| Date | 11 August 2012 — 10:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | London Aquatics Centre, Olympic Park, Stratford, London | |
| Format | Six dives. Top 12 advanced to the final. | |
| Referee | Maths Lindberg |  SWE |
| Assistant Referee | Bashar Al-Saffar |  KUW |
| Judge 1 | Marc Faber |  NED |
| Judge 2 | Simon Latimer |  NZL |
| Judge 3 | Hana Novotná |  CZE |
| Judge 4 | Mohamed Hassan |  EGY |
| Judge 5 | Renato Manzoni |  ITA |
| Judge 6 | Masaaki Ito |  JPN |
| Judge 7 | Nikolaos Touloudis |  GRE |
| Alternate Judge | Ildikó Kelemen |  HUN |
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 | Qiu Bo |  CHN | 563.55 | |||
| 2 | 17 | Lin Yue | CHN | 541.80 | |||
| 3 | 1 | David Boudia |  USA | 531.15 | |||
| 4 | 4 | Tom Daley |  GBR | 521.10 | |||
| 5 | 15 | Martin Wolfram |  GER | 519.00 | |||
| 6 | 5 | Viktor Minibayev |  RUS | 514.15 | |||
| 7 | 11 | Nick McCrory | USA | 506.50 | |||
| 8 | 16 | Sascha Klein | GER | 503.75 | |||
| 9 | 2 | José Antonio Guerra |  CUB | 501.90 | |||
| 10 | 13 | Iván García |  MEX | 497.40 | |||
| 11 | 12 | Oleksandr Bondar |  UKR | 496.30 | |||
| 12 | 8 | Riley McCormick |  CAN | 495.60 | |||
| 13 | 10 | Matt Mitcham |  AUS | 482.40 | |||
| 14 | 14 | Germán Sánchez | MEX | 477.30 | |||
| 15 | 7 | Anton Zakharov | UKR | 464.70 | |||
| 16 | 3 | Gleb Galperin | RUS | 453.80 | |||
| 17 | 6 | Víctor Ortega |  COL | 439.55 | |||
| 18 | 9 | Jeinkler Aguirre | CUB | 436.95 |
