| 1 | Lyubov Aksenova | URS | 54,53 | Q |
| 2 | Éva Tóth | HUN | 54,96 | Q |
| 3 | Catherine Delachanal | FRA | 55,71 |
| 1 | Jeliva Pavlicic | YUG | 54,44 | Q |
| 2 | Dagmar Fuhrmann | FRG | 54,57 | Q |
| 3 | Rosine Wallez | BEL | 54,61 | q |
| 4 | Patricia Darbonville | FRA | 55,69 | q |
| 1 | Rita Wilden | FRG | 54,00 | Q | |
| 2 | Inta Klimovica | URS | 54,09 | Q | |
| 3 | Maria Ritter | LIE | 59,53 | NR |