| 1 | Marita Koch | GDR | |
22,13 |
| 2 | Merlene Ottey | JAM | |
22,19 |
| 3 | Kathy Smallwood-Cook | GBR | |
22,37 |
| 4 | Florence Griffith-Joyner | USA | 22,46 | |
| 5 | Grace Jackson | JAM | 22,63 | |
| 6 | Anelia Nuneva | BUL | 22,68 | |
| 7 | Angela Bailey | CAN | 22,93 | |
| 8 | Ewa Kasprzyk | POL | 23,03 |