| Date | 19 August 2016 — 16:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Parque Aquático Maria Lenk, Parque Olímpico da Barra, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro | |
| Format | Six dives. Top 18 advanced to the semi-finals. | |
| Judge 1 (Dives 1-3) | Ana Barbosa | BRA |
| Judge 2 (Dives 1-3) | Mohamed Hassan | EGY |
| Judge 3 (Dives 1-3) | Colleen Huffman | USA |
| Judge 4 (Dives 1-3) | Ildikó Kelemen | HUN |
| Judge 5 (Dives 1-3) | Hélène Morneau | CAN |
| Judge 6 (Dives 1-3) | Rao Lang | CHN |
| Judge 7 (Dives 1-3) | Marco Polazzo | ITA |
| Judge 1 (Dives 4-6) | Masaaki Ito | JPN |
| Judge 2 (Dives 4-6) | Félix Calderón Rodríguez | PUR |
| Judge 3 (Dives 4-6) | Arne Tellefsen | NOR |
| Judge 4 (Dives 4-6) | Simon Latimer | NZL |
| Judge 5 (Dives 4-6) | Peter Axtelius | SWE |
| Judge 6 (Dives 4-6) | William Lee | SGP |
| Judge 7 (Dives 4-6) | Nikolaos Touloudis | GRE |
| Pos | Nr | Diver | NOC | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22 | Tom Daley | GBR | |||
| 2 | 18 | Qiu Bo | CHN | |||
| 3 | 1 | Chen Aisen | CHN | |||
| 4 | 17 | David Boudia | USA | |||
| 5 | 11 | Benjamin Auffret | FRA | |||
| 6 | 9 | Martin Wolfram | GER | |||
| 7 | 12 | Sascha Klein | GER | |||
| 8 | 15 | Viktor Minibayev | RUS | |||
| 9 | 24 | Jimmy Connor | AUS | |||
| 10 | 27 | Rafael Quintero | PUR | |||
| 11 | 28 | Wu Ha-Ram | KOR | |||
| 12 | 23 | Germán Sánchez | MEX | |||
| 13 | 20 | Hugo Parisi | BRA | |||
| 14 | 25 | Vincent Riendeau | CAN | |||
| 15 | 5 | Iván García | MEX | |||
| 16 | 6 | Nikita Shleykher | RUS | |||
| 17 | 21 | Domonic Bedggood | AUS | |||
| 18 | 16 | Steele Johnson | USA | |||
| 19 | 2 | Maxim Bouchard | CAN | |||
| 20 | 26 | Víctor Ortega | COL | |||
| 21 | 8 | Jesús Liranzo | VEN | |||
| 22 | 3 | Ooi Tze Liang | MAS | |||
| 23 | 14 | Robert Páez | VEN | |||
| 24 | 19 | Vadzim Kaptur | BLR | |||
| 25 | 7 | Sebastián Villa | COL | |||
| 26 | 13 | Yauhen Karaliou | BLR | |||
| 27 | 10 | Maicol Verzotto | ITA | |||
| 28 | 4 | Mohab Mohymen Ishak | EGY |