| 1 | Nadeshda Chishova | URS | |
18,60 | WR |
| 2 | Hannelore Friedel | GDR | |
18,39 | |
| 3 | Marita Lange | GDR | |
18,09 | |
| 4 | Irina Solonzova | URS | 17,99 | ||
| 5 | Ivanka Christova | BUL | 17,58 | ||
| 6 | Antonina Ivanova | URS | 17,54 | ||
| 7 | Marlene Fuchs | FRG | 16,71 | ||
| 8 | Mary Peters | GBR | 15,70 | ||
| 9 | Helena Fibingerová | TCH | 14,59 |