| Date | 12 February 1998 — 10:10 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Kanbayashi Sports Park, Yamanouchi | |
| Format | Top eight 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 | Ord | 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 | 8 | Markus Hurme | FIN | 41.1 | 8.4 | 7.1 | 8.8 | 8.3 | 8.5 | |||
| 2 | 12 | Guillaume Chastagnol | FRA | 40.2 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 7.3 | 8.1 | 8.3 | |||
| 3 | 28 | Jussi Oksanen | FIN | 39.7 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 7.9 | 7.1 | 7.6 | |||
| 4 | 23 | Daniel Franck | NOR | 39.6 | 8.0 | 8.7 | 7.8 | 7.0 | 8.1 | |||
| 5 | 25 | Aleksi Litovaara | FIN | 39.0 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.9 | |||
| 6 | 31 | Fabien Rohrer | SUI | 38.5 | 6.8 | 8.2 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 7.8 | |||
| 7 | 21 | Klas Vangen | NOR | 38.3 | 8.6 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.6 | |||
| 8 | 9 | Jonathan Collomb-Patton | FRA | 38.2 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.2 | |||
| 9 | 30 | Kim Christiansen | NOR | 38.1 | 8.9 | 6.1 | 7.9 | 7.2 | 8.0 | |||
| 10 | 33 | Ross Powers | USA | 38.0 | 7.5 | 7.1 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 7.8 | |||
| 11 | 27 | Bertrand Denervaud | SUI | 37.8 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 7.7 | 6.4 | 7.1 | |||
| 12 | 29 | Iker Fernández | ESP | 36.9 | 7.3 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.0 | |||
| 13 | 3 | Brett Carpentier | CAN | 36.3 | 5.3 | 8.8 | 8.5 | 5.5 | 8.2 | |||
| 14 | 10 | Tony Vannucci Roos | FRA | 36.2 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.9 | 6.8 | 6.9 | |||
| 15 | 2 | Shinichi Watanabe | JPN | 35.7 | 4.9 | 8.0 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 7.8 | |||
| 16 | 17 | Derek Heidt | CAN | 35.6 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 6.4 | |||
| 17 | 4 | Ingemar Backman | SWE | 35.5 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 8.9 | 6.2 | 7.3 | |||
| 18 | 16 | Roger Hjelmstadstuen | NOR | 35.2 | 6.5 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 6.5 | |||
| 19 | 20 | Max Plötzeneder | AUT | 35.1 | 6.2 | 8.1 | 7.5 | 5.9 | 7.4 | |||
| 20 | 1 | Makoto Takagaki | JPN | 34.6 | 7.9 | 6.8 | 5.5 | 7.6 | 6.8 | |||
| 21 | 5 | Gian Simmen | SUI | 34.0 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 7.6 | 5.8 | 6.4 | |||
| 22 | 18 | Pontus Ståhlkloo | SWE | 33.5 | 8.8 | 4.2 | 7.8 | 6.7 | 6.0 | |||
| 23 | 24 | Sebu Kuhlberg | FIN | 33.4 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 5.9 | 5.6 | 7.0 | |||
| 24 | 26 | Patrik Hasler | SUI | 32.6 | 6.7 | 7.5 | 5.7 | 6.5 | 6.2 | |||
| 25 | 14 | Fredrik Sterner | SWE | 32.4 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 7.6 | 5.1 | 6.7 | |||
| 26 | 36 | Todd Richards | USA | 32.4 | 4.2 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 6.4 | 6.4 | |||
| 27 | 13 | Mike Michalchuk | CAN | 32.3 | 4.4 | 6.7 | 7.6 | 7.0 | 6.6 | |||
| 28 | 22 | Takashi Nishida | JPN | 32.2 | 7.1 | 5.3 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 6.0 | |||
| 29 | 11 | Jean Baptiste Charlet | FRA | 31.3 | 5.6 | 6.4 | 7.3 | 5.7 | 6.3 | |||
| 30 | 34 | Jacob Söderqvist | SWE | 30.9 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 7.3 | 6.6 | 6.2 | |||
| 31 | 19 | Ron Chiodi | USA | 29.0 | 5.2 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 5.2 | 5.9 | |||
| 32 | 32 | Xaver Hoffmann | GER | 28.3 | 8.2 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 3.4 | 6.1 | |||
| 33 | 6 | Sergio Bartrina | ESP | 27.5 | 2.3 | 8.5 | 5.6 | 5.0 | 6.1 | |||
| 34 | 7 | Łukasz Starowicz | POL | 27.2 | 6.9 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 4.9 | 5.4 | |||
| 35 | 35 | Takamasa Imai | JPN | 24.4 | 6.0 | 3.9 | 6.1 | 3.3 | 5.1 | |||
| 36 | 15 | Trevor Andrew | CAN | 24.1 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 9.8 | 3.0 | 3.8 |