| Date | 4 August 2012 — 14:30 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | London Aquatics Centre, Olympic Park, Stratford, London | |
| Format | Five dives. Top 12 advanced to the final. | |
| Referee | Kathy Rollo |  CAN |
| Assistant Referee | Ann Fargher |  NZL |
| Judge 1 | Marc Faber |  NED |
| Judge 2 | Rolando Ruiz |  CUB |
| Judge 3 | Ildikó Kelemen |  HUN |
| Judge 4 | Masaaki Ito |  JPN |
| Judge 5 | Carmen Stritt Burk |  SUI |
| Judge 6 | Simon Latimer | NZL |
| Judge 7 | Mohamed Hassan |  EGY |
| Alternate Judge | Hana Novotná |  CZE |
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 | Wu Minxia |  CHN | 394.40 | |||
| 2 | 16 | Tania Cagnotto |  ITA | 362.10 | |||
| 3 | 17 | He Zi | CHN | 354.50 | |||
| 4 | 15 | Jennifer Abel | CAN | 353.25 | |||
| 5 | 9 | Cassidy Krug |  USA | 345.60 | |||
| 6 | 12 | Christina Loukas | USA | 339.75 | |||
| 7 | 10 | Laura Sánchez |  MEX | 336.50 | |||
| 8 | 13 | Émilie Heymans | CAN | 331.35 | |||
| 9 | 14 | Sharleen Stratton |  AUS | 327.60 | |||
| 10 | 8 | Anna Lindberg |  SWE | 319.80 | |||
| 11 | 1 | Jaele Patrick | AUS | 315.60 | |||
| 12 | 5 | Olena Fedorova |  UKR | 314.70 | |||
| 13 | 2 | Hannah Starling |  GBR | 313.95 | |||
| 14 | 7 | Nora Subschinski |  GER | 313.20 | |||
| 15 | 6 | Francesca Dallapè | ITA | 312.60 | |||
| 16 | 4 | Katja Dieckow | GER | 312.50 | |||
| 17 | 11 | Nadezhda Bazhina |  RUS | 310.70 | |||
| 18 | 3 | Rebecca Gallantree | GBR | 267.10 |
