| 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 | CUB |
| Judge 2 (Dives 1-3) | Mayur Vyas | IND |
| Judge 3 (Dives 1-3) | Ildikó Kelemen | HUN |
| Judge 4 (Dives 1-3) | Arne Tellefsen | NOR |
| Judge 5 (Dives 1-3) | Félix Calderón Rodríguez | PUR |
| Judge 6 (Dives 1-3) | Marco Polazzo | ITA |
| Judge 7 (Dives 1-3) | Colleen Huffman | USA |
| Judge 1 (Dives 4-5) | Ana Barbosa | BRA |
| Judge 2 (Dives 4-5) | Peter Axtelius | SWE |
| Judge 3 (Dives 4-5) | Rao Lang | CHN |
| Judge 4 (Dives 4-5) | Gillian Brooker | AUS |
| Judge 5 (Dives 4-5) | Min Suck-Hong | KOR |
| Judge 6 (Dives 4-5) | Hélène Morneau | CAN |
| Judge 7 (Dives 4-5) | Marc Faber | NED |
| Pos | Nr | Diver | NOC | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | Si Yajie | CHN | |||
| 2 | 27 | Ren Qian | CHN | |||
| 3 | 4 | Jessica Parratto | USA | |||
| 4 | 5 | Melissa Wu | AUS | |||
| 5 | 8 | Tonia Couch | GBR | |||
| 6 | 13 | Pandelela Rinong | MAS | |||
| 7 | 14 | Meaghan Benfeito | CAN | |||
| 8 | 1 | Nur Dhabitah Sabri | MAS | |||
| 9 | 22 | Roseline Filion | CAN | |||
| 10 | 12 | Minami Itahashi | JPN | |||
| 11 | 16 | Yekaterina Petukhova | RUS | |||
| 12 | 7 | Katrina Young | USA | |||
| 13 | 17 | Paola Espinosa | MEX | |||
| 14 | 25 | Hanna Krasnoshlyk | UKR | |||
| 15 | 18 | Yuliya Prokopchuk | UKR | |||
| 16 | 2 | Elena Wassen | GER | |||
| 17 | 20 | Brittany O'Brien | AUS | |||
| 18 | 21 | Kim Un-Hyang | PRK | |||
| 19 | 15 | Laura Marino | FRA | |||
| 20 | 19 | Alejandra Orozco | MEX | |||
| 21 | 23 | Maria Kurjo | GER | |||
| 22 | 26 | Ingrid Oliveira | BRA | |||
| 23 | 9 | Sarah Barrow | GBR | |||
| 24 | 6 | Maha Abdalsalam | EGY | |||
| 25 | 24 | Kim Kuk-Hyang | PRK | |||
| 26 | 28 | Noemi Batki | ITA | |||
| 27 | 11 | Villő Kormos | HUN | |||
| 28 | 3 | Yuliya Timoshinina | RUS |