| Date | 16 August 2008 — 11:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Guojia Tiyuguan, Beijing Aolinpike Gongyuan, Beijing | |
| Format | Top 8 finishers advanced to the final round. | |
| Judge #1 | Martin Andreas Thorsson |  SWE |
| Judge #2 | Miguel Vicente |  ESP |
| Judge #3 | Sergei Epelbaum |  ISR |
| Judge #4 | Arlette Limouzy ep Garcia |  FRA |
| Judge #5 | Brett Austine |  AUS |
| Difficulty Judge #1 | Joeri De Jonghe |  BEL |
| Difficulty Judge #2 | Babette van Wetering |  NED |
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Points | Routine #1 | Routine #2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | He Wenna |  CHN | 67.2 | 30.1 (1) | 37.1 (1) | |||
| 2 | 10 | Irina Karavayeva |  RUS | 66.4 | 29.7 (=4) | 36.7 (=3) | |||
| 3 | 7 | Rosie MacLennan |  CAN | 66.0 | 29.9 (3) | 36.1 (6) | |||
| 4 | 13 | Karen Cockburn | CAN | 65.6 | 28.6 (=10) | 37.0 (2) | |||
| 5 | 1 | Luba Golovina |  GEO | 64.9 | 28.7 (9) | 36.2 (5) | |||
| 6 | 3 | Olena Movchan |  UKR | 64.8 | 28.1 (13) | 36.7 (=3) | |||
| 7 | 12 | Anna Dogonadze |  GER | 64.3 | 29.7 (=4) | 34.6 (9) | |||
| 8 | 15 | Yekaterina Khilko |  UZB | 63.9 | 29.1 (=6) | 34.8 (8) | |||
| 9 | 4 | Tatsiana Piatrenia |  BLR | 63.8 | 28.6 (=10) | 35.2 (7) | |||
| 10 | 2 | Claire Wright |  GBR | 63.1 | 29.1 (=6) | 34.0 (=11) | |||
| 11 | 6 | Nataliya Chernova | RUS | 63.0 | 29.0 (8) | 34.0 (=11) | |||
| 12 | 11 | Haruka Hirota |  JPN | 62.6 | 28.5 (12) | 34.1 (10) | |||
| 13 | 8 | Erin Blanchard |  USA | 60.9 | 27.1 (=14) | 33.8 (13) | |||
| 14 | 9 | Huang Shanshan | CHN | 59.0 | 30.0 (2) | 29.0 (15) | |||
| 15 | 14 | Lenka Popkin |  CZE | 57.6 | 25.8 (16) | 31.8 (14) | |||
| 16 | 16 | Ana Rente |  POR | 31.6 | 27.1 (=14) | 4.5 (16) |
