| 1 | Katrin Krabbe | GER | |
22,09 |
| 2 | Gwen Torrence | USA | |
22,16 |
| 3 | Merlene Ottey | JAM | |
22,21 |
| 4 | Irina Privalova | URS | 22,28 | |
| 5 | Galina Malchugina | URS | 22,66 | |
| 6 | Dannette Young-Stone | USA | 22,87 | |
| 7 | Pauline Davis-Thompson | BAH | 22,90 | |
| 8 | Yelena Vinogradova | URS | 23,10 |