| Date | 12 February 1998 — 11:10 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Kanbayashi Sports Park, Yamanouchi | |
| Format | Top 4 finishers advanced to the final round. | |
| 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 | 14 | Nicola Thost |  GER | 37.4 | 6.9 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 8.6 | |||
| 2 | 20 | Shannon Dunn | USA | 36.6 | 6.9 | 8.0 | 5.7 | 7.1 | 8.9 | |||
| 3 | 22 | Minna Hesso |  FIN | 35.1 | 7.8 | 6.0 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 8.1 | |||
| 4 | 17 | Jennie Waara | SWE | 34.5 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 5.9 | 6.4 | 7.8 | |||
| 5 | 15 | Nicola Pederzolli |  AUT | 34.4 | 7.9 | 4.8 | 7.3 | 6.2 | 8.2 | |||
| 6 | 19 | Tara Teigen | CAN | 33.3 | 7.5 | 6.3 | 6.6 | 5.0 | 7.9 | |||
| 7 | 18 | Anita Schwaller |  SUI | 32.2 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 7.4 | |||
| 8 | 10 | Doriane Vidal |  FRA | 32.1 | 6.1 | 5.1 | 6.9 | 6.0 | 8.0 | |||
| 9 | 16 | Satu Järvelä | FIN | 32.0 | 6.8 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 6.3 | 7.6 | |||
| 10 | 13 | Barrett Christy | USA | 31.6 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 5.9 | 5.3 | 7.3 | |||
| 11 | 12 | Sabine Wehr-Hasler | GER | 30.5 | 7.4 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 5.8 | 7.5 | |||
| 12 | 11 | Anne Molin Kongsgård |  NOR | 29.2 | 6.5 | 5.0 | 6.6 | 4.0 | 7.1 | |||
| 13 | 6 | Ulrike Hölzl | AUT | 29.1 | 6.3 | 4.2 | 6.4 | 5.6 | 6.6 | |||
| 14 | 8 | Lori Glazier | CAN | 26.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.7 | 6.5 | |||
| 15 | 9 | Michele Taggart | USA | 25.5 | 7.1 | 4.0 | 5.9 | 3.3 | 5.2 | |||
| 16 | 7 | Yuri Yoshikawa | JPN | 24.9 | 5.2 | 3.5 | 6.4 | 3.8 | 6.0 | |||
| 17 | 5 | Christel Thoresen | NOR | 24.4 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 3.6 | 6.3 | |||
| =18 | 4 | Kaori Takeyama | JPN | 22.7 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 5.6 | 3.7 | 5.8 | |||
| =18 | 1 | Anna Hellman | SWE | 22.7 | 3.4 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 3.5 | 5.4 | |||
| 20 | 3 | Alessandra Pescosta |  ITA | 18.9 | 3.9 | 2.5 | 4.9 | 2.8 | 4.8 | |||
| 21 | 21 | Natasza Zurek | CAN | 11.6 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 1.8 | 1.8 | |||
| 2 | Sandra Farmand | GER | – | – | – | – | – | – |
