| 1 | Inge Bödding | FRG | 55,5 | Q |
| 2 | Elisabeth Randerz | SWE | 55,5 | Q |
| 3 | Nadeshda Kolesnikova | URS | 56,0 | |
| 4 | Francine van Assche | BEL | 57,5 |
| 1 | Gisela Ellenberger | FRG | 56,5 | Q | |
| 2 | Ursula Meyer | SUI | 56,6 | Q | NR |
| 3 | Eliane Jacq | FRA | 58,0 |
| 1 | Vera Popkova | URS | 54,7 | Q | |
| 2 | Maria Sykora | AUT | 55,3 | Q | NR |
| 3 | Stefka Yordanova | BUL | 55,6 |
| 1 | Svetla Slateva | BUL | 54,1 | Q |
| 2 | Gisela Ahlemeyer | FRG | 55,5 | Q |
| 3 | Chantal Leclerc | FRA | 55,5 | |
| 4 | Lyubov Finogenova | URS | 55,8 |