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| 1 | Diana Sachse-Gansky | GDR | 63,64 | q |
| 2 | Svetla Mitkova-Sinirtas | BUL | 62,80 | q |
| 3 | Larisa Mikhalchenko | URS | 62,52 | q |
| 4 | Maritza Martén | CUB | 60,40 | q |
| 5 | Connie Price-Smith | USA | 59,90 | q |
| 6 | Mariana Lengyel | ROM | 59,72 | q |
| 7 | Anne Paavolainen-Känsäkangas | FIN | 57,10 | |
| 8 | Hourun Yu | CHN | 56,70 | |
| 9 | Nabila Mouelhi | TUN | 45,94 | |
| 10 | Hanane Ahmed Khaled | EGY | 42,64 | |
| 11 | Dorie Cortejo | PHI | 40,98 | |
| 12 | Morgyn Warner | ZIM | 38,56 |
| Athletin | 1. | 2. | 3. |
| Diana Sachse-Gansky | |||
| Svetla Mitkova-Sinirtas | |||
| Larisa Mikhalchenko | |||
| Maritza Martén | |||
| Connie Price-Smith | |||
| Mariana Lengyel | |||
| Anne Paavolainen-Känsäkangas | |||
| Hourun Yu | |||
| Nabila Mouelhi | |||
| Hanane Ahmed Khaled | |||
| Dorie Cortejo | |||
| Morgyn Warner |
| 1 | Ilke Wyludda | GDR | 68,40 | q |
| 2 | Tsvetanka Khristova | BUL | 66,86 | q |
| 3 | Martina Opitz-Hellmann | GDR | 66,80 | q |
| 4 | Zdenka Šilhavá | TCH | 64,64 | q |
| 5 | Larisa Korotkevich | URS | 60,48 | q |
| 6 | Renata Katewicz | POL | 58,88 | q |
| 7 | Carol Cady | USA | 58,50 | |
| 8 | Xuemei Hou | CHN | 58,26 | |
| 9 | Anne Salak-Khorina | URS | 57,76 | |
| 10 | Maria Isabel Urrutia | COL | 53,94 | |
| 11 | Maria Marello | ITA | 52,74 |
| Athletin | 1. | 2. | 3. |
| Ilke Wyludda | |||
| Tsvetanka Khristova | |||
| Martina Opitz-Hellmann | |||
| Zdenka Šilhavá | |||
| Larisa Korotkevich | |||
| Renata Katewicz | |||
| Carol Cady | |||
| Xuemei Hou | |||
| Anne Salak-Khorina | |||
| Maria Isabel Urrutia | |||
| Maria Marello |