| Date | 12 February 1998 — 11:35 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Kanbayashi Sports Park, Yamanouchi | |
| Format | Top 8 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 | Number | 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 | 24 | Brett Carpentier | CAN | 41.8 | 8.3 | 8.6 | 8.8 | 7.9 | 8.2 | |||
| 2 | 10 | Mike Michalchuk | CAN | 41.4 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 8.9 | 8.5 | 8.9 | |||
| 3 | 16 | Gian Simmen |  SUI | 39.8 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 7.5 | 7.7 | |||
| 4 | 14 | Sebu Kuhlberg |  FIN | 39.7 | 7.9 | 8.5 | 6.8 | 8.2 | 8.3 | |||
| 5 | 8 | Jean Baptiste Charlet |  FRA | 39.6 | 7.5 | 7.0 | 8.5 | 8.1 | 8.5 | |||
| 6 | 11 | Todd Richards | USA | 39.5 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 7.8 | 7.8 | |||
| 7 | 27 | Ross Powers | USA | 39.4 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 8.4 | |||
| 8 | 7 | Jacob Söderqvist | SWE | 39.2 | 8.2 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 7.9 | |||
| 9 | 5 | Xaver Hoffmann |  GER | 38.2 | 7.8 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 8.3 | 8.0 | |||
| 10 | 15 | Pontus Ståhlkloo | SWE | 37.9 | 8.8 | 5.6 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 8.1 | |||
| 11 | 25 | Iker Fernández |  ESP | 37.9 | 7.1 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.0 | 8.0 | |||
| 12 | 28 | Kim Christiansen |  NOR | 37.7 | 7.7 | 6.6 | 8.4 | 6.9 | 8.1 | |||
| 13 | 4 | Sergio Bartrina | ESP | 37.4 | 8.0 | 8.7 | 6.0 | 7.3 | 7.4 | |||
| 14 | 20 | Ingemar Backman | SWE | 37.0 | 7.1 | 6.9 | 8.3 | 7.1 | 7.6 | |||
| 15 | 12 | Fredrik Sterner | SWE | 36.5 | 8.1 | 5.5 | 8.7 | 6.6 | 7.6 | |||
| 16 | 18 | Max Plötzeneder |  AUT | 35.9 | 5.5 | 7.7 | 8.7 | 6.7 | 7.3 | |||
| =17 | 23 | Tony Vannucci Roos | FRA | 35.8 | 6.7 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 6.9 | 7.5 | |||
| =17 | 21 | Derek Heidt | CAN | 35.8 | 8.5 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 7.1 | |||
| 19 | 26 | Bertrand Denervaud | SUI | 35.3 | 6.9 | 7.2 | 8.0 | 6.2 | 7.0 | |||
| 20 | 9 | Takashi Nishida | JPN | 33.4 | 6.8 | 6.4 | 7.9 | 5.4 | 6.9 | |||
| 21 | 1 | Trevor Andrew | CAN | 32.4 | 4.0 | 7.5 | 8.4 | 5.4 | 7.1 | |||
| 22 | 17 | Makoto Takagaki | JPN | 32.2 | 7.0 | 5.0 | 6.6 | 7.0 | 6.6 | |||
| =23 | 6 | Ron Chiodi | USA | 32.1 | 7.2 | 6.0 | 7.4 | 4.8 | 6.7 | |||
| =23 | 13 | Patrik Hasler | SUI | 32.1 | 6.7 | 7.8 | 6.4 | 5.3 | 5.9 | |||
| 25 | 19 | Roger Hjelmstadstuen | NOR | 31.3 | 6.6 | 5.7 | 7.7 | 5.2 | 6.1 | |||
| 26 | 22 | Shinichi Watanabe | JPN | 29.1 | 3.7 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 5.0 | 6.0 | |||
| 27 | 3 | Łukasz Starowicz |  POL | 26.5 | 6.9 | 4.0 | 5.6 | 4.3 | 5.7 | |||
| 28 | 2 | Takamasa Imai | JPN | 24.4 | 6.3 | 3.0 | 6.5 | 3.8 | 4.8 |
