| 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 | |
| Judge 2 (Dives 1-3) | Mohamed Hassan | |
| Judge 3 (Dives 1-3) | Colleen Huffman | |
| Judge 4 (Dives 1-3) | Ildikó Kelemen | |
| Judge 5 (Dives 1-3) | Hélène Morneau | |
| Judge 6 (Dives 1-3) | Rao Lang | |
| Judge 7 (Dives 1-3) | Marco Polazzo | |
| Judge 1 (Dives 4-6) | Masaaki Ito | |
| Judge 2 (Dives 4-6) | Félix Calderón Rodríguez | |
| Judge 3 (Dives 4-6) | Arne Tellefsen | |
| Judge 4 (Dives 4-6) | Simon Latimer | |
| Judge 5 (Dives 4-6) | Peter Axtelius | |
| Judge 6 (Dives 4-6) | William Lee | |
| Judge 7 (Dives 4-6) | Nikolaos Touloudis | |
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22 | Tom Daley | 571.85 | ||||
| 2 | 18 | Qiu Bo | 564.75 | ||||
| 3 | 1 | Chen Aisen | 545.35 | ||||
| 4 | 17 | David Boudia | 496.55 | ||||
| 5 | 11 | Benjamin Auffret | 470.45 | ||||
| 6 | 9 | Martin Wolfram | 468.80 | ||||
| 7 | 12 | Sascha Klein | 463.40 | ||||
| 8 | 15 | Viktor Minibayev | 462.25 | ||||
| 9 | 24 | Jimmy Connor | 457.05 | ||||
| 10 | 27 | Rafael Quintero | 456.55 | ||||
| 11 | 28 | U Ha-Ram | 438.45 | ||||
| 12 | 23 | Germán Sánchez | 430.05 | ||||
| 13 | 20 | Hugo Parisi | 422.45 | ||||
| 14 | 25 | Vincent Riendeau | 419.50 | ||||
| 15 | 5 | Iván García | 418.90 | ||||
| 16 | 6 | Nikita Shleykher | 418.15 | ||||
| 17 | 21 | Domonic Bedggood | 413.85 | ||||
| 18 | 16 | Steele Johnson | 403.75 | ||||
| 19 | 2 | Maxim Bouchard | 398.15 | ||||
| 20 | 26 | Víctor Ortega | 386.85 | ||||
| 21 | 8 | Jesús Liranzo | 385.55 | ||||
| 22 | 3 | Ooi Tze Liang | 379.50 | ||||
| 23 | 14 | Robert Páez | 378.20 | ||||
| 24 | 19 | Vadzim Kaptur | 353.85 | ||||
| 25 | 7 | Sebastián Villa | 350.40 | ||||
| 26 | 13 | Yauhen Karaliou | 347.80 | ||||
| 27 | 10 | Maicol Verzotto | 313.10 | ||||
| 28 | 4 | Mohab Mohymen Ishak | 305.50 |