| Date | 16 February 1998 — 9:30 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Points | Jump #1 | Jump #2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Xu Nannan |  CHN | 182.01 | 88.83 (5) | 93.18 (2) | |||
| 2 | 14 | Alla Tsuper |  UKR | 178.46 | 91.05 (2) | 87.41 (5) | |||
| 3 | – | Veronica Brenner | CAN | 174.86 | 85.40 (8) | 89.46 (3) | |||
| 4 | – | Nikki Stone |  USA | 174.00 | 78.10 (12) | 95.90 (1) | |||
| 5 | 12 | Hilde Synnøve Lid | NOR | 168.79 | 84.53 (9) | 84.26 (7) | |||
| 6 | 6 | Ji Xiaoou | CHN | 167.42 | 86.10 (6) | 81.32 (10) | |||
| 7 | – | Colette Brand | SUI | 165.07 | 90.40 (3) | 74.67 (17) | |||
| 8 | – | Guo Dandan | CHN | 163.95 | 85.68 (7) | 78.27 (14) | |||
| 9 | 16 | Tetiana Kozachenko | UKR | 162.09 | 72.79 (16) | 89.30 (4) | |||
| 10 | 2 | Michèle Rohrbach | SUI | 161.76 | 74.67 (15) | 87.09 (6) | |||
| 11 | 9 | Yuliya Kliukova | UKR | 161.59 | 79.23 (11) | 82.36 (9) | |||
| 12 | 10 | Olena Yunchyk | UKR | 156.95 | 77.64 (13) | 79.31 (12) | |||
| 13 | 1 | Lina Cheryazova |  UZB | 154.02 | 76.45 (14) | 77.57 (15) | |||
| 14 | – | Kirstie Marshall |  AUS | 148.99 | 66.46 (21) | 82.53 (8) | |||
| 15 | 8 | Evelyne Leu | SUI | 148.72 | 93.60 (1) | 55.12 (20) | |||
| 16 | 4 | Sabina Hudribusch | AUT | 147.43 | 68.87 (20) | 78.56 (13) | |||
| 17 | 3 | Tracy Evans | USA | 147.23 | 88.96 (4) | 58.27 (18) | |||
| 18 | 13 | Liselotte Johansson |  SWE | 140.23 | 60.48 (23) | 79.75 (11) | |||
| 19 | – | Caroline Olivier | CAN | 133.94 | 57.71 (24) | 76.23 (16) | |||
| 20 | 15 | Stacey Blumer | USA | 130.90 | 84.00 (10) | 46.90 (22) | |||
| 21 | 11 | Mafalda Queiroz Pereira |  POR | 118.86 | 60.90 (22) | 57.96 (19) | |||
| 22 | 5 | Nataliya Orekhova |  RUS | 118.61 | 69.45 (19) | 49.16 (21) | |||
| 23 | – | Jacqui Cooper | AUS | 101.19 | 69.65 (17) | 31.54 (23) | |||
| 24 | – | Yin Hong | CHN | 90.73 | 69.61 (18) | 21.12 (24) |
