| Date | 18 August 2016 — 10:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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) | Hélène Morneau |  CAN |
| Judge 2 (Dives 1-3) | Mohamed Hassan |  EGY |
| Judge 3 (Dives 1-3) | Ildikó Kelemen |  HUN |
| Judge 4 (Dives 1-3) | Rao Lang |  CHN |
| Judge 5 (Dives 1-3) | Florin Avasiloae |  ROU |
| Judge 6 (Dives 1-3) | Cristina Ríos |  COL |
| Judge 7 (Dives 1-3) | Marco Polazzo |  ITA |
| Judge 1 (Dives 4-5) | Colleen Huffman |  USA |
| Judge 2 (Dives 4-5) | Mayur Vyas |  IND |
| Judge 3 (Dives 4-5) | Marc Faber |  NED |
| Judge 4 (Dives 4-5) | Simon Latimer |  NZL |
| Judge 5 (Dives 4-5) | Ulises Alvarado |  ECU |
| Judge 6 (Dives 4-5) | Masaaki Ito |  JPN |
| Judge 7 (Dives 4-5) | Nikolaos Touloudis |  GRE |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Si Yajie | CHN | 389.30 | |||
| 2 | Jessica Parratto | USA | 367.00 | |||
| 3 | Ren Qian | CHN | 362.40 | |||
| 4 | Melissa Wu |  AUS | 346.00 | |||
| 5 | Kim Un-Hyang |  PRK | 343.70 | |||
| 6 | Pandelela Rinong |  MAS | 336.95 | |||
| 7 | Roseline Filion | CAN | 336.80 | |||
| 8 | Minami Itahashi | JPN | 335.55 | |||
| 9 | Meaghan Benfeito | CAN | 332.80 | |||
| 10 | Tonia Couch |  GBR | 318.00 | |||
| 11 | Nur Dhabitah Sabri | MAS | 307.65 | |||
| 12 | Paola Espinosa |  MEX | 306.45 | |||
| 13 | Katrina Young | USA | 301.45 | |||
| 14 | Yuliya Prokopchuk |  UKR | 300.65 | |||
| 15 | Brittany O'Brien | AUS | 300.05 | |||
| 16 | Hanna Krasnoshlyk | UKR | 295.45 | |||
| 17 | Elena Wassen |  GER | 276.40 | |||
| 18 | Yekaterina Petukhova |  RUS | 259.50 |
