| Date | 20 August 2016 — 11:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Parque Aquático Maria Lenk, Parque Olímpico da Barra, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro | |
| Format | Six dives. Top 12 advanced to the final. | |
| Judge 1 (Dives 1-3) | Rolando Ruiz | |
| Judge 2 (Dives 1-3) | Mayur Vyas | |
| Judge 3 (Dives 1-3) | Marc Faber | |
| Judge 4 (Dives 1-3) | Ulises Alvarado | |
| Judge 5 (Dives 1-3) | Anatoliy Holovan | |
| Judge 6 (Dives 1-3) | Rao Lang | |
| Judge 7 (Dives 1-3) | Hélène Morneau | |
| Judge 1 (Dives 4-6) | Ana Barbosa | |
| Judge 2 (Dives 4-6) | Gillian Brooker | |
| Judge 3 (Dives 4-6) | Arne Tellefsen | |
| Judge 4 (Dives 4-6) | Min Suck-Hong | |
| Judge 5 (Dives 4-6) | Marco Polazzo | |
| Judge 6 (Dives 4-6) | Masaaki Ito | |
| Judge 7 (Dives 4-6) | Florin Avasiloae | |
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 | Chen Aisen | 559.90 | ||||
| 2 | 17 | Qiu Bo | 504.70 | ||||
| 3 | 4 | Iván García | 497.55 | ||||
| 4 | 14 | Benjamin Auffret | 477.00 | ||||
| 5 | 12 | Sascha Klein | 475.00 | ||||
| 6 | 11 | Viktor Minibayev | 474.10 | ||||
| 7 | 9 | Rafael Quintero | 471.20 | ||||
| 8 | 13 | Martin Wolfram | 466.15 | ||||
| 9 | 7 | Germán Sánchez | 462.05 | ||||
| 10 | 15 | David Boudia | 458.35 | ||||
| 11 | 2 | Domonic Bedggood | 454.95 | ||||
| 12 | 8 | U Ha-Ram | 453.85 | ||||
| 13 | 1 | Steele Johnson | 447.85 | ||||
| 14 | 5 | Vincent Riendeau | 436.30 | ||||
| 15 | 10 | Jimmy Connor | 419.10 | ||||
| 16 | 6 | Hugo Parisi | 417.15 | ||||
| 17 | 3 | Nikita Shleykher | 415.75 | ||||
| 18 | 18 | Tom Daley | 403.25 |