| Date | 13 August 2016 — 16:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Parque Aquático Maria Lenk, Parque Olímpico da Barra, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro | |
| Format | Five dives. Top 12 advanced to the final. | |
| Judge 1 (Dives 1-3) | Mohamed Hassan | EGY |
| Judge 2 (Dives 1-3) | Rao Lang | CHN |
| Judge 3 (Dives 1-3) | Marc Faber | NED |
| Judge 4 (Dives 1-3) | Simon Latimer | NZL |
| Judge 5 (Dives 1-3) | Mohamed Hassan | EGY |
| Judge 6 (Dives 1-3) | Peter Axtelius | SWE |
| Judge 7 (Dives 1-3) | William Lee | SGP |
| Judge 1 (Dives 4-5) | Florin Avasiloae | ROU |
| Judge 2 (Dives 4-5) | Hélène Morneau | CAN |
| Judge 3 (Dives 4-5) | Ildikó Kelemen | HUN |
| Judge 4 (Dives 4-5) | Masaaki Ito | JPN |
| Judge 5 (Dives 4-5) | Félix Calderón Rodríguez | PUR |
| Judge 6 (Dives 4-5) | Min Suck-Hong | KOR |
| Judge 7 (Dives 4-5) | Anatoliy Holovan | UKR |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shi Tingmao | CHN | 385.00 | |||
| 2 | He Zi | CHN | 364.05 | |||
| 3 | Jennifer Abel | CAN | 343.45 | |||
| 4 | Maddison Keeney | AUS | 326.35 | |||
| =5 | Abby Johnston | USA | 324.75 | |||
| =5 | Ng Yan Yee | MAS | 324.75 | |||
| 7 | Tania Cagnotto | ITA | 324.40 | |||
| 8 | Olena Fedorova | UKR | 321.00 | |||
| 9 | Pamela Ware | CAN | 318.25 | |||
| 10 | Esther Qin | AUS | 315.65 | |||
| 11 | Grace Reid | GBR | 314.25 | |||
| 12 | Nora Subschinski | GER | 308.25 | |||
| 13 | Kassidy Cook | USA | 304.35 | |||
| 14 | Uschi Freitag | NED | 298.95 | |||
| 15 | Kristina Ilinykh | RUS | 295.20 | |||
| 16 | Dolores Hernández | MEX | 293.05 | |||
| 17 | Tina Punzel | GER | 291.60 | |||
| 18 | Anastasiya Nedobiha | UKR | 290.15 |