| 1 | Ginka Zagorcheva | BUL | 12,51 | Q |
| 2 | Anne Piquereau | FRA | 13,24 | Q |
| 3 | Aliuska López | CUB | 13,24 | Q |
| 4 | Rita Heggli-Schönenberger | SUI | 13,32 | q |
| 5 | Wendy Jeal | GBR | 13,41 | |
| 6 | Diana Yankey | GHA | 13,90 | |
| 7 | Helga Halldorsdottir | ISL | 13,97 |
| 1 | Yordanka Donkova | BUL | 12,97 | Q |
| 2 | Florence Colle | FRA | 13,20 | Q |
| 3 | Stephanie Hightower | USA | 13,22 | Q |
| 4 | Nancy Vallecilla | ECU | 13,30 | q |
| 5 | Lesley-Ann Skeete | GBR | 13,40 | |
| 6 | Tiina Lindgren | FIN | 13,76 | |
| 7 | Wen-Ing Chen | TPE | 14,12 |
| 1 | Cornelia Riefstahl-Oschkenat | GDR | 12,83 | Q |
| 2 | Sally Gunnell | GBR | 13,02 | Q |
| 3 | Lavonna Martin-Floreal | USA | 13,19 | Q |
| 4 | Patrizia Lombardo | ITA | 13,25 | q |
| 5 | Karin Malmbratt | SWE | 13,43 | |
| 6 | Karen Nelson | CAN | 13,60 |
| 1 | Gloria Uibel-Siebert | GDR | 12,81 | Q |
| 2 | Laurence Elloy-Machabey | FRA | 13,08 | Q |
| 3 | Claudia Zaczkiewicz | FRG | 13,15 | Q |
| 4 | Sophia Hunter | USA | 13,19 | q |
| 5 | Yinghua Feng | CHN | 13,85 | |
| 6 | Sandra Tavares | MEX | 13,86 |
| 1 | Cornelia Riefstahl-Oschkenat | GDR | 12,65 | Q |
| 2 | Ginka Zagorcheva | BUL | 12,75 | Q |
| 3 | Lavonna Martin-Floreal | USA | 12,94 | Q |
| 4 | Anne Piquereau | FRA | 12,95 | Q |
| 5 | Florence Colle | FRA | 13,04 | |
| 6 | Sally Gunnell | GBR | 13,06 | |
| 7 | Rita Heggli-Schönenberger | SUI | 13,20 | |
| 8 | Nancy Vallecilla | ECU | 13,28 |
| 1 | Gloria Uibel-Siebert | GDR | 12,68 | Q |
| 2 | Yordanka Donkova | BUL | 12,76 | Q |
| 3 | Laurence Elloy-Machabey | FRA | 12,88 | Q |
| 4 | Claudia Zaczkiewicz | FRG | 13,01 | Q |
| 5 | Stephanie Hightower | USA | 13,12 | |
| 6 | Sophia Hunter | USA | 13,26 | |
| 7 | Aliuska López | CUB | 13,31 | |
| 8 | Patrizia Lombardo | ITA | 13,38 |