| 1 | Christine Wachtel | GDR | 2:01,41 | Q |
| 2 | Lyubov Kiryuchina | URS | 2:02,47 | Q |
| 3 | Gabriela Sedlakova | TCH | 2:03,07 | q |
| 4 | Janet Bell | GBR | 2:03,24 | q |
| 5 | Montserrat Pujol | ESP | 2:03,50 | q |
| 6 | Ute Lix | FRG | 2:05,52 | q |
| 7 | Jill McCabe | SWE | 2:05,70 |
| 1 | Sigrun Wodars | GDR | 2:02,51 | Q |
| 2 | Slobodanka Colovic | YUG | 2:04,34 | Q |
| 3 | Rosa Colorado | ESP | 2:06,33 | |
| 4 | Krista Aukema | NED | 2:06,85 | |
| 5 | Maria Pintea | ROM | 2:06,86 | |
| 6 | Brigitte Brückner | FRG | 2:07,03 |