| 1 | Sabine Busch | GDR | |
53,62 | |
| 2 | Debbie Flintoff-King | AUS | |
54,19 | |
| 3 | Cornelia Feuerbach-Ullrich | GDR | |
54,31 | |
| 4 | Sandra Farmer-Patrick | JAM | 54,38 | AR | |
| 5 | Tuija Helander-Kuusisto | FIN | 54,62 | NR | |
| 6 | Anna Ambraziene | URS | 55,68 | ||
| 7 | Schowonda Williams | USA | 55,86 | ||
| 8 | Judi Brown-King | USA | 56,10 |