| Date | 10 August 2008 — 10:00-21:22 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Guojia Tiyuguan, Beijing Aolinpike Gongyuan, Beijing | |
| Format | Top eight (maximum two per nation) qualified for the final. Mean score of two final jumps determined placement. | |
| A1 Judge - All-Around Qualifying (Horse Vault) | Patricia Giral | FRA |
| A2 Judge - All-Around Qualifying (Horse Vault) | Raisa Terekhina | AZE |
| B1 Judge - All-Around Qualifying (Horse Vault) | Yumi Yamamoto | BRA |
| B2 Judge - All-Around Qualifying (Horse Vault) | Helen Colagiuri | AUS |
| B3 Judge - All-Around Qualifying (Horse Vault) | Marleen Van Dooren | BEL |
| B4 Judge - All-Around Qualifying (Horse Vault) | Evgenia Latsona | GRE |
| B5 Judge - All-Around Qualifying (Horse Vault) | Olga Didilescu | ROU |
| B6 Judge - All-Around Qualifying (Horse Vault) | Berglind Petursdottir | ISL |
| Line 1 Judge - All-Around Qualifying (Horse Vault) | Dai Yuying | CHN |
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Points | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 321 | Cheng Fei | CHN | 15.912 | 16.150 | 15.675 | |||
| 2 | 454 | Hong Un-Jong | PRK | 15.725 | 15.650 | 15.800 | |||
| 3 | 415 | Alicia Sacramone | USA | 15.625 | 15.850 | 15.400 | |||
| 4 | 351 | Oksana Chusovitina | GER | 15.525 | 15.800 | 15.250 | |||
| 5 | 394 | Anna Pavlova | RUS | 15.275 | 15.350 | 15.200 | |||
| 6 | 363 | Carlotta Giovannini | ITA | 15.137 | 15.100 | 15.175 | |||
| 7 | 315 | Jade Barbosa | BRA | 15.050 | 15.100 | 15.000 | |||
| 8 | 458 | Ariella Kaeslin | SUI | 14.975 | 15.225 | 14.725 | |||
| 9 | 422 | Nastassia Marachkouskaya | BLR | 14.787 | 15.275 | 14.300 | |||
| 10 | 424 | Nansy Damianova | CAN | 14.062 | 14.700 | 13.425 | |||
| 11 | 446 | Maricela Cantú | MEX | 13.925 | 14.175 | 13.675 | |||
| 12 | 443 | Dorina Böczögő | HUN | 13.912 | 13.375 | 14.450 | |||
| 13 | 445 | Jelena Zanevskaja | LTU | 13.687 | 13.875 | 13.500 | |||
| 14 | 430 | Tina Erceg | CRO | 13.587 | 13.650 | 13.525 | |||
| 467 | Đỗ Thị Ngân Thương | VIE | [13.262] | [13.125] | [13.400] | 1 |