| 1 | Totka Petrova | BUL | 2:02,6 | Q |
| 2 | Elzbieta Katolik | POL | 2:02,9 | Q |
| 3 | Jane Colebrook | GBR | 2:03,2 | q |
| 4 | Brigitte Koczelnik | FRG | 2:03,8 | q |
| 5 | Anne-Marie van Nuffel | BEL | 2:05,0 | |
| 6 | Chantal Aubry | FRA | 2:06,1 |
| 1 | Svetlana Styrkina | URS | 2:04,0 | Q |
| 2 | Svetla Koleva | BUL | 2:04,2 | Q |
| 3 | Gisela Klein | FRG | 2:04,4 | |
| 4 | Iren Lipcsei | HUN | 2:06,5 | |
| 5 | Colette Besson | FRA | 2:06,9 |