| 1 | Hildegard Janze | FRG | 2:09,9 | Q |
| 2 | Ilja Keizer | NED | 2:10,5 | Q |
| 3 | Lyudmila Bragina | URS | 2:10,7 | Q |
| 4 | Zofia Kolakowska | POL | 2:10,9 | Q |
| 5 | Annelise Damm-Olesen | DEN | 2:14,5 |
| 1 | Lyudmila Safronova | URS | 2:12,9 | Q |
| 2 | Maria Sykora | AUT | 2:13,0 | Q |
| 3 | María Coro Fuentes | ESP | 2:14,9 | Q |
| 4 | Svetla Zlateva | BUL | 2:14,9 | Q |
| 5 | Rosemary Stirling | GBR | 2:16,8 | |
| 6 | Wenche Sørum | NOR | 2:18,9 |