| 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 | 462.87 | ||||
| 2 | Chen Xiaoxia | 434.88 | ||||
| 3 | Michele Mitchell | 402.39 | ||||
| 4 | Valerie Beddoe | 382.08 | ||||
| 5 | Wendy Wyland | 376.11 | ||||
| 6 | Julie Kent | 371.10 | ||||
| 7 | Debbie Fuller | 364.11 | ||||
| 8 | Kerstin Finke | 351.45 | ||||
| 9 | Yoshino Mabuchi | 348.60 | ||||
| 10 | Elsa Tenorio | 344.70 | ||||
| 11 | Guadalupe Canseco | 343.11 | ||||
| 12 | Tine Tollan | 341.31 | ||||
| 13 | Ângela Mendonça Ribeiro | 329.31 | ||||
| 14 | Marianne Weinås | 327.66 | ||||
| 15 | Verónica Ribot | 324.21 | ||||
| 16 | Elke Heinrichs | 320.07 | ||||
| 17 | Kathy Kelemen | 313.77 | ||||
| 18 | Carolyn Roscoe | 312.39 | ||||
| 19 | Lindsey Fraser | 295.86 | ||||
| 20 | Nicole Kreil | 277.92 | ||||
| 21 | Rim Hassan | 146.94 |