The women's 10 metre platform was one of four diving events included in the Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics programme.

The competition was split into three phases:

Preliminary round 26 July — Each diver performed five dives without any limitation on the difficulty degree. The 18 divers with the highest total score advanced to the semi-final. Semi-final 27 July — Each diver performed four dives with difficulty degree limitation. The 12 divers with the highest combined score from the semi-final and preliminary dives advanced to the final. Final 27 July — Each diver performed five dives without limitation on the difficulty degree. The final ranking was determined by the combined score from the final and semifinal dives.

Results Rank Diver Nation Preliminary Semi-final Final Points Rank Points Rank Total Rank Points Rank Total Fu Mingxia 329.25 1 179.94 1 509.19 1 341.64 1 521.58 298.11 5 166.14 6 464.25 5 313.08 2 479.22 253.89 12 174.87 3 428.76 9 298.08 3 472.95 4 323.91 2 163.38 8 487.29 3 291.81 4 455.19 5 Guo Jingjing 315.39 4 177.30 2 492.69 2 269.91 6 447.21 6 280.11 7 171.24 4 451.35 6 265.77 7 437.01 7 319.11 3 158.40 12 477.51 4 274.20 5 432.60 8 268.65 8 167.07 5 435.72 8 259.05 9 426.12 9 251.73 14 158.43 11 410.16 12 259.68 8 418.11 10 281.52 6 157.41 13 438.93 7 256.05 10 413.46 11 266.13 10 160.83 10 426.96 10 247.62 11 408.45 12 258.93 11 151.44 15 410.37 11 215.91 12 367.35 13 Choe Myong-hwa 248.10 15 161.25 9 409.35 13 did not advance 14 244.05 18 165.06 7 409.11 14 did not advance 15 267.18 9 138.60 18 405.78 15 did not advance 16 246.06 16 156.48 14 402.54 16 did not advance 17 252.36 13 147.99 17 400.35 17 did not advance 18 244.98 17 150.99 16 395.97 18 did not advance 19 243.57 19 did not advance 20 242.76 20 did not advance 21 242.13 21 did not advance 22 233.34 22 did not advance 23 Ri Ok-rim 230.16 23 did not advance 24 229.32 24 did not advance 25 225.84 25 did not advance 26 217.77 26 did not advance 27 216.36 27 did not advance 28 202.86 28 did not advance 29 201.27 29 did not advance 30 191.40 30 did not advance 31 Im Youn-gi 180.15 31 did not advance 32 Kim Yeo-young 166.56 32 did not advance 33 Sukrutai Tommaoros 115.44 33 did not advance

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