[1] Unlike the other apparatus events, vault requires gymnasts to perform two exercises in order for results to count towards the vault final; most of the gymnasts perform only one (if they are participating in team or individual all-around) or none (if they are only participating in other apparatus).

The previous two champions Simone Biles (2016) and Rebeca Andrade (2020) both qualified for the event final.

The top three teams at the 2022 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships (the United States, Great Britain, and Canada) and the top nine teams (excluding those already qualified) at the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships (China, Brazil, Italy, the Netherlands, France, Japan, Australia, Romania, and South Korea) earned team qualification places.

The top 8 qualifiers in the qualification phase (limit two per NOC) advanced to the apparatus final.

In a case where more than two gymnasts from the same NOC were in the top eight, the last ranked among them would not qualify to final round.