| Date | 9 August 2008 — 12:00-22:05 | |
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| Location | Guojia Tiyuguan, Beijing Aolinpike Gongyuan, Beijing | |
| Format | Top eight (maximum two per nation) qualified for the final. | |
| A1 Judge - All-Around Qualifying (Parallel Bars) | Mircea Apolzan | ROU |
| A2 Judge - All-Around Qualifying (Parallel Bars) | Alain Macchia | FRA |
| B1 Judge - All-Around Qualifying (Parallel Bars) | Valery Alfosov | RUS |
| B2 Judge - All-Around Qualifying (Parallel Bars) | Vincent Reimering | NED |
| B3 Judge - All-Around Qualifying (Parallel Bars) | Andrew Tombs | GBR |
| B4 Judge - All-Around Qualifying (Parallel Bars) | Steven Butcher | USA |
| B5 Judge - All-Around Qualifying (Parallel Bars) | Mohamed Hadji | ALG |
| B6 Judge - All-Around Qualifying (Parallel Bars) | Yuliy Kuksenkov | UKR |
| Timer - All-Around Qualifying (Parallel Bars) | Huang Long | CHN |