| 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 | Competitor | NOC | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Daley | GBR | 571.85 | |||
| 2 | Qiu Bo | CHN | 564.75 | |||
| 3 | Chen Aisen | CHN | 545.35 | |||
| 4 | David Boudia | USA | 496.55 | |||
| 5 | Benjamin Auffret | FRA | 470.45 | |||
| 6 | Martin Wolfram | GER | 468.80 | |||
| 7 | Sascha Klein | GER | 463.40 | |||
| 8 | Viktor Minibayev | RUS | 462.25 | |||
| 9 | Jimmy Connor | AUS | 457.05 | |||
| 10 | Rafael Quintero | PUR | 456.55 | |||
| 11 | U Ha-Ram | KOR | 438.45 | |||
| 12 | Germán Sánchez | MEX | 430.05 | |||
| 13 | Hugo Parisi | BRA | 422.45 | |||
| 14 | Vincent Riendeau | CAN | 419.50 | |||
| 15 | Iván García | MEX | 418.90 | |||
| 16 | Nikita Shleykher | RUS | 418.15 | |||
| 17 | Domonic Bedggood | AUS | 413.85 | |||
| 18 | Steele Johnson | USA | 403.75 | |||
| 19 | Maxim Bouchard | CAN | 398.15 | |||
| 20 | Víctor Ortega | COL | 386.85 | |||
| 21 | Jesús Liranzo | VEN | 385.55 | |||
| 22 | Ooi Tze Liang | MAS | 379.50 | |||
| 23 | Robert Páez | VEN | 378.20 | |||
| 24 | Vadzim Kaptur | BLR | 353.85 | |||
| 25 | Sebastián Villa | COL | 350.40 | |||
| 26 | Yauhen Karaliou | BLR | 347.80 | |||
| 27 | Maicol Verzotto | ITA | 313.10 | |||
| 28 | Mohab Mohymen Ishak | EGY | 305.50 |