | Qiu Bo | CHN | 504.70 | |||
| 3 | Iván García |  MEX | 497.55 | |||
| 4 | Benjamin Auffret |  FRA | 477.00 | |||
| 5 | Sascha Klein |  GER | 475.00 | |||
| 6 | Viktor Minibayev |  RUS | 474.10 | |||
| 7 | Rafael Quintero |  PUR | 471.20 | |||
| 8 | Martin Wolfram | GER | 466.15 | |||
| 9 | Germán Sánchez | MEX | 462.05 | |||
| 10 | David Boudia |  USA | 458.35 | |||
| 11 | Domonic Bedggood | AUS | 454.95 | |||
| 12 | U Ha-Ram | KOR | 453.85 | |||
| 13 | Steele Johnson | USA | 447.85 | |||
| 14 | Vincent Riendeau | CAN | 436.30 | |||
| 15 | Jimmy Connor | AUS | 419.10 | |||
| 16 | Hugo Parisi | BRA | 417.15 | |||
| 17 | Nikita Shleykher | RUS | 415.75 | |||
| 18 | Tom Daley |  GBR | 403.25 |
