| Date | 9 August 1984 — 10:00-12:00-16:30-18:30 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Olympic Swim Stadium, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California | |
| Format | Eight dives. Top 12 advanced to the final. | |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zhou Jihong |  CHN | 462.87 | |||
| 2 | Chen Xiaoxia | CHN | 434.88 | |||
| 3 | Michele Mitchell |  USA | 402.39 | |||
| 4 | Valerie Beddoe |  AUS | 382.08 | |||
| 5 | Wendy Wyland | USA | 376.11 | |||
| 6 | Julie Kent | AUS | 371.10 | |||
| 7 | Debbie Fuller |  CAN | 364.11 | |||
| 8 | Kerstin Finke |  FRG | 351.45 | |||
| 9 | Yoshino Mabuchi |  JPN | 348.60 | |||
| 10 | Elsa Tenorio |  MEX | 344.70 | |||
| 11 | Guadalupe Canseco | MEX | 343.11 | |||
| 12 | Tine Tollan |  NOR | 341.31 | |||
| 13 | Ângela Mendonça Ribeiro |  BRA | 329.31 | |||
| 14 | Marianne Weinås |  SWE | 327.66 | |||
| 15 | Verónica Ribot |  ARG | 324.21 | |||
| 16 | Elke Heinrichs | FRG | 320.07 | |||
| 17 | Kathy Kelemen | CAN | 313.77 | |||
| 18 | Carolyn Roscoe |  GBR | 312.39 | |||
| 19 | Lindsey Fraser | GBR | 295.86 | |||
| 20 | Nicole Kreil |  AUT | 277.92 | |||
| 21 | Rim Hassan |  EGY | 146.94 |
