| Date | 13 August 2016 — 16:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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) | Mohamed Hassan | EGY |
| Judge 2 (Dives 1-3) | Rao Lang | CHN |
| Judge 3 (Dives 1-3) | Marc Faber | NED |
| Judge 4 (Dives 1-3) | Simon Latimer | NZL |
| Judge 5 (Dives 1-3) | Mohamed Hassan | EGY |
| Judge 6 (Dives 1-3) | Peter Axtelius | SWE |
| Judge 7 (Dives 1-3) | William Lee | SGP |
| Judge 1 (Dives 4-5) | Florin Avasiloae | ROU |
| Judge 2 (Dives 4-5) | Hélène Morneau | CAN |
| Judge 3 (Dives 4-5) | Ildikó Kelemen | HUN |
| Judge 4 (Dives 4-5) | Masaaki Ito | JPN |
| Judge 5 (Dives 4-5) | Félix Calderón Rodríguez | PUR |
| Judge 6 (Dives 4-5) | Min Suck-Hong | KOR |
| Judge 7 (Dives 4-5) | Anatoliy Holovan | UKR |
| Pos | Nr | Diver | NOC | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 | Shi Tingmao | CHN | |||
| 2 | 17 | He Zi | CHN | |||
| 3 | 18 | Jennifer Abel | CAN | |||
| 4 | 10 | Maddison Keeney | AUS | |||
| =5 | 13 | Abby Johnston | USA | |||
| =5 | 2 | Ng Yan Yee | MAS | |||
| 7 | 15 | Tania Cagnotto | ITA | |||
| 8 | 9 | Olena Fedorova | UKR | |||
| 9 | 12 | Pamela Ware | CAN | |||
| 10 | 14 | Esther Qin | AUS | |||
| 11 | 5 | Grace Reid | GBR | |||
| 12 | 3 | Nora Subschinski | GER | |||
| 13 | 11 | Kassidy Cook | USA | |||
| 14 | 8 | Uschi Freitag | NED | |||
| 15 | 4 | Kristina Ilinykh | RUS | |||
| 16 | 1 | Dolores Hernández | MEX | |||
| 17 | 6 | Tina Punzel | GER | |||
| 18 | 7 | Anastasiya Nedobiha | UKR |