| Date | 16 February 1998 — 10:44 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Iizuna Kogen Resort, Iizuna | |
| Format | Top 12 finishers advanced to the final round. | |
| Judge #1 (Air & Form) | Martine Kohly |  FRA |
| Judge #2 (Air & Form) | Harry Ganja |  CAN |
| Judge #3 (Air & Form) | Morten Skarpaas |  NOR |
| Judge #4 (Air & Form) | Hans Kasnik |  AUT |
| Judge #5 (Air & Form) | Reinhard Krampfl |  GER |
| Judge #6 (Landing) | Miki Miyazaki |  JPN |
| Judge #7 (Landing) | Philip Richard |  SUI |
| Attendance | 10,640 | |
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Points | Jump #1 | Jump #2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Dzmitry Dashchynski |  BLR | 249.04 | 118.66 (4) | 130.38 (1) | |||
| 2 | – | Britt Swartley |  USA | 247.08 | 126.60 (1) | 120.48 (3) | |||
| 3 | – | Aleksandr Mikhaylov |  RUS | 246.21 | 120.28 (3) | 125.93 (2) | |||
| 4 | – | Eric Bergoust | USA | 232.61 | 121.04 (2) | 111.57 (8) | |||
| 5 | – | Andy Capicik | CAN | 227.39 | 116.59 (5) | 110.80 (9) | |||
| 6 | 9 | Stanislav Kravchuk |  UKR | 226.65 | 113.05 (7) | 113.60 (7) | |||
| 7 | – | Jeff Bean | CAN | 224.86 | 111.17 (=9) | 113.69 (6) | |||
| 8 | – | Nicolas Fontaine | CAN | 219.60 | 113.25 (6) | 106.35 (11) | |||
| 9 | 10 | Aliaksei Hryshyn | BLR | 217.84 | 108.49 (12) | 109.35 (10) | |||
| 10 | – | Christian Rijavec | AUT | 212.51 | 97.90 (14) | 114.61 (5) | |||
| 11 | – | Aleš Valenta |  CZE | 205.50 | 88.69 (17) | 116.81 (4) | |||
| 12 | – | Sébastien Foucras | FRA | 200.27 | 111.02 (11) | 89.25 (16) | |||
| 13 | – | Vasil Varabiou | BLR | 199.29 | 113.03 (8) | 86.26 (18) | |||
| 14 | 5 | Freddy Romano |  ITA | 195.38 | 90.12 (15) | 105.26 (12) | |||
| 15 | – | Mariano Ferrario | USA | 186.98 | 111.17 (=9) | 75.81 (22) | |||
| 16 | – | Jean-Damien Climonet | FRA | 186.81 | 84.55 (19) | 102.26 (14) | |||
| 17 | 4 | Ou Xiaotao |  CHN | 183.84 | 79.97 (22) | 103.87 (13) | |||
| 18 | 1 | Aliaksandr Tkachenka | BLR | 178.46 | 88.35 (18) | 90.11 (15) | |||
| 19 | 7 | Yuriy Stetsko | UKR | 171.46 | 89.46 (16) | 82.00 (21) | |||
| 20 | 3 | Kevin Harbut |  GBR | 168.32 | 82.46 (20) | 85.86 (19) | |||
| 21 | – | Matt Chojnacki | USA | 165.08 | 81.65 (21) | 83.43 (20) | |||
| 22 | 2 | Miha Gale |  SLO | 154.68 | 102.03 (13) | 52.65 (23) | |||
| 23 | 6 | Kazuaki Ando | JPN | 135.12 | 46.77 (24) | 88.35 (17) | |||
| 24 | 8 | Serhiy But | UKR | 110.61 | 65.25 (23) | 45.36 (24) | |||
| – | Jonathan Sweet |  AUS | – | – ( | – | ||||
| – | David Belhumeur | CAN | – | – | – |
