| Venue: Francisco Márquez Olympic Pool. 35 competitors from 17 nations. |
| Final | Points | Final | Qualif. | age | | 1. Klaus Dibiasi |  ITA | 164.18 | 56.14 | 1. | 108.04 | 1. | 21 | | 2. Álvaro Gaxiola |  MEX | 154.49 | 51.16 | 4. | 103.33 | 2. | 31 | | 3. Win Young |  USA | 153.93 | 53.95 | 2. | 99.98 | 4. | 21 | | 4. Keith Russell | USA | 152.34 | 50.96 | 5. | 101.38 | 3. | 20 | | 5. José Robinson | MEX | 143.62 | 52.46 | 3. | 91.16 | 11. | 23 | | 6. Lothar Matthes |  GDR | 141.75 | 49.56 | 6. | 92.19 | 7. | 21 | | 7. Luis Niño | MEX | 141.16 | 47.50 | 7. | 93.66 | 6. | 22 | | 8. Franco Cagnotto | ITA | 138.89 | 44.16 | 10. | 94.73 | 5. | 21 | | 9. Mikhail Safonov |  URS | 138.77 | 47.34 | 8. | 91.43 | 10. | 21 | | 10.Vladimir Vasin | URS | 138.40 | 46.49 | 9. | 91.91 | 9. | 21 | | 11.Tord Andersson |  SWE | 131.21 | 39.15 | 12. | 92.06 | 8. | 26 | | 12.Bernd Wucherpfennig |  FRG | 129.49 | 39.83 | 11. | 89.66 | 12. | 27 |
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| Divers performed three voluntary dives without limit of degrees of difficulty. The final ranking was determined by the combined score with the preliminary round. |
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Qualification - Thursday 24th and Friday, 25th October | | Divers performed six compulsory dives with limited degrees of difficulty and one voluntary dives without limits. First - advanced to Final. |
| Ranking | Points | | 1. Klaus Dibiasi | ITA | 108.04 | | 2. Álvaro Gaxiola | MEX | 103.33 | | 4. Win Young | USA | 99.98 | | 3. Keith Russell | USA | 101.38 | | 5. Franco Cagnotto | ITA | 94.73 | | 6. Luis Niño | MEX | 93.66 | | 7. Lothar Matthes | GDR | 92.19 | | 8. Tord Andersson | SWE | 92.06 | | 9. Vladimir Vasin | URS | 91.91 | | 10.Mikhail Safonov | URS | 91.43 | | 11.José Robinson | MEX | 91.16 | | 12.Bernd Wucherpfennig | FRG | 89.66 | | eliminated | | 13.Wlodzimierz Mejsak |  POL | 89.41 | | 14.Karl-Heinz Schwemmer | FRG | 89.00 | | 15.Donald Wagstaff |  AUS | 88.99 | | 16.Viktor Pogozhev | URS | 86.89 | | 17.Richard Gilbert | USA | 86.70 | | 18.Klaus Konzorr | FRG | 86.69 | | 19.Waguih Aboul Seoud |  EGY | 85.89 | | 20.Rolf Sperling | GDR | 85.51 | | 21.Jakub Puchow | POL | 85.14 | | 22.Jerzy Kowalewski | POL | 85.08 | | 23.Junji Yuasa |  JPN | 84.10 | | 24.Toshio Otsubo | JPN | 83.18 | | 25.Bob Eaton |  CAN | 82.09 | | 26.Yosuke Arimitsu | JPN | 81.72 | | 27.Robin Baskerville |  GBR | 81.23 | | 28.David Priestley | GBR | 80.30 | | 29.José Ponce |  CUB | 80.02 | | 30.Alberto Moreno | CUB | 78.28 | | 31.Song Jae-Ung |  KOR | 77.30 | | 32.Diego Heñao |  COL | 74.09 | | 33.Kenneth Sully | CAN | 65.41 | | 34.Jerry Anderson |  PUR | 65.14 | | 35.Héctor Bas | PUR | 47.97 | | -. Edwin Barrundia |  GUA | DNS |
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