Qualifikationshöhe 1,91 m
| 1 | Heike Redetzky-Henkel | FRG | 1,91 | Q |
| 1 | Lyudmila Avdeyenko | URS | 1,91 | Q |
| 1 | Coleen Sommer | USA | 1,91 | Q |
| 1 | Silvia Costa | CUB | 1,91 | Q |
| 1 | Stefka Kostadinova | BUL | 1,91 | Q |
| 1 | Madely Beaugendre | FRA | 1,91 | Q |
| 7 | Amra Temim | YUG | 1,88 | |
| 7 | Xiuling Ni | CHN | 1,88 | |
| 7 | Hee-Sun Kim | KOR | 1,88 | |
| 7 | Alina Astafei | ROM | 1,88 | |
| 11 | Alessandra Bonfiglioli | ITA | 1,85 | |
| Sigrid Kirchmann | AUT | NM |
| Athletin | |||||
| Heike Redetzky-Henkel | |||||
| Lyudmila Avdeyenko | |||||
| Coleen Sommer | |||||
| Silvia Costa | |||||
| Stefka Kostadinova | |||||
| Madely Beaugendre | |||||
| Amra Temim | |||||
| Xiuling Ni | |||||
| Hee-Sun Kim | |||||
| Alina Astafei | |||||
| Alessandra Bonfiglioli | |||||
| Sigrid Kirchmann |
| 1 | Louise Ritter | USA | 1,91 | Q |
| 1 | Susanne Helm-Beyer | GDR | 1,91 | Q |
| 1 | Lyudmila Andonova | BUL | 1,91 | Q |
| 1 | Svetlana Isaeva-Leseva | BUL | 1,91 | Q |
| 1 | Tamara Bykova | URS | 1,91 | Q |
| 1 | Larisa Kositsyna | URS | 1,91 | Q |
| 7 | Megumi Sato | JPN | 1,88 | |
| 7 | Christine Stanton | AUS | 1,88 | |
| 9 | Phyllis Bluntson | USA | 1,85 | |
| 9 | Hanne Haugland | NOR | 1,85 | |
| 11 | Thordis Gisladottir | ISL | 1,80 | |
| 11 | Orlane Maria Dos Santos | BRA | 1,80 |
| Athletin | |||||
| Louise Ritter | |||||
| Susanne Helm-Beyer | |||||
| Lyudmila Andonova | |||||
| Svetlana Isaeva-Leseva | |||||
| Tamara Bykova | |||||
| Larisa Kositsyna | |||||
| Megumi Sato | |||||
| Christine Stanton | |||||
| Phyllis Bluntson | |||||
| Hanne Haugland | |||||
| Thordis Gisladottir | |||||
| Orlane Maria Dos Santos |