| Date | 16 August 2008 — 12:14 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Guojia Tiyuguan, Beijing Aolinpike Gongyuan, Beijing | |
| Format | Top 8 finishers advanced to the final. | |
| Judge #1 | Waldemar Okoniewski |  POL |
| Judge #2 | Babette van Wetering |  NED |
| Judge #3 | Martin Andreas Thorsson |  SWE |
| Judge #4 | Sergei Epelbaum |  ISR |
| Judge #5 | Miguel Vicente |  ESP |
| Difficulty Judge #1 | Brett Austine |  AUS |
| Difficulty Judge #2 | Arlette Limouzy ep Garcia |  FRA |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Points | Routine #1 | Routine #2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lu Chunlong |  CHN | 72.4 | 31.2 (1) | 41.2 (=1) | |||
| 2 | Dong Dong | CHN | 71.7 | 31.0 (2) | 40.7 (=3) | |||
| 3 | Dmitry Ushakov |  RUS | 71.5 | 30.8 (4) | 40.7 (=3) | |||
| 4 | Yuriy Nikitin |  UKR | 70.7 | 30.6 (5) | 40.1 (6) | |||
| 5 | Tetsuya Sotomura |  JPN | 70.3 | 29.6 (12) | 40.7 (=3) | |||
| 6 | Aleksandr Rusakov | RUS | 69.9 | 29.9 (=9) | 40.0 (7) | |||
| 7 | Jason Burnett |  CAN | 69.7 | 28.5 (=14) | 41.2 (=1) | 1 | ||
| 8 | Mikalai Kazak |  BLR | 69.7 | 30.3 (7) | 39.4 (8) | |||
| 9 | Yasuhiro Ueyama | JPN | 69.2 | 29.9 (=9) | 39.3 (=9) | 2 | ||
| 10 | Peter Jensen |  DEN | 69.2 | 30.5 (6) | 38.7 (=12) | |||
| 11 | Diogo Ganchinho |  POR | 69.1 | 29.8 (11) | 39.3 (=9) | |||
| 12 | Grégoire Pennes | FRA | 68.7 | 30.0 (8) | 38.7 (=12) | |||
| 13 | Ben Wilden | AUS | 67.1 | 28.1 (16) | 39.0 (11) | |||
| 14 | Flavio Cannone |  ITA | 66.5 | 29.0 (13) | 37.5 (14) | |||
| 15 | Chris Estrada |  USA | 65.9 | 28.5 (=14) | 37.4 (15) | |||
| 16 | Henrik Stehlik |  GER | 64.6 | 30.9 (3) | 33.7 (16) |
