| Date | 7 August 2016 — 09:30 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Arena Olímpica do Rio, Parque Olímpico da Barra, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro | |
| Format | Top 8 (maximum two per nation) qualified for the final. Mean score of two final jumps determined placement. | |
| Difficulty Judge 1 | Zhu Jieya |  CHN |
| Difficulty Judge 2 | Anca Grigoraș |  ROU |
| Execution Judge 1 | Lisbet Heino |  FIN |
| Execution Judge 2 | Mairéad Kavanagh |  IRL |
| Execution Judge 3 | Paddy Chadwick |  RSA |
| Execution Judge 4 | Anabeth Vargas |  PAN |
| Execution Judge 5 | Nikolina Tankusheva |  BUL |
| Execution Reference Judge 1 | Vesna Stare Crnjac |  SLO |
| Execution Reference Judge 2 | Oksana Zyurkalova |  UKR |
| Line Judge | Eliane Martins |  BRA |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Points | Vault #1 | Vault #2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Simone Biles |  USA | 16.050 | 16.000 (1) | 16.100 (1) | |||
| 2 | Hong Un-Jong |  PRK | 15.683 | 15.766 (2) | 15.600 (2) | |||
| 3 | Giulia Steingruber |  SUI | 15.266 | 15.600 (3) | 14.933 (=5) | |||
| 4 | Mariya Paseka |  RUS | 15.049 | 14.733 (=12) | 15.366 (3) | |||
| 5 | Oksana Chusovitina |  UZB | 14.999 | 15.166 (5) | 14.833 (9) | |||
| 6 | Shallon Olsen |  CAN | 14.950 | 15.300 (4) | 14.600 (=11) | |||
| 7 | Wang Yan | CHN | 14.949 | 14.933 (8) | 14.966 (4) | |||
| 8 | Dipa Karmakar |  IND | 14.850 | 15.100 (6) | 14.600 (=11) | |||
| 9 | Brittany Rogers | CAN | 14.783 | 14.666 (=15) | 14.900 (7) | |||
| 10 | Seda Tutkhalyan | RUS | 14.733 | 14.733 (=12) | 14.733 (10) | |||
| 11 | Ellie Downie |  GBR | 14.683 | 14.833 (10) | 14.533 (13) | |||
| 12 | Alexa Moreno |  MEX | 14.633 | 14.400 (17) | 14.866 (8) | |||
| 13 | Courtney McGregor |  NZL | 14.533 | 14.666 (=15) | 14.400 (14) | |||
| 14 | Zsófia Kovács |  HUN | 14.512 | 14.866 (9) | 14.158 (16) | |||
| 15 | Ellie Black | CAN | 14.499 | 14.766 (11) | 14.233 (15) | |||
| 16 | Sae Miyakawa |  JPN | 14.366 | 14.966 (7) | 13.766 (=18) | |||
| 17 | Phan Thị Hà Thanh |  VIE | 14.233 | 14.700 (14) | 13.766 (=18) | |||
| 18 | Marcia Vidiaux |  CUB | 14.183 | 13.433 (19) | 14.933 (=5) | |||
| 19 | Teja Belak | SLO | 13.650 | 13.500 (18) | 13.800 (17) |
