| 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 | Number | Competitor | NOC | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 | Shi Tingmao | CHN | 385.00 | |||
| 2 | 17 | He Zi | CHN | 364.05 | |||
| 3 | 18 | Jennifer Abel | CAN | 343.45 | |||
| 4 | 10 | Maddison Keeney |  AUS | 326.35 | |||
| =5 | 13 | Abby Johnston |  USA | 324.75 | |||
| =5 | 2 | Ng Yan Yee |  MAS | 324.75 | |||
| 7 | 15 | Tania Cagnotto |  ITA | 324.40 | |||
| 8 | 9 | Olena Fedorova | UKR | 321.00 | |||
| 9 | 12 | Pamela Ware | CAN | 318.25 | |||
| 10 | 14 | Esther Qin | AUS | 315.65 | |||
| 11 | 5 | Grace Reid |  GBR | 314.25 | |||
| 12 | 3 | Nora Subschinski |  GER | 308.25 | |||
| 13 | 11 | Kassidy Cook | USA | 304.35 | |||
| 14 | 8 | Uschi Freitag | NED | 298.95 | |||
| 15 | 4 | Kristina Ilinykh |  RUS | 295.20 | |||
| 16 | 1 | Dolores Hernández |  MEX | 293.05 | |||
| 17 | 6 | Tina Punzel | GER | 291.60 | |||
| 18 | 7 | Anastasiya Nedobiha | UKR | 290.15 |
