| 1 | Christine Wachtel | GDR | 2:02,29 | Q |
| 2 | Tatyana Grebenchuk | URS | 2:02,35 | Q |
| 3 | Tudorita Chidu | ROM | 2:02,85 | |
| 4 | Maite Zuniga | ESP | 2:03,65 | |
| 5 | Alisa Harvey | USA | 2:04,03 |
| 1 | Ellen Kießling | GDR | 2:01,74 | Q |
| 2 | Violeta Beclea | ROM | 2:01,88 | Q |
| 3 | Joetta Clark | USA | 2:01,96 | q |
| 4 | Gaby Lesch | FRG | 2:02,20 | q |
| 5 | Erzsebet Szabo | HUN | 2:03,37 | |
| 6 | Marcia Tate | JAM | 2:05,28 |