| Date | 17 August 2016 — 15:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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) | Rolando Ruiz | |
| Judge 2 (Dives 1-3) | Mayur Vyas | |
| Judge 3 (Dives 1-3) | Ildikó Kelemen | |
| Judge 4 (Dives 1-3) | Arne Tellefsen | |
| Judge 5 (Dives 1-3) | Félix Calderón Rodríguez | |
| Judge 6 (Dives 1-3) | Marco Polazzo | |
| Judge 7 (Dives 1-3) | Colleen Huffman | |
| Judge 1 (Dives 4-5) | Ana Barbosa | |
| Judge 2 (Dives 4-5) | Peter Axtelius | |
| Judge 3 (Dives 4-5) | Rao Lang | |
| Judge 4 (Dives 4-5) | Gillian Brooker | |
| Judge 5 (Dives 4-5) | Min Suck-Hong | |
| Judge 6 (Dives 4-5) | Hélène Morneau | |
| Judge 7 (Dives 4-5) | Marc Faber | |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Si Yajie | 397.45 | ||||
| 2 | Ren Qian | 385.80 | ||||
| 3 | Jessica Parratto | 346.80 | ||||
| 4 | Melissa Wu | 342.80 | ||||
| 5 | Tonia Couch | 332.80 | ||||
| 6 | Pandelela Rinong | 332.45 | ||||
| 7 | Meaghan Benfeito | 329.15 | ||||
| 8 | Nur Dhabitah Sabri | 325.85 | ||||
| 9 | Roseline Filion | 323.55 | ||||
| 10 | Minami Itahashi | 320.20 | ||||
| 11 | Yekaterina Petukhova | 317.25 | ||||
| 12 | Katrina Young | 313.85 | ||||
| 13 | Paola Espinosa | 313.70 | ||||
| 14 | Hanna Krasnoshlyk | 300.80 | ||||
| 15 | Yuliya Prokopchuk | 297.95 | ||||
| 16 | Elena Wassen | 291.90 | ||||
| 17 | Brittany O'Brien | 290.30 | ||||
| 18 | Kim Un-Hyang | 289.45 | ||||
| 19 | Laura Marino | 289.35 | ||||
| 20 | Alejandra Orozco | 287.45 | ||||
| 21 | Maria Kurjo | 287.00 | ||||
| 22 | Ingrid Oliveira | 281.90 | ||||
| 23 | Sarah Barrow | 277.40 | ||||
| 24 | Maha Abdalsalam | 276.15 | ||||
| 25 | Kim Kuk-Hyang | 263.20 | ||||
| 26 | Noemi Batki | 256.90 | ||||
| 27 | Villő Kormos | 227.70 | ||||
| 28 | Yuliya Timoshinina | 212.25 |