| Date | 12 February 1998 — 9:30 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Kanbayashi Sports Park, Yamanouchi | |
| Format | Top 4 finishers advanced to final. | |
| Judge #1 (Standard Airs) | David Desa |  CAN |
| Judge #2 (Rotations) | Jason Dow |  USA |
| Judge #3 (Amplitude) | Steve Brown |  AUS |
| Judge #4 (Landings) | Toru Otsuki |  JPN |
| Judge #5 (Technical Merit) | Ola Sundekvist |  SWE |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Points | Judge #1 Score (Standard Airs) | Judge #2 Score (Rotations) | Judge #3 Score (Amplitude) | Judge #4 Score (Landings) | Judge #5 Score (Technical Merit) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stine Brun Kjeldaas |  NOR | 37.6 | 7.2 | 6.7 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 8.0 | |||
| 2 | Cara-Beth Burnside | USA | 36.7 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 8.4 | |||
| 3 | Jenny Jonsson | SWE | 34.5 | 6.8 | 5.8 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 7.5 | |||
| 4 | Maëlle Ricker | CAN | 34.4 | 7.7 | 5.6 | 6.4 | 7.4 | 7.3 | |||
| 5 | Minna Hesso |  FIN | 34.2 | 7.8 | 5.3 | 6.9 | 7.2 | 7.0 | |||
| 6 | Natasza Zurek | CAN | 33.9 | 4.9 | 7.5 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 7.1 | |||
| 7 | Shannon Dunn | USA | 33.3 | 6.1 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 7.8 | |||
| 8 | Tara Teigen | CAN | 32.9 | 7.4 | 6.2 | 7.4 | 5.1 | 6.8 | |||
| 9 | Anita Schwaller |  SUI | 32.0 | 4.6 | 6.3 | 6.7 | 7.2 | 7.2 | |||
| 10 | Jennie Waara | SWE | 31.9 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 5.1 | 6.1 | 6.7 | |||
| 11 | Satu Järvelä | FIN | 31.8 | 7.3 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 6.7 | 6.5 | |||
| 12 | Nicola Pederzolli |  AUT | 31.5 | 8.0 | 4.8 | 7.5 | 4.3 | 6.9 | |||
| 13 | Nicola Thost |  GER | 30.6 | 6.7 | 4.3 | 8.2 | 5.0 | 6.4 | |||
| 14 | Barrett Christy | USA | 30.3 | 5.5 | 6.4 | 7.0 | 4.9 | 6.5 | |||
| 15 | Sabine Wehr-Hasler | GER | 29.5 | 7.5 | 4.2 | 5.3 | 6.4 | 6.1 | |||
| 16 | Anne Molin Kongsgård | NOR | 29.3 | 6.3 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 6.4 | |||
| 17 | Doriane Vidal |  FRA | 27.2 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 7.2 | 4.9 | 6.2 | |||
| 18 | Michele Taggart | USA | 26.1 | 6.4 | 3.5 | 8.2 | 2.9 | 5.1 | |||
| 19 | Lori Glazier | CAN | 25.9 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 6.6 | 5.7 | |||
| 20 | Yuri Yoshikawa | JPN | 25.6 | 5.1 | 3.5 | 6.3 | 4.4 | 6.3 | |||
| 21 | Ulrike Hölzl | AUT | 24.8 | 5.4 | 3.3 | 6.6 | 3.8 | 5.7 | |||
| 22 | Christel Thoresen | NOR | 24.3 | 5.6 | 4.0 | 5.9 | 3.0 | 5.8 | |||
| 23 | Kaori Takeyama | JPN | 23.5 | 5.2 | 3.5 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 5.0 | |||
| 24 | Alessandra Pescosta |  ITA | 22.8 | 5.3 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 5.4 | |||
| 25 | Sandra Farmand | GER | 22.1 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 4.1 | |||
| 26 | Anna Hellman | SWE | 20.0 | 4.6 | 1.8 | 5.6 | 2.8 | 5.2 |
