| 1 | Heide-Elke Gaugel | FRG | 23,68 | Q |
| 2 | Marie-Christine Cazier | FRA | 23,74 | Q |
| 3 | Els Vader | NED | 23,84 | q |
| 1 | Yelena Kelchevskaya | URS | 23,44 | Q |
| 2 | Irén Orosz | HUN | 23,92 | Q |
| 3 | Claudia Steger | FRG | 24,07 |
| 1 | Gesine Walter | GDR | 23,36 | Q |
| 2 | Nadeshda Georgieva | BUL | 23,57 | Q |
| 3 | Ruth Patten | GBR | 23,85 | q |
| 4 | Liliane Meganck | BEL | 24,65 |