| Date | 12 August 2016 — 15:30 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Parque Aquático Maria Lenk, Parque Olímpico da Barra, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro | |
| Format | Five dives. Top 18 advanced to the semi-finals. | |
| Judge 1 (Dives 1-3) | Mohamed Hassan | |
| Judge 2 (Dives 1-3) | Ana Barbosa | |
| Judge 3 (Dives 1-3) | Rao Lang | |
| Judge 4 (Dives 1-3) | Nikolaos Touloudis | |
| Judge 5 (Dives 1-3) | Simon Latimer | |
| Judge 6 (Dives 1-3) | Anatoliy Holovan | |
| Judge 7 (Dives 1-3) | Min Suck-Hong | |
| Judge 1 (Dives 4-5) | Florin Avasiloae | |
| Judge 2 (Dives 4-5) | Mayur Vyas | |
| Judge 3 (Dives 4-5) | Arne Tellefsen | |
| Judge 4 (Dives 4-5) | Hélène Morneau | |
| Judge 5 (Dives 4-5) | Gillian Brooker | |
| Judge 6 (Dives 4-5) | Rolando Ruiz | |
| Judge 7 (Dives 4-5) | Marco Polazzo | |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jennifer Abel | 373.00 | ||||
| 2 | He Zi | 367.05 | ||||
| 3 | Shi Tingmao | 357.55 | ||||
| 4 | Tania Cagnotto | 347.30 | ||||
| 5 | Esther Qin | 347.25 | ||||
| 6 | Abby Johnston | 333.60 | ||||
| 7 | Pamela Ware | 329.10 | ||||
| 8 | Kassidy Cook | 327.75 | ||||
| 9 | Maddison Keeney | 323.35 | ||||
| 10 | Olena Fedorova | 318.10 | ||||
| 11 | Uschi Freitag | 317.10 | ||||
| 12 | Anastasiya Nedobiha | 309.50 | ||||
| 13 | Tina Punzel | 307.95 | ||||
| 14 | Grace Reid | 304.95 | ||||
| 15 | Kristina Ilinykh | 304.05 | ||||
| 16 | Nora Subschinski | 302.05 | ||||
| 17 | Ng Yan Yee | 299.05 | ||||
| 18 | Dolores Hernández | 295.20 | ||||
| 19 | Maria Marconi | 292.95 | ||||
| 20 | Rebecca Gallantree | 286.65 | ||||
| 21 | Cheong Jun Hoong | 282.25 | ||||
| 22 | Melany Hernández | 279.45 | ||||
| 23 | Diana Pineda | 276.90 | ||||
| 24 | Elizabeth Cui | 273.30 | ||||
| 25 | Marcela Marić | 271.40 | ||||
| 26 | Nadezhda Bazhina | 252.00 | ||||
| 27 | Juliana Veloso | 240.90 | ||||
| 28 | Maha Amer | 238.55 | ||||
| 29 | Julia Vincent | 220.30 |